Match Report
The table gap was wide: 36 points between Albirex Niigata (1st, 84 pts) and Ventforet Kofu (18th, 48 pts). Recent form flatters Ventforet Kofu's table spot — 14th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 18th. Scoring rates set the scale: Ventforet Kofu 1.12 scored and 1.29 conceded per game, Albirex Niigata 1.74 and 0.83, with the league averaging 1.23.
Ventforet Kofu's unbeaten run stood at 9, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Ventforet Kofu 1, draws 4, Albirex Niigata 2, at 3.29 goals per meeting. Only 29% of these meetings ended in a home win. Both teams scored in 71% of the meetings.
Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium in Kofu staged the fixture, a ground that holds 17,000. Albirex Niigata led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.




