Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Imabari 2nd with 73 points, Parceiro Nagano 18th with 37, 36 apart. Per game in the league, Parceiro Nagano were scoring 1.16 and conceding 1.5, Imabari 1.63 and 1, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Parceiro Nagano for 6 matches. Momentum sat with Imabari, winners of their last three. The last-five ledger: Parceiro Nagano 2/15, Imabari 13/15.
Minami Nagano Sports Park Stadium in Nagano staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,000. K. Yasukawa officiated: 16 games logged, averaging 2.2 yellow cards each. Imabari led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-2.