Match Report
The table read 5th (Ryūkyū, 10 pts) against 19th (Giravanz Kitakyushu, 3 pts), 7 points apart. Against a league average of 1.48 goals per team per game, Ryūkyū ran at 1.5 scored and 1 conceded, Giravanz Kitakyushu at 1.17 and 2.33.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 1 for Ryūkyū, 4 for Giravanz Kitakyushu and 0 drawn, at 1.8 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium (capacity 10,189). With 50 matches recorded and 0.8 yellow cards per game, S. Ishimaru was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-0.
Goal scorers
Ryūkyū: Yuma Kato (52'), Taiga Ishiura (77'), Yosuke Ueno (89')
Key stats
Possession: Ryūkyū 43% · Giravanz Kitakyushu 57% · Total shots: 12-15 · On target: 7-2 · Corners: 4-2