UTSUNOMIYA (Interstat) — Visiting Matsumoto defeated home side Tochigi 2-1 on Saturday in a J3 League soccer match at Tochigi Green Stadium in Utsunomiya, Japan. Shunya Suzuki scored for Matsumoto in the 36th minute. Tochigi’s Wadi Suzuki received a yellow card in the 66th minute. Matsumoto’s record in the competition is now 1 win, 2 losses and 5 draws, while Tochigi’s competition record is 2 wins, 3 losses and 3 draws. Matsumoto’s overall record is also 1 win, 2 losses and 5 draws, and Tochigi’s overall record is 2 wins, 3 losses and 3 draws. Matsumoto entered the match after a scoreless draw at Roasso, while Tochigi had lost at Kagoshima. Matsumoto next hosts Tottori and Kagoshima, then visits AC Nagano Parceiro. Tochigi next visits Kamatamare, then hosts Renofa and visits Ryūkyū. Matsumoto had also drawn at Kōchi and at home against Ōsaka earlier this season. The match was part of the J3 League schedule in Japan.