Match Report
22 points separated the sides: Albirex Niigata 1st on 84, Tokushima Vortis 8th on 62. Recent form flatters Tokushima Vortis's table spot — 3rd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 8th. Per game in the league, Albirex Niigata were scoring 1.74 and conceding 0.83, Tokushima Vortis 1.14 and 0.83, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
With 48 matches recorded and 0.9 yellow cards per game, Y. Yamashita was the man in the middle. The venue was Denka Big Swan Stadium in Niigata, with room for 42,300 spectators. Tokushima Vortis led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.