KITAKYUSHU (Interstat) — Girav Kitakyushu defeated Gifu 4-0 on Saturday in a J3 League match at Mikuni World Stadium. Taiga Maekawa opened the scoring in the 22nd minute, and Ryo Sato added a goal in the 89th. Bence Bárdos provided an assist. Gifu did not score. Yellow cards were issued to Anderson Esiti in the 40th minute, Bence Bárdos in the 62nd, Milán Vitális in the 86th, Yuya Takazawa in the 55th, So Fujitani in the 59th and Junki Hata in the 82nd. Girav Kitakyushu improved to 1-1-1 in league play and across all competitions. Gifu fell to 0-1-0 in both.