Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Ryūkyū (14th, 47 pts) and Grulla Morioka (20th, 22 pts). In league terms the two rates read 1.18/1.42 for Ryūkyū and 0.71/2.11 for Grulla Morioka (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.3.
Ryūkyū entered with three wins in a row. Defeat had followed defeat for Grulla Morioka — five in succession. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Ryūkyū against 0/15 for Grulla Morioka.
4 meetings are on record — 2 won by Ryūkyū, 1 by Grulla Morioka, 1 drawn, at 3.25 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
The venue was Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium in Okinawa, with room for 10,189 spectators. On the scoreboard, Ryūkyū led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-2.