Match Report
The table read 8th (Tokushima Vortis, 55 pts) against 5th (Fagiano Okayama, 65 pts), 10 points apart. Tokushima Vortis ranked 3rd in the league on five-round form, well above their 8th table position. Per game in the league, Tokushima Vortis were scoring 1.11 and conceding 1.16, Fagiano Okayama 1.26 and 0.76, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
Fagiano Okayama arrived off three consecutive draws.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Tokushima Vortis 1, draws 2, Fagiano Okayama 2, at 2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 20% of meetings.
Pocari Sweat Stadium in Naruto staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,441. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.