Match Report
Tochigi, 18th on 34 points, faced a 42-point deficit to Yokohama (2nd, 76). Yokohama ranked just 12th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Yokohama 1.58 scored and 0.71 conceded per game, Tochigi 0.87 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.24.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Yokohama 1, draws 3, Tochigi 0, at 1 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium in Yokohama, with room for 15,440 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.