Oita Trinita edge Yokohama FC 2‑1 on Saturday

YOKOHAMA (Interstat) — Oita Trinita defeated Yokohama FC 2-1 on Saturday at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium. Shinya Utsumoto opened the scoring for Oita Trinita in the 19th minute. Lukian scored for Yokohama FC. Manato Kimoto scored for Oita Trinita in the 89th minute. Utsumoto played 90 minutes and scored, Lukian played 44 minutes and scored, Kimoto played 20 minutes and scored, and Patrick Verhon recorded an assist in 70 minutes. Yellow cards were shown to Yokohama FC’s Ogura H. in the 2nd minute, Oita Trinita’s Shige T. in the 35th, Matheus Pereira in the 55th, Sakakibara K. in the 77th, and Yokohama FC’s Shimamura T. in the 85th. Yokohama FC made two changes at halftime, while Oita Trinita substituted Nishimura Y. and Matheus Pereira in the 57th minute. Oita Trinita is now 1-0 in the competition and 1-0 overall. Yokohama FC is 0-1 in the competition and 2-1 overall.