Match Report
Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 1st with 40 points, sat 30 points above Montedio Yamagata (18th, 10). Per game in the league, Montedio Yamagata were scoring 0.59 and conceding 1.71, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2.59 and 0.82, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima came in having won three on the spin. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Montedio Yamagata against 12/15 for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
ND Soft Stadium Yamagata in Tendo, capacity 21,292, hosted the game. With 73 matches recorded and 0.9 yellow cards per game, T. Okabe was the man in the middle. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.