Match Report
The table gap was wide: 26 points between Vegalta Sendai (7th, 63 pts) and Ryūkyū (21st, 37 pts). On recent form Vegalta Sendai sat only 19th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 7th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Ryūkyū 0.98 scored and 1.55 conceded per game, Vegalta Sendai 1.6 and 1.4, with the league averaging 1.23.
Ryūkyū arrived off four straight defeats. The last-five ledger: Ryūkyū 1/15, Vegalta Sendai 9/15.
The match was played at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium in Okinawa (capacity 10,189). Vegalta Sendai led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.




