Koshin hat trick not enough as Yokohama draws Ehime
YOKOHAMA (Interstat) — Muroi Koshin scored a hat trick and Yokohama FC Seagulls W played to a 3-3 draw with Ehime W on Sunday in a match that swung from an early home lead to a late visiting comeback. Koshin struck in the third and fifth minutes and completed his hat trick in the 36th, giving Yokohama FC Seagulls W a 3-1 advantage at halftime. Ehime W answered through Kawasaki Wakana in the ninth minute before the break, then pulled level with goals from Yuika Sakurai in the 57th and Misaki Enokidani in the 80th. The draw left both teams 0-0-1 in this competition and 0-0-1 across all competitions.
Yokohama FC Seagulls W started quickly and turned early pressure into a lead before Ehime W had settled into the match. Koshin scored in the third minute, then added another in the fifth to put the home side in control before the match was 10 minutes old. Ehime W responded when Kawasaki scored in the ninth minute, cutting the deficit to 2-1 and steadying the visitors after a difficult opening stretch. Yokohama FC Seagulls W restored a two-goal cushion when Koshin scored again in the 36th minute, a goal that sent the home team into halftime with a 3-1 lead. Koshin’s first-half hat trick accounted for all of Yokohama FC Seagulls W’s scoring.
Ehime W stayed within reach and changed the match after the interval. Yuika Sakurai scored in the 57th minute to make it 3-2, giving the visitors renewed momentum and forcing Yokohama FC Seagulls W to defend with greater urgency. Misaki Enokidani then scored in the 80th minute to complete the comeback and level the match at 3-3. Neither side found a winner after Enokidani’s goal, and the match ended with the teams sharing the points. Ehime W scored three times overall, with Sakurai and Enokidani supplying the second-half goals that erased the home side’s advantage.
Koshin’s three goals were the most prominent attacking output of the match, while Kawasaki, Sakurai and Enokidani each scored once for Ehime W. The result kept both clubs without a win or a loss in the competition, with one draw apiece, and the same 0-0-1 record applied across all competitions. Yokohama FC Seagulls W had led for much of the first half, but Ehime W’s second-half goals ensured the visitors left with a draw. Both teams finished the match with three goals, and the scoring was completed by the 80th minute.
The match produced six goals in all, with four in the first half and two after halftime. The scoring sequence began with Koshin’s third-minute goal, continued with his fifth-minute strike, included Kawasaki’s ninth-minute goal for Ehime W and Koshin’s 36th-minute finish, then resumed with Sakurai’s 57th-minute goal and Enokidani’s 80th-minute equalizer. No goals were scored after the 80th minute, and the teams finished level at 3-3.
Yokohama FC Seagulls W and Ehime W both opened their competition schedule with the draw. The teams remain unbeaten but without a victory in the competition. The same is true across all competitions. The match ended 3-3 after Ehime W scored twice in the second half and Yokohama FC Seagulls W scored three times in the first half. The draw gave each side one point in the competition standings, and neither team has recorded a loss or a win after the match.
Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Yokohama FC Seagulls W 2, Ehime W 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Yokohama FC Seagulls W with a 65.6 percent probability to win. The total score of 6 went under the over/under line of 2.5.