Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Tokushima Vortis 8th with 55 points, ThespaKusatsu Gunma 20th with 18, 37 apart. The last five rounds placed Tokushima Vortis 3rd in the league for form — higher than their 8th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: ThespaKusatsu Gunma 0.63 scored and 1.63 conceded per game, Tokushima Vortis 1.11 and 1.16, with the league averaging 1.24.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma had not won in 6 games.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 2 for ThespaKusatsu Gunma, 2 for Tokushima Vortis and 0 drawn, at 2.25 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
The match was played at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma in Maebashi (capacity 20,588). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Tokushima Vortis led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Tokushima Vortis: Naoki Kanuma (31'), Noah Browne (46')