Match Report
Kagoshima United, 19th on 30 points, faced a 45-point deficit to V-Varen Nagasaki (3rd, 75). Kagoshima United's recent output outran their position: 14th on form over five rounds, 19th in the table. Per game in the league, V-Varen Nagasaki were scoring 1.95 and conceding 1.03, Kagoshima United 0.92 and 1.55, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
Over the last five, V-Varen Nagasaki had taken 12 of 15 points to Kagoshima United's 6.
S. Kawamata officiated: 45 games logged, averaging 1.2 yellow cards each. The match was played at transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki in Isahaya (capacity 20,246). Half-time and full-time told different stories: V-Varen Nagasaki led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-1.
Goal scorers
V-Varen Nagasaki: Takumi Nagura (14'), Matheus Jesus (43'), Matheus Jesus (57'), Asahi Masuyama (81') · Kagoshima United: Wataru Tanaka (61')