Match highlights
Fukushima United FC vs Giravanz Kitakyushu highlights
How the goals came
54' Kaisei Kano opens the scoring for Fukushima United FC → 61' Hiroki Higuchi extends Fukushima United FC's lead (the winner) → 65' Daigo Takahashi pulls one back for Giravanz Kitakyushu. Full time: 2-1, Fukushima United FC win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
54' Kaisei Kano (Fukushima United FC) 1-0
The first half ended without a goal, and the match only opened up after the restart. In the 54th minute Kaisei Kano put Fukushima United FC ahead at home for 1-0. It was the first strike in a second half that would produce three goals in the space of eleven minutes.
61' Hiroki Higuchi (Fukushima United FC) 2-0
Seven minutes after the opener, Fukushima United FC doubled their lead. Hiroki Higuchi scored in the 61st minute for 2-0, giving the home side a two-goal cushion for the first time. With Giravanz Kitakyushu pulling one back later, this proved to be the winning goal in the 2-1 result.
65' Daigo Takahashi (Giravanz Kitakyushu) 2-1
Two goals down, Giravanz Kitakyushu responded almost immediately. Daigo Takahashi scored their only goal of the match in the 65th minute to make it 2-1. Nothing more followed in the time remaining, and Fukushima United FC took the home win by 2-1 in front of 2,141 spectators.
