Match Report
9 points and 7 places separated them: Pohang Steelers 9th with 6, Kawasaki Frontale 2nd with 15. Recent form told a different story for Pohang Steelers: only 20th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 9th. Against a league average of 1.51 goals per team per game, Pohang Steelers ran at 1.29 scored and 2.43 conceded, Kawasaki Frontale at 1.86 and 0.57.
Kawasaki Frontale had drawn their last three.
Steelyard Stadium in Pohang staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Kawasaki Frontale led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 0-4.
Goal scorers
Kawasaki Frontale: Yasuto Wakizaka (71'), So Kawahara (74'), Erison (88'), Shin Yamada (38')