Match Report
The table read 7th (Vegalta Sendai, 62 pts) against 9th (Iwaki, 56 pts), 6 points apart. On the form table Iwaki stood 4th over the last five rounds, despite being 9th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Vegalta Sendai 1.24 scored and 0.95 conceded per game, Iwaki 1.45 and 1.16, with the league averaging 1.23.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 4 Vegalta Sendai wins, 1 for Iwaki, 0 draws, at 3.2 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match was played at Yurtec Stadium Sendai in Sendai (capacity 19,694). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.