Yokohama 2-1 Yamaguchi in the J2 League, Placement match at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium, Yokohama (15,440 capacity).

Yokohama won all 5 matches (W–W–W–W–W), scoring 14 and conceding 7.

Yamaguchi won 2, drew 1 and lost 2 of their previous 5 matches (W–L–D–L–W), scoring 13 and conceding 11.

The two sides have met 10 times: Yokohama 5 wins, Yamaguchi 1, 4 draws.