Tosu wins nail-biter against Matsumoto to stay above relegation zone
Sagan Tosu avoided falling into the relegation zone with a 1-0 home win over Matsumoto Yamaga, a fellow straggler in the J. League first division, on Sunday. Takashi Kanai scored the game's only goal on a 13th-minute free-kick at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium, and the ...
Matsumoto Yamaga hold league-leading Kashima Antlers to draw
Matsumoto Yamaga earned a 1-1 home draw against the league-leading Kashima Antlers on Friday night. Using their strong defense to stymie one of the league's top-scoring sides, Yamaga scored first before the Antlers equalized on a penalty. Although the hosts remain 17th in the 18-team ...
FC Tokyo fails to expand league lead after away draw at Matsumoto
FC Tokyo remained winless for a second straight round on Sunday, clinging to their J. League first-division lead with a 0-0 draw at Matsumoto Yamaga. With its home ground, Ajinomoto Stadium, unavailable because of the Rugby World Cup, Tokyo was playing in its fourth of ...
First-division returnee Matsumoto Yamaga made life hard on title-chasing Kawasaki Frontale on Sunday, holding the two-time defending champions to a scoreless draw. Content to let Frontale control the ball for most of the game, the visitors frustrated their opponents' efforts to create space in the ...
Marinos triumph over Yamaga on Edigar Junio's late goal
Edigar Junio's late goal helped Yokohama F. Marinos overcome their attacking struggles with a 1-0 win over Matsumoto Yamaga on Saturday in the 16th round of the J. League's first division. The result was a welcome one for manager Ange Postecoglou's side, which wasted two ...
Defending champion Frontale finally gets first win of season
Goals from Kei Chinen and Hiroyuki Abe led two-time defending J. League champion Kawasaki Frontale to its first win of the season as it overturned Matsumoto Yamaga 2-0 on Sunday. Frontale had little trouble exploiting the gaps in the recently promoted hosts' defense, but was ...
Matsumoto Yamaga capture J2 title, earn promotion back to top flight
Matsumoto Yamaga wrapped up the J. League second-division championship Saturday with a 0-0 draw at home against Tokushima Vortis, winning promotion back to the top flight in the process. The Nagano Prefecture club finished the 42-game J2 season with 77 points, one clear of second-place ...
Shingo Akamine scored a 92nd-minute winner as Fagiano Okayama defeated Matsumoto Yamaga 2-1 on Sunday to reach the J. League promotion playoff final against Cerezo Osaka. Okayama, sixth in the J. League second tier this season, had to win at Matsumoto to maintain its hopes ...
Vegalta Sendai defeated relegated Matsumoto Yamaga 2-1 on Saturday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Emperor's Cup. Shingo Tomita bundled in the opener midway through the second half at a rain-hit Yurtec Stadium and Naoki Sugai scored an equally scrappy second to all but ...
Matsumoto rallies past Shonan, advances to Emperor's Cup fourth round
Matsumoto Yamaga came from behind to win 3-2 at first-division rivals Shonan Bellmare to book their place in the fourth round of the Emperor's Cup on Saturday. Shonan took the lead in style after 14 minutes, when Shunsuke Kikuchi took a lay-off at the edge ...
Naoki Maeda struck a late equalizer to earn Matsumoto Yamaga a point in a 2-2 draw against fellow strugglers Montedio Yamagata in the J. League first division on Wednesday. Matsumoto took the lead after seven minutes when Yuzo Iwakami drove home a through ball from ...
