Albirex Niigata took the points with a 1-0 home win over Fujieda MYFC in J.League 2, the decisive goal arriving late in the game. A tight contest was settled in the 83rd minute, when a moment of quality broke the deadlock. Fujieda MYFC could not find a response before the final whistle.
The match was still level with 10 minutes to play, both sides cautious in their approach. Albirex Niigata made the breakthrough in the 83rd minute, the only goal of the afternoon, to move ahead. Fujieda MYFC pushed for an equaliser late on but Albirex held firm. The two yellow cards, shown to Yusuke Onishi on 52 minutes and Kota Watanabe on 60, were the only bookings in a fairly clean encounter.
Without any detailed statistics to separate the sides, the game hinged on that late goal rather than any sustained dominance. Albirex Niigata will be pleased to take all three points from a contest that looked finely balanced for long stretches. Fujieda MYFC and the scorer of the winning goal both missed the opportunity to add more to the match report.
