FC Tōkyō vs Kyoto Sanga FC, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Tōkyō vs Kyoto Sanga FC — J. League at Ajinomoto Stadium.
- FC Tōkyō 18 games · 37 pts (2026/26)
- Kyoto Sanga FC 18 games · 23 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Vissel Kobe 18 35 2 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 3 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 5 Gamba Osaka 18 28 6 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 7 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 8 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 9 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 10 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 11 Kashima Antlers 18 45 12 FC Tōkyō 18 37 13 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 14 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 15 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 16 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 17 Kashiwa Reysol 18 20 18 Yokohama F·Marinos 18 20 19 FC Mito Holly Hock 18 18 20 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 18 12 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 Aug Kyoto Sanga FC H 0–4 L 16 Aug Shonan Bellmare A 2–2 D 10 Aug Kashima Antlers H 0–1 L 19 Jul Urawa Red Diamonds H 3–2 W 05 Jul Kashiwa Reysol A 0–1 L 28 Jun Yokohama FC H 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 Aug FC Tōkyō A 4–0 W 16 Aug Tokyo Verdy H 1–0 W 10 Aug Nagoya Grampus A 2–1 W 21 Jul Avispa Fukuoka A 2–2 D 05 Jul Albirex Niigata H 2–1 W 28 Jun Gamba Osaka H 3–1 W Season Stats
FC Tōkyō Kyoto Sanga FC #12 Position #8 37 Points 23 18 Played 18 13 / 0 / 5 W / D / L 8 / 0 / 10 55 Scored 32 42 Conceded 39 +13 GD -7 2.06 PPG 1.28 72% Win % 44% Key Stats
13% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season17% Clean Sheets
Kyoto Sanga FC this seasonFC Tōkyō are 12th (37 pts). Kyoto Sanga FC are 8th (23 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Tōkyō0-15–/116-30–/231-458/–46-602/–61-754/476+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededKyoto Sanga FC0-151/216-302/331-452/146-602/261-75–/676+2/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Ajinomoto Stadium will turn into a battlefield for FC Tōkyō and Kyoto Sanga FC.
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 8' Papagaio puts Kyoto Sanga FC on the lead.
- 13' Goal! Papagaio scores his 31 goal in 386 matches.
- 18' FC Tōkyō started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 18.
- 23' It looks surprising FC Tōkyō does not make any changes. Temma Matsuda has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 28' It’s high time Kwi-Jea Cho made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 31' Kyoto Sanga FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 36' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 41' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Kashif Bangunagande made 437 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 45' Goal! Yoshinori Suzuki scores his 6 goal in 105 matches.
- 45' A meaty challenge results in booking for Kento Hashimoto on 45.
- 50' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Tōkyō needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 52' Kyoto Sanga FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 52.
- 57' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 62' Kyoto Sanga FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 63' Fuki Yamada is replacing Taichi Hara for the Kyoto Sanga FC side.
- 64' Marcelo Ryan is replacing Shohei Takeda for the FC Tokyo side.
- 69' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 70' It is a substitution in Kyoto Sanga FC team. Shinnosuke Fukuda is replaced by Ryuma Nakano on 70 minute.
- 71' Another change for Kyoto Sanga FC made on 71 minute. Kei Koizumi leaves to be changed by Hidehiro Sugai.
- 76' Kyoto Sanga FC is showing some good football. However, Kyoto Sanga FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 77' Time for substitution for FC Tokyo. Temma Matsuda is replaced by Keigo Higashi.
- 81' Goal! Papagaio scores his 31 goal in 386 matches.
- 83' Shun Nagasawa is replacing Papagaio for the Kyoto Sanga FC side.
- 85' Kyota Tokiwa has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kota Tawaratsumida on 85 minute.
- 90' Yuta Miyamoto needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Kyoto Sanga FC players.
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Lineups
FC Tōkyō Lineups
Starting XI
- 5
- 6
- 18
- 39
- 37
- 24
- 30
- 81
- 33
- 28
- 26
Bench
- 10
- 13
- 44
- 19
- 14
- 32
- 27
Coach Rikizo MatsuhashiKyoto Sanga FC Lineups
Starting XI
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9
Papagaio ↓ Shun Nagasawa 83'
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14
Taichi Hara ↓ Fuki Yamada 63'
- 2
- 18
- 39
- 50
- 24
- 16
- 44
- 10
- 26
Bench
- 29
- 88
- 21
- 3
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27
Fuki Yamada ↑ 63'
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48
Ryuma Nakano ↑ 70'
- 5
- 22
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93
Shun Nagasawa ↑ 83'
Coach Kwi-Jea Cho -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Papagaio 4 Diego Oliveira 2 Sota Kawasaki 2 Taichi Hara 1 Taiki Hirato 1 Masaya Okugawa 1 Shohei Takeda 1 Adailton 1 Head to Head
FC Tōkyō Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.21 FC Tōkyō xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.17 Kyoto Sanga FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 78%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Kyoto Sanga FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 4.38Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 98% 2% ± 1.5 93% 7% ± 2.5 80% 20% ± 3.5 63% 37% ± 4.5 44% 56% Double Chance
FC Tōkyō or Draw 60%Draw or Kyoto Sanga FC 63%FC Tōkyō or Kyoto Sanga FC 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Kyoto Sanga FC win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 0–4 not predicted0 – 4Actual2 – 2 6.9%1 – 1 6.8%2 – 1 6.5%1 – 2 6.4%3 – 2 5%2 – 3 5%3 – 1 4.7%1 – 3 4.6%3 – 3 3.7%2 – 0 3.2%0 – 2 3.1%4 – 2 2.8%Asian Handicap — FC Tōkyō
Handicap FC Tōkyō covers Push Kyoto Sanga FC covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 12% 77% -1.5 23% — 77% -1 23% 17% 60% -0.5 40% — 60% +0.5 61% — 39% +1 61% 16% 22% +1.5 78% — 22% +2 78% 12% 11% +2.5 89% — 11% Clean Sheet
FC Tōkyō keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Kyoto Sanga FC keeps clean sheet 12% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.