Match Report
Nothing between them on points: 34 each, with Maruyasu Okazaki 11th and Minebea Mitsumi 10th. Minebea Mitsumi ranked just 14th in the league on five-round form despite their 10th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Maruyasu Okazaki 0.97 scored and 1.27 conceded per game, Minebea Mitsumi 1.33 and 1.37, with the league averaging 1.24.
A win had eluded Maruyasu Okazaki for 6 matches.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Maruyasu Okazaki, 4 draws and 0 for Minebea Mitsumi, at 1.33 goals per meeting. Only 17% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Minato Soccer Stadium (capacity 45,000). On the scoreboard, Minebea Mitsumi led 2-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-2.
Goal scorers
Maruyasu Okazaki: Yuto Oshiro (63'), Kotaro Hara (66'), Raio Kuroyanagi (72') · Minebea Mitsumi: Shin Mukoda (3'), Taisei Takase (41')
Key stats
Possession: Maruyasu Okazaki 49% · Minebea Mitsumi 51% · Total shots: 10-8 · On target: 4-5 · Corners: 5-1