TAKAMATSU (Interstat) — Kamatamare overcame an early deficit and beat Kanazawa 3-1 on Wednesday in a league match. Kanazawa struck in the second minute, but Kamatamare answered with three unanswered goals and controlled the second half after taking the lead before halftime. Kamatamare responded after the early setback and took a halftime lead, then added another goal after the break to secure the home victory.

Kosei Makiyama led Kamatamare with a goal and an assist while playing 80 minutes. Shuri Arita played 88 minutes and scored once. Kyota Sakakibara played 78 minutes and scored for Kanazawa, opening the scoring in the second minute. Makiyama’s equalizer came in the 26th minute, and Arita put the home side ahead in the 43rd.

Akito Ueno played 28 minutes and scored for Kamatamare in the 67th minute. Kaito Miyazaki played 78 minutes and had an assist for Kanazawa. Hauru Asada played 80 minutes and supplied an assist for Kamatamare. Shuya Takashima played 90 minutes, recorded an assist and received a yellow card in the 61st minute.

The match turned after Sakakibara’s early goal. Kamatamare settled possession and found the equalizer through Makiyama, then moved ahead when Arita scored two minutes before halftime. Ueno’s second-half goal gave the home side a cushion, and Kanazawa could not produce a second goal despite the changes that followed. Kanazawa’s early pressure produced the opening goal, but Kamatamare’s response changed the pace of the match. The home side created the better chances across the first half and carried that advantage into the second.

Yellow cards went to Kamatamare’s Hayashida in the 41st minute, Kanazawa’s Patric in first-half stoppage time and Kamatamare’s Takashima in the 61st minute. Kamatamare made substitutions in the 46th, 62nd, 80th and 88th minutes, using Goto, Woo, and later replacing Makiyama, Asada and Arita. Kanazawa brought on Suzuki and Tosa in the 63rd, replaced Sakakibara and Miyazaki in the 78th and introduced Terasaka in the 88th.

Kanazawa is now 0 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in the competition and 0 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw across all competitions. Kamatamare is 1 win and 1 loss in the competition and 1 win and 1 loss across all competitions. The result gave Kamatamare its first win in the competition and across all competitions, while Kanazawa remained without a win. Kanazawa entered after a 1-0 home loss to Nara Club, a 1-1 draw at Osaka and a 2-0 home loss to Shimizu S-Pulse. Kamatamare was coming off a 3-0 home loss to Kumamoto and next plays at Kusatsu in the J3 League. Kamatamare’s upcoming schedule includes matches against Nara Club, Osaka, Zweigen, Kochi, Tochigi SC, Gifu, Sagamihara, Roasso and Giravanz.

Kamatamare’s comeback was built on goals at key moments. Makiyama scored in the 26th minute and also provided an assist, Arita scored in the 43rd and Ueno scored in the 67th. Kanazawa’s only goal came from Sakakibara in the second minute. The visitors were forced to chase the game after halftime and made four substitutions as they searched for a response. Kamatamare’s defensive work after Ueno’s goal limited Kanazawa’s chances, and the final substitutions helped the home side close out the result.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Kanazawa 2, Kamatamare 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Kamatamare with a 51.2 percent probability to win. Kanazawa had been installed as a pregame favorite with a point spread of minus 0.5. The total score of 4 went under the over/under line of 2.5.