Match Report
The table gap was wide: 22 points between Rayluck Shiga (2nd, 56 pts) and Minebea Mitsumi (10th, 34 pts). Rayluck Shiga had been under-performing their position — 7th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Rayluck Shiga 1.57 scored and 1.17 conceded per game, Minebea Mitsumi 1.33 and 1.37, with the league averaging 1.24.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Rayluck Shiga, 3 draws and 1 for Minebea Mitsumi, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 17% of the meetings went to the host. 83% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
Nunobiki Higashiomi Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.
Goal scorers
Rayluck Shiga: Shun Akiyama (17'), Kosuke Nagae (75' og) · Minebea Mitsumi: Tatsuya Sugita (5'), 1 goal with no recorded scorer