Match highlights
Kagoshima United FC vs Ehime FC highlights
How the goals came
32' Aura Takahashi opens the scoring for Kagoshima United FC → 42' Aura Takahashi extends Kagoshima United FC's lead → 49' Aura Takahashi extends Kagoshima United FC's lead (the winner) → 59' Shota Tamura pulls one back for Ehime FC → 63' Hiroto Yamada extends Kagoshima United FC's lead → 65' Shota Hino pulls one back for Ehime FC. Full time: 4-2, Kagoshima United FC win.
The match, goal by goal
4 of the 6 goals came after half-time.
32' Aura Takahashi (Kagoshima United FC) 1-0
The match stayed level for just over half an hour before Aura Takahashi broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute, putting Kagoshima United FC 1-0 up at home. It was the first of three goals Takahashi would score at Shiranami Stadium, and the lead established here was never surrendered.
42' Aura Takahashi (Kagoshima United FC) 2-0
Ten minutes after the opener, Takahashi struck again in the 42nd minute. The second goal moved Kagoshima United FC from 1-0 to 2-0 and handed the hosts a two-goal cushion to carry into the interval, with Ehime FC still searching for a first reply.
49' Aura Takahashi (Kagoshima United FC) 3-0
Shortly after the restart, in the 49th minute, Takahashi completed a hat-trick to make it 3-0. All three goals had come within 17 minutes of playing time, beginning with the opener at 32. Ehime FC, two behind at the break, found the gap widened almost immediately.
59' Shota Tamura (Ehime FC) 3-1
Ehime FC finally got on the scoresheet in the 59th minute through Shota Tamura, making it 3-1. The goal ended Kagoshima United FC's clean sheet and cut a three-goal deficit to two for the visitors with half an hour left.
63' Hiroto Yamada (Kagoshima United FC) 4-1
Kagoshima United FC answered quickly. Four minutes after conceding, in the 63rd minute, Hiroto Yamada made it 4-1, the first goal of the match not scored by Takahashi. The three-goal margin that Ehime FC had just reduced was restored.
65' Shota Hino (Ehime FC) 4-2
Two minutes after Yamada's goal, Shota Hino pulled another back for Ehime FC in the 65th minute to make it 4-2. Three goals had now been scored in the six minutes between the 59th and the 65th. Hino's effort proved the last of the evening, and the match finished 4-2 to the hosts in front of a crowd of 7,529.
