Match Report
15 points separated the sides: FC Tokyo 11th on 50, Yokohama 18th on 35. FC Tokyo had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Against a league average of 1.2 goals per team per game, FC Tokyo ran at 1.08 scored and 1.26 conceded, Yokohama at 0.71 and 1.18.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 4 FC Tokyo wins, 0 for Yokohama, 0 draws, at 3.25 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more.
The venue was Ajinomoto Stadium in Chōfu, with room for 50,100 spectators. A. Ikeuchi officiated: 92 games logged, averaging 0.9 yellow cards each. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Yokohama led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
FC Tokyo: M. Nagakura (85'), Masato Morishige (90') · Yokohama: Solomon Sakuragawa (4')