Match Report
40 points separated the sides: Vegalta Sendai 7th on 62, Ehime 20th on 22. Scoring rates set the scale: Ehime 0.92 scored and 1.87 conceded per game, Vegalta Sendai 1.24 and 0.95, with the league averaging 1.23.
Ehime arrived off six straight defeats. From the last five rounds, Ehime held 0 points of 15 and Vegalta Sendai 6.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Ehime 1, draws 2, Vegalta Sendai 1, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 0% of the meetings went to the host. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Ningineer Stadium, with room for 5,500 spectators. Ehime led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Ehime: Ryosuke Maeda (17') · Vegalta Sendai: Hinata Yamauchi (90')
Key stats
Possession: Ehime 41% · Vegalta Sendai 59% · Total shots: 7-33 · On target: 2-5 · Corners: 4-12