Top 3 Teams Win in Meiji Yasuda J2 League Round 20; Yamagata Achieves 5 Consecutive Wins

June 11, 2023 (Sun) 21:40

The top 3 teams of Machida, Oita and Tokyo V all won! Yamagata achieves 5 consecutive wins with Thiago and his Alves’ 5 consecutive wins[Summary: Meiji Yasuda J2 Round 20]

On the 11th, the Meiji Yasuda J2 League played 11 games in the 20th round, and the top three teams all won.

Mitchell Duke and Eriki each scored two goals in the lead Machida, who welcomed Nagasaki at home, winning comfortably 4-1. With two consecutive wins, they extended their points to 45 and firmly maintained their lead position.

In an away match against Gunma, second-placed Oita won 1-0 with Kazuki Fujimoto scoring the winning goal in the 73rd minute without a score. 3rd place Tokyo V won a come-from-behind victory over Okayama 2-1 with goals from Kosuke Saito and Kohei Yamakoshi.

Kofu welcomed Yamaguchi at home, and Kazushi Mihira’s two goals led to a comfortable 4-0 victory. Shimizu beat Kumamoto 1-0 as Carlinhos’ Junio ​​goal in the 82nd minute turned out to be the winning goal.

Iwata, who made it to their home ground in Sendai, won 3-2 thanks to Yuto Suzuki’s goal. In the 48th minute, when Yamagata was scoreless, Thiago opened the scoring with Alves’ five-game goal in a row. Yamagata moved up to 11th place with five straight wins.

Mito, who welcomed Chiba to the home team, won a comfortable 4-1 victory with Seifumi Teranuma’s goal. Tokushima defended Kaito Mori’s goal in the 26th minute and beat Tochigi 1-0.

Akita vs Kanazawa ended in a scoreless draw as both sides lacked a decisive move. Fujieda, who faced Omiya away, won 3-2 with a goal from Ryo Watanabe. On the other hand, Omiya lost 3 games in a row and was without a win in 12 games.

Meiji Yasuda J2 League Standings

■ Match data
Sendai vs Iwata
Akita vs Kanazawa
Yamagata vs Iwaki
Machida vs Nagasaki
Mito vs Chiba
Kofu vs Yamaguchi
Tokushima vs Tochigi
Gunma vs Oita
Omiya vs Fujieda
Okayama vs Tokyo V
Kumamoto vs Shimizu