Daejeon Citizen vs Vissel Kobe 0-1

Vissel Kobe left Daejeon with a 1-0 win after Ren Komatsu struck in the 83rd minute and Gotoku Sakai supplied the assist. That settled a tight match at Daejeon World Cup Stadium.

The first half brought no goals, with Daejeon Citizen and Vissel Kobe going in level at 0-0.

Daejeon made three changes on 65 minutes, sending on Gustav Ludwigson, Um Won-Sang and Seo Jin-Su, while Vissel Kobe made two on 70 minutes. The decisive goal came late, when Sakai set up Komatsu in the 83rd minute to make it 0-1. Vissel Kobe then used their remaining changes, with João Victor Andrade Caetano replacing Takuya Iwanami on 84 minutes and Yoshinori Muto coming on for Komatsu on 86 minutes. Daejeon followed with a further substitution on 84 minutes, Joo Min-Kyu replacing Diogo Oliveira, before Park Byung-chan took the place of Lee Soon-min on 88 minutes.

Daejeon had 54% of the possession, 479 passes to Vissel Kobe's 408, and more shots, 19 to 10. They also had more shots on target, 5 to 3, more corners, 7 to 2, and a higher expected goals figure at 0.93 to 0.58. Vissel Kobe still found the only finish that mattered, while Daejeon had 2 saves to Vissel Kobe's 5.

Vissel Kobe's Yuya Kuwasaki was booked in the 74th minute. There were no red cards.