Match Report
27 points separated the sides: Urawa Reds 6th on 63, Tokushima Vortis 17th on 36. On recent form Urawa Reds sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Per game in the league, Tokushima Vortis were scoring 0.89 and conceding 1.45, Urawa Reds 1.24 and 1, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Urawa Reds entered with five wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Tokushima Vortis 3/15, Urawa Reds 15/15.
The venue was Pocari Sweat Stadium in Naruto, with room for 20,441 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.