Match Report
13 points and 2 places separated them: Imabari 2nd with 73, Matsumoto Yamaga 4th with 60. Scoring rates set the scale: Imabari 1.63 scored and 1 conceded per game, Matsumoto Yamaga 1.61 and 1.18, with the league averaging 1.3.
Imabari arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Over the last five, Imabari had taken 13 of 15 points to Matsumoto Yamaga's 6.
T. Ueda officiated: 28 games logged, averaging 1.7 yellow cards each. The match was played at Yume Stadium in Imabari-shi (capacity 5,000). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.