YOKOHAMA (Interstat) — Yokohama F. Marinos and Verdy played to a 2-2 draw in a competition match at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on Wednesday, with Verdy erasing a two-goal deficit through Kanya Fujimoto and Goki Yamada after Ryo Miyaichi and Daiya Tono had put the home side ahead.

Yokohama F. Marinos opened the scoring in the 23rd minute when Miyaichi found the net. Daiya Tono doubled the lead in the 50th minute. Marinos controlled much of the first half after Miyaichi’s goal, and Tono’s finish early in the second half gave the home side a two-goal cushion. Verdy responded with substitutions and began to find space. Fujimoto pulled Verdy back in the 73rd minute. Verdy pushed numbers forward in the closing minutes, and Yamada equalized in the third minute of second-half stoppage time, completing the comeback.

Verdy’s record in the competition is now 0 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw. Its record across all competitions is now 1 win, 3 losses and 1 draw. Yokohama F. Marinos’s record in the competition is now 0 wins, 0 losses and 3 draws. Its record across all competitions is now 3 wins, 0 losses and 3 draws.

Miyaichi played 90 minutes and scored once for Yokohama F. Marinos. Tono played 65 minutes and scored once. Fujimoto played 90 minutes, scored once and received a yellow card. Yamada played four minutes and scored once. Shuhei Mizoguchi played 90 minutes and recorded an assist. Kosuke Matsumura played 90 minutes and recorded an assist. Koki Morita played 29 minutes and recorded an assist.

Fujimoto was booked in the 14th minute, and Suzuki K. received a yellow card in the 24th minute. Yokohama F. Marinos used a substitution involving Chinen K. in the sixth minute. Verdy made a halftime substitution involving Ichimi K. and further substitutions involving Suzuki K. and Saito K. in the 61st minute, Cho Yu-Min in the 72nd minute and Kumatoriya I. in the 86th minute. Yokohama F. Marinos made substitutions involving Croux J., Tono D. and Kimura T. in the 65th minute and Amano J. in the 79th minute.

Miyaichi’s goal was the first of the match, and Tono’s goal doubled the advantage after the break. Fujimoto’s goal gave Verdy hope, and Yamada’s stoppage-time finish leveled the score. Fujimoto’s yellow card in the 14th minute was the first caution of the match. Suzuki K. was booked in the 24th minute. Yokohama F. Marinos made an early substitution involving Chinen K. in the sixth minute, and Verdy made changes at halftime and in the second half as it sought a way back into the game.

Yokohama F. Marinos entered the match after a 0-0 draw at Chiba, a 2-1 home win over Shimizu S-Pulse, a 0-0 draw at Cerezo Osaka, a 2-1 home win over Kyoto Sangyo University and a 2-1 win at Montedio Yamagata. Verdy had lost 4-0 to FC Tokyo, lost 2-0 to Sanfrecce Hiroshima, beaten Gainare Tottori 1-0 and lost 2-1 to Sagan Tosu in its previous four matches. Verdy is scheduled to host Avispa Fukuoka next in the J1 League.

The draw extended Yokohama F. Marinos’s unbeaten run across all competitions, while Verdy avoided defeat after consecutive losses in the competition. Yokohama F. Marinos remained without a win in the competition, and Verdy also remained without a win in the competition. Both sides continued their search for a first competition victory.

Interstat’s game simulator projected Yokohama F. Marinos 2, Verdy 0. Interstat’s ELO system gave Yokohama F. Marinos an 85.2 percent probability to win. Yokohama F. Marinos was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 4 went under the over/under line of 2.5.