Match Report
The table gap was wide: 17 points between Mito Hollyhock (1st, 70 pts) and Montedio Yamagata (10th, 53 pts). Montedio Yamagata ranked 2nd in the league on five-round form, well above their 10th table position. Per game in the league, Montedio Yamagata were scoring 1.53 and conceding 1.42, Mito Hollyhock 1.45 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Montedio Yamagata, 1 draw and 6 for Mito Hollyhock, at 2.09 goals per meeting.
The match was played at ND Soft Stadium Yamagata (capacity 21,292). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Mito Hollyhock led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Montedio Yamagata: Shunmei Horikane (90') · Mito Hollyhock: Arata Watanabe (5'), Koshi Osaki (20')
Key stats
Possession: Montedio Yamagata 58% · Mito Hollyhock 42% · Total shots: 11-7 · On target: 3-3 · Corners: 9-2