Match Report
Tochigi City, 1st with 77 points, sat 39 points above Kochi United (18th, 38). Recent form told a different story for Tochigi City: only 5th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Per game in the league, Tochigi City were scoring 1.82 and conceding 0.97, Kochi United 1.05 and 1.58, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Kochi United arrived off five straight defeats. Over the last five, Tochigi City had taken 7 of 15 points to Kochi United's 0.
Tochigi City led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-0 full-time score.




