UTSUNOMIYA (Interstat) — Shunsuke Yamamoto scored in the 50th minute and Renofa Yamaguchi defeated host Tochigi SC 1-0 on Sunday at Tochigi Green Stadium. Sota Watanabe assisted on the goal. Tochigi SC received yellow cards to Higashi R. in the 27th minute and Osako R. in the 53rd minute, while Renofa Yamaguchi’s Tanabe K. was booked in the 71st minute. Tochigi SC made substitutions in the 54th minute with Nakamura J. and Igarashi T., then Sese H. in the 67th minute, Sugimori K. in the 68th minute and Suzuki W. I. in the 82nd minute. Renofa Yamaguchi substituted Yamamoto S. in the 62nd minute, Nakashima K. and Watanabe S. in the 63rd minute, Tanabe K. in the 75th minute and Noyori K. in the 86th minute. Renofa Yamaguchi’s record in this competition is 1-0, and its all-competitions record is 1-0. Tochigi SC’s record in this competition is 0-1, and its all-competitions record is 0-1.