Match Report
Shonan Bellmare went into the game 19th in the table on 32 points; Yokohama F. Marinos sat 15th on 43 — an 11-point gap. Recent form flatters Yokohama F. Marinos's table spot — 2nd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 15th. Against a league average of 1.2 goals per team per game, Shonan Bellmare ran at 0.95 scored and 1.66 conceded, Yokohama F. Marinos at 1.21 and 1.24.
Defeat had followed defeat for Yokohama F. Marinos — four in succession.
Across 8 recorded meetings, Shonan Bellmare have 1 win to Yokohama F. Marinos's 5, with 2 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 38% of the wins in this fixture. Goals tend to flow: 63% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka (Hiratsuka) in Hiratsuka staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,200. On the scoreboard, Shonan Bellmare led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Shonan Bellmare: Taiyo Hiraoka (41') · Yokohama F. Marinos: Élber (61')