Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Roasso Kumamoto (1st, 54 pts) held a 33-point advantage over Kamatamare Sanuki (15th, 21 pts). On recent form Roasso Kumamoto sat only 6th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Roasso Kumamoto were scoring 1.39 and conceding 0.71, Kamatamare Sanuki 0.71 and 1.46, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
Roasso Kumamoto had won five straight. Kamatamare Sanuki had not won in 8 games. Over the last five, Roasso Kumamoto had taken 15 of 15 points to Kamatamare Sanuki's 3.
The match was played at Egao Kenko Stadium in Kumamoto (capacity 32,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.