Nara Make It Five Wins in a Row; Gunma End Losing Run with Comeback Victory [Summary: MEIJI YASUDA J3 Matchweek 10]

Four Matchweek 10 fixtures in the MEIJI YASUDA J3 LEAGUE were played on 10 October.

Nara made it five wins in a row with a 2-0 home victory over Kitakyushu. Yuta Togashi opened the scoring in the 25th minute before Rikuto Ando doubled the lead three minutes into the second half. The result lifted Nara provisionally into third place.

Nagano ran out 3-1 winners away to Kochi. Kotaro Fujikawa broke the deadlock in the 48th minute before Shu Yoshizawa added a second 10 minutes later. Hogara Shoji made it 3-0 in the 85th minute, and although Kochi pulled one back late on, Nagano comfortably saw out the win.

Gunma came from behind to beat Ryukyu 2-1 and end their losing run. After falling behind in the sixth minute, Ren Fujimura equalised in the 28th before Masato Nuki completed the turnaround with the winner in the 57th minute.

Fukushima and Shiga played out a 2-2 draw. Ryuki Yamaguchi gave the visitors the lead on the half-hour mark, but Yuki Okada equalised just before half-time and Aruto Higuchi put Fukushima ahead four minutes after the restart. Kaito Miyake then struck in the 73rd minute to earn Shiga a point.

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