Match highlights
Ehime FC vs Renofa Yamaguchi FC highlights
How the goals came
43' Shota Hino opens the scoring for Ehime FC → 45' Kohei Hosoya extends Ehime FC's lead (the winner) → 74' Shunsuke Yamamoto pulls one back for Renofa Yamaguchi FC. Full time: 2-1, Ehime FC win.
The match, goal by goal
1 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
43' Shota Hino (Ehime FC) 1-0
The deadlock finally broke in the 43rd minute, when Shota Hino put Ehime FC ahead at Ningineer Stadium. A match that had been level at 0-0 was now 1-0 to the hosts. Hino's opener came late in the first half, and Ehime FC would add a second before the interval.
45' Kohei Hosoya (Ehime FC) 2-0
Two minutes after the opener, Kohei Hosoya made it 2-0 right on 45 minutes. Ehime FC had scored twice in quick succession at the end of the first half and took a two-goal cushion into the break. Renofa Yamaguchi FC replied once after the interval, which left Hosoya's strike as the decisive goal in the 2-1 win.
74' Shunsuke Yamamoto (Renofa Yamaguchi FC) 2-1
Trailing by two at the restart, Renofa Yamaguchi FC got on the scoresheet through Shunsuke Yamamoto in the 74th minute to make it 2-1. It was a response from the visitors, but they could not find the equaliser in the time that remained. Ehime FC saw out the 2-1 win in front of 1,767 spectators.
