FC Osaka and Ventforet Kofu met (J.League Cup) at Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiosaka. It was played on , with kick-off at . FC Osaka are coached by Mitsunori Yabuta, Ventforet Kofu by Hiroki Shibuya.
FC Osaka beat Ventforet Kofu 3-0. It was 1-0 at half time. The goals came from S. Nagano (6'), T. Kitsui (67') and K. Fukui (69').
FC Osaka came into the match with 4 wins and 1 defeat in their last 5, scoring 8 and conceding 4. Ventforet Kofu came into the match with 2 draws and 3 defeats in their last 5, scoring 3 and conceding 11.
This page has the FC Osaka – Ventforet Kofu match report, the goals, the line-ups and the standings.
A 3-0 rout: FC Osaka swept Ventforet Kofu aside at Hanazono Rugby Stadium. The half-time score was 1-0. K. Fukui was our player of the match, rated 7.2 by the ScoreMondo model for FC Osaka. Wednesday 2 September, Hanazono Rugby Stadium (Higashiosaka): FC Osaka against Ventforet Kofu in the J.League Cup, kick-off 11:00.
The story of the match
FC Osaka took the lead on 6 minutes thanks to S. Nagano. It was FC Osaka 1-0 Ventforet Kofu at half-time.
FC Osaka extended their lead to 2-0 in the 67th minute through T. Kitsui. FC Osaka extended their lead to 3-0 in the 69th minute through K. Fukui, set up by S. Ogawa.
Match statistics
Booked for FC Osaka: S. Tachino (33') and Y. Minakuchi (64').
Who stood out
Behind him, S. Nagano at 7.2, T. Kitsui at 7.2 and S. Ogawa at 6.9 were next in the ScoreMondo ratings. FC Osaka made 5 changes: T. Toya for Y. Natsukawa (62'), R. Yamashita for K. Shin (73'), H. Kimura for T. Kitsui (81') and H. Toriyama for S. Nagano (81'). From the Ventforet Kofu bench came Y. Naito on 60 minutes, H. Yamamoto on 68 minutes, K. Sato on 68 minutes and K. Sato on 68 minutes, among 5 changes.
How they came into it
Before kick-off, FC Osaka's last 5 matches had brought 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. FC Osaka drew 0-0 with Renofa Yamaguchi FC last time out. Ventforet Kofu came into the match with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from their last 5 matches. Their most recent game was a 2-1 win over Consadole Sapporo for Ventforet Kofu.
The bigger picture
FC Osaka extend their unbeaten run to 4 matches.
Coming up
Ventforet Kofu's next match is away to Fujieda MYFC on 14 November.
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