Match Report
The table gap was wide: 36 points between Yokohama (2nd, 76 pts) and Ehime (17th, 40 pts). On recent form Yokohama sat only 12th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Against a league average of 1.24 goals per team per game, Ehime ran at 1.08 scored and 1.82 conceded, Yokohama at 1.58 and 0.71.
Yokohama came in having won three on the spin. Ehime had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Yokohama, 13.
The venue was Ningineer Stadium in Matsuyama, with room for 5,500 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-4.