Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Vegalta Sendai (6th, 64 pts) held a 34-point advantage over Kagoshima United (19th, 30 pts). Kagoshima United had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 14th in the league over the last five rounds against 19th overall. Per game in the league, Vegalta Sendai were scoring 1.32 and conceding 1.16, Kagoshima United 0.92 and 1.55, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
Kagoshima United had not won in 5 games.
The match was played at Yurtec Stadium Sendai in Sendai (capacity 19,694). On the scoreboard, Vegalta Sendai led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.