Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Shimizu S-Pulse (4th, 74 pts) held a 39-point advantage over Zweigen Kanazawa (22nd, 35 pts). Per game in the league, Zweigen Kanazawa were scoring 0.98 and conceding 1.67, Shimizu S-Pulse 1.86 and 0.81, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Zweigen Kanazawa entered with three losses in a row. Shimizu S-Pulse came in having won three on the spin, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Zweigen Kanazawa against 10/15 for Shimizu S-Pulse.
The match was played at Ishikawa Seibu Stadium (Kanazawa) in Kanazawa (capacity 20,261). On the scoreboard, Shimizu S-Pulse led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-3.