Match Report
The table gap was wide: 21 points between Vanraure Hachinohe (2nd, 72 pts) and Gainare Tottori (11th, 51 pts). Vanraure Hachinohe ranked just 18th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, Vanraure Hachinohe were scoring 1.21 and conceding 0.61, Gainare Tottori 1.16 and 1.29, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Vanraure Hachinohe arrived on a run of five straight wins, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 3 Vanraure Hachinohe wins, 1 for Gainare Tottori, 2 draws, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 33% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 17% of the meetings.
Daihatsu Stadium (Hachinohe), capacity 5,200, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Vanraure Hachinohe: Aoi Sato (38'), Ryuji Sawakami (72'), Ryuji Sawakami (62') · Gainare Tottori: Hideatsu Ozawa (3'), Yuta Togashi (90')
Key stats
Possession: Vanraure Hachinohe 51% · Gainare Tottori 49% · Total shots: 16-8 · On target: 4-5 · Corners: 6-1