Match Report
Vietnam U23 (1st, 9 pts) visited Japan U23 (2nd, 6 pts) with 3 points between them. The last five rounds placed Japan U23 no better than 7th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Per game in the league, Japan U23 were scoring 1.67 and conceding 0.33, Vietnam U23 2 and 0, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
F. Lau officiated: 34 games logged, averaging 0.8 yellow cards each. The match was played at Stadion Wibawa Mukti in Cikarang (capacity 77,193). Vietnam U23 led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.