Caltell Toyama and Yokohama played out a 3:3 draw in the J-League 2 Regular Season on Saturday at Toyama Athletic Stadium. Both sides came into the match level on points, each sitting on 14 after eight games, and neither could claim superiority by the final whistle. The result keeps them locked in fifth and sixth place.
Toyama took the lead through K. Shimbo in the twenty-first minute, but Yokohama responded quickly with K. Chiba's equaliser five minutes later. The visitors then took control, M. Furukawa netting in the thirty-first and forty-eighth minutes while T. Murata added a fourth in the forty-first. By then the match seemed settled, and here's the thing — Toyama refused to yield.
D. Matsuoka scored in the eighty-ninth minute to complete the comeback, turning a potential defeat into a point. Kang Min-Woo collected a yellow card in the fifty-third minute, and there were multiple substitutions after the break, including three for Yokohama in the sixty-seventh minute alone. The crowd at Toyama Athletic Stadium must have been exhausted by the end.
Yokohama dominated possession of the ball with 121 attacks to Toyama's 102, yet both sides created zero big chances. Toyama were more clinical with their shooting, landing eight shots on target against three for the visitors, though they also missed eleven attempts. Possession sat at 51 per cent for the hosts, a near-even split that matched the final scoreline.
The draw extends Toyama's unbeaten run, having won four of their last five matches including a clean sheet against Monteido Yamagata. Yokohama's recent form has been more inconsistent, with defeats to Iwaki and losses elsewhere in their last eight games. Neither team can afford another slip in this tight division.
Both sides remain on 14 points after eight rounds, with the table going out of the window in these games — every point matters equally when you're this close together. The goal difference will decide matters if the points stay level, and neither side has gained ground on their rivals today.
