Saturday , 22 August 2026

FC Tōkyō vs Vegalta Sendai, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2021
FC Tōkyō
2 – 1
Full Time
Vegalta Sendai
Sun 21 Mar 2021 · 04:00 UTC Ajinomoto Stadium HT 45+5' · FT 45+7'
Y 11' Quentin Martinus
Y 31' Yasuhiro Hiraoka
Tsuyoshi Watanabe 36' Y
Y 81' Takumi Mase
Y 83' Rikiya Uehara
Y 88' Tawiah

Overview

Match Preview

FC Tōkyō vs Vegalta Sendai — J. League at Ajinomoto Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Yudai Yamamoto
  • Referee Akihiko Ikeuchi
  • Referee Yosuke Takabe
  • Referee Noriyuki Suzuki
  • Referee

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 Kyōto 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 Tōkyō 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

6
2
8
FC Tōkyō 16 games · Avg 2.3 goals Vegalta Sendai
Last 5 meetings
2021-03-21 FC Tōkyō 2–1 Vegalta Sendai 2020-11-18 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 FC Tōkyō 2020-09-20 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 2019-08-10 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 2019-06-23 Vegalta Sendai 2–0 FC Tōkyō

Recent Form

FC Tōkyō
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Mar Vegalta Sendai H 2–1 W
17 Mar Shonan Bellmare H 3–2 W
14 Mar Ōita FC Trinita A 1–1 D
10 Mar Vissel Kobe H 2–3 L
06 Mar Cerezo Osaka FC H 3–2 W
27 Feb Urawa Red Diamonds A 1–1 D
Vegalta Sendai
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Mar FC Tōkyō A 1–2 L
13 Mar Shonan Bellmare A 1–3 L
10 Mar Sagan Tosu FC A 0–5 L
06 Mar Kawasaki Frontale H 1–5 L
27 Feb Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 1–1 D
19 Dec Shonan Bellmare H 0–0 D

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Tōkyō
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
–/–
61-75
2/–
76+
1/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Ajinomoto Stadium that hosts another battle between FC Tokyo and Vegalta Sendai.
  • 5' Vegalta Sendai is showing some good football. However, Vegalta Sendai are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 11' Quentin Martinus picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 16' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 21' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 24' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Koji Hachisuka makes it 0-1.
  • 26' Goal! Kyosuke Tagawa scores his 26 goal in 279 matches.
  • 31' Controversy at the stadium! Yasuhiro Hiraoka argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 36' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Tsuyoshi Watanabe.
  • 41' Quentin Martinus is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Vegalta Sendai tonight.
  • 43' Against the run of play, Diego Oliveira has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 48' It’s high time Makoto Teguramori made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 53' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 58' Supporters expect more eagerness from Masato Morishige, as he is very good at scoring at Ajinomoto Stadium with 5 goals in the last 5 games.
  • 63' Brazil international Adailton has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 64' FC Tokyo make a change. Kyosuke Tagawa trudges off to be replaced by Ryoma Watanabe on 64 minutes.
  • 69' It looks surprising Vegalta Sendai does not make any changes. Yusuke Minagawa has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 71' FC Tokyo make a change. Hirotaka Mita trudges off to be replaced by Takuya Uchida on 71 minutes.
  • 72' Vegalta Sendai manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Shuhei Akasaki is hanging Simao Junior on the field on 72 minute.
  • 76' Vegalta Sendai manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yusuke Minagawa is hanging Takuma Nishimura on the field on 76 minute.
  • 81' Vegalta Sendai receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 81.
  • 83' Rikiya Uehara has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 83.
  • 84' A change in the Vegalta Sendai ranks — Ryoma Kida exits the field as Tawiah enters on 84.
  • 88' The referee shows Vegalta Sendai player a Yellow card on 88.
  • 90' The whistle greets Ryoma Watanabe as he departs to be replaced by Arthur.
  • FC Tokyo celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

FC Tōkyō Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

Vegalta Sendai Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Makoto Teguramori

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Diego Oliveira 3
Naoki Ishihara 1
Yoshiki Matsushita 1
Naoki Ishihara 1
Kyosuke Tagawa 1
Keigo Higashi 1
Koji Hachisuka 1
Keigo Higashi 1

Head to Head

2021-03-21 FC Tōkyō 2–1 Vegalta Sendai 2020-11-18 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 FC Tōkyō 2020-09-20 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 2019-08-10 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 2019-06-23 Vegalta Sendai 2–0 FC Tōkyō

FC Tōkyō Form

2021-03-21 FC Tōkyō 2–1 Vegalta Sendai W 2021-03-17 FC Tōkyō 3–2 Shonan Bellmare W 2021-03-14 Ōita FC Trinita 1–1 FC Tōkyō D 2021-03-10 FC Tōkyō 2–3 Vissel Kobe L 2021-03-06 FC Tōkyō 3–2 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2021-02-27 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 FC Tōkyō D

Vegalta Sendai Form

2021-03-21 FC Tōkyō 2–1 Vegalta Sendai L 2021-03-13 Shonan Bellmare 3–1 Vegalta Sendai L 2021-03-10 Sagan Tosu FC 5–0 Vegalta Sendai L 2021-03-06 Vegalta Sendai 1–5 Kawasaki Frontale L 2021-02-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Vegalta Sendai D 2020-12-19 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Shonan Bellmare D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.73 FC Tōkyō xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.15 Vegalta Sendai xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Tōkyō54% Draw24% Vegalta Sendai22%
Actual: FC Tōkyō win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 2.88
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 78%
22%
± 2.5 54%
46%
± 3.5 33%
67%
± 4.5 17%
83%

Double Chance

FC Tōkyō or Draw
78%
Draw or Vegalta Sendai
46%
FC Tōkyō or Vegalta Sendai
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FC Tōkyō36% Draw45% Vegalta Sendai19%
Actual: FC Tōkyō win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.1%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 0
8.9%
2 – 0
8.3%
0 – 0
7.4%
1 – 2
6.2%
0 – 1
5.6%
3 – 1
5.4%
2 – 2
5.4%
3 – 0
4.7%
0 – 2
3.7%
3 – 2
3.2%

Asian Handicap — FC Tōkyō

Handicap FC Tōkyō covers Push Vegalta Sendai covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 15% 72%
-1.5 28% — 72%
-1 28% 22% 50%
-0.5 50% — 50%
+0.5 76% — 24%
+1 76% 14% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

FC Tōkyō keeps clean sheet
32% ✓
Vegalta Sendai keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.