Match Report
Shimizu S-Pulse, 1st with 82 points, sat 16 points above Montedio Yamagata (4th, 66). Per game in the league, Shimizu S-Pulse were scoring 1.79 and conceding 1, Montedio Yamagata 1.45 and 0.95, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Shimizu S-Pulse in 8 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Momentum sat with Montedio Yamagata, winners of their last six, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
6 meetings are on record — 3 won by Shimizu S-Pulse, 2 by Montedio Yamagata, 1 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting.
The referee was Y. Imamura, with 60 matches in our database and 1.1 yellows per game on average. IAI Stadium Nihondaira in Shizuoka, capacity 20,339, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Shimizu S-Pulse: Koya Kitagawa (75') · Montedio Yamagata: Junya Takahashi (79'), Yusuke Goto (87')