Match Report
Osaka (3rd, 71 pts) visited Vanraure Hachinohe (2nd, 72 pts) with 1 points between them. Vanraure Hachinohe had been under-performing their position — 18th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Vanraure Hachinohe ran at 1.21 scored and 0.61 conceded, Osaka at 1.45 and 0.87.
Vanraure Hachinohe entered with seven wins in a row, having scored in 11 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Vanraure Hachinohe against 5/15 for Osaka.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Vanraure Hachinohe win, 2 for Osaka, 2 draws, at 1.2 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. Historically tight: 0% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Daihatsu Stadium (Hachinohe) in Hachinohe (capacity 5,200). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.