Match Report
The table gap was wide: 31 points between Fagiano Okayama (5th, 65 pts) and Tochigi (18th, 34 pts). Tochigi ranked 14th in the league on five-round form, well above their 18th table position. Per game in the league, Tochigi were scoring 0.87 and conceding 1.5, Fagiano Okayama 1.26 and 0.76, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Tochigi, 2 draws and 3 for Fagiano Okayama, at 2 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 29% of those meetings. Historically tight: 29% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The venue was Tochigi Green Stadium in Utsunomiya, with room for 15,325 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.