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FC Tōkyō vs Vegalta Sendai, J. League 2019 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2019
FC Tōkyō
1 – 0
Full Time
Vegalta Sendai
Sat 10 Aug 2019 · 10:00 UTC HT 45+5' · FT 45+7'
Y 61' Jakub Slowik
Y 80' Shogo Nakahara
Y 87' Ramon Lopes
Y 88' Ramon Lopes
Y 90' Shun Nagasawa

Overview

Match Preview

FC Tōkyō vs Vegalta Sendai — J. League .

Match Details

  • Referee Masashige Abe
  • Referee Koji Morikawa
  • Referee Hironobu Kikawada
  • Referee Nobutsugu Murakami

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

6
2
8
FC Tōkyō 16 games · Avg 2.3 goals Vegalta Sendai
Last 5 meetings
2019-08-10 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 2019-06-23 Vegalta Sendai 2–0 FC Tōkyō 2018-09-15 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 FC Tōkyō 2018-05-06 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 FC Tōkyō 2018-03-03 FC Tōkyō 0–1 Vegalta Sendai

Recent Form

FC Tōkyō
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Aug Vegalta Sendai H 1–0 W
03 Aug Cerezo Osaka FC H 3–0 W
20 Jul Shimizu S-Pulse A 2–0 W
14 Jul Kawasaki Frontale H 0–3 L
07 Jul Gamba Osaka H 3–1 W
29 Jun Yokohama F·Marinos H 4–2 W
Vegalta Sendai
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Aug FC Tōkyō A 0–1 L
03 Aug Jubilo Iwata H 2–1 W
20 Jul Cerezo Osaka FC A 0–0 D
13 Jul Kashima Antlers H 0–4 L
06 Jul Urawa Red Diamonds A 0–1 L
30 Jun Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo H 2–1 W

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
22% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Tōkyō
0-15
–/1
16-30
–/2
31-45
8/–
46-60
2/–
61-75
4/4
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! FC Tōkyō vs Vegalta Sendai — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' Vegalta Sendai come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' FC Tōkyō is showing some good football. However, FC Tōkyō are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 20' Vegalta Sendai is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 25' It’s high time Susumu Watanabe made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 30' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 35' It looks like no one’s ball. Vegalta Sendai is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 40' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FC Tōkyō and Vegalta Sendai are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 45' Katsuya Nagato is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Vegalta Sendai so far.
  • 50' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Masato Morishige suffering a number of foals already.
  • 55' Japan international Koji Hachisuka has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 60' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 61' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Jakub Slowik.
  • 62' What a moment for Diego Oliveira! That strike on 62 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 67' It is a cagey affair so far. FC Tōkyō in their trying to find a way past Vegalta Sendai's compact .
  • 70' Vegalta Sendai make a change. Naoki Ishihara trudges off to be replaced by Shun Nagasawa on 70 minutes.
  • 71' Another change for FC Tokyo made on 71 minute. Kensuke Nagai leaves to be changed by Jael.
  • 76' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 78' Fresh legs for Vegalta Sendai! Shogo Nakahara comes on to replace Shingo Tomita.
  • 80' Shogo Nakahara picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 82' A change in the FC Tokyo ranks — Hirotaka Mita exits the field as Kotaro Omori enters on 82.
  • 83' Ryang Yong Gi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Kunimitsu Sekiguchi at the 83 minute mark.
  • 85' The Vegalta Sendai bench stirs into life. Kunimitsu Sekiguchi is withdrawn and Ryang Yong Gi gets his opportunity.
  • 86' The FC Tokyo manager makes a substitution. Diego Oliveira departs to be replaced by Na Sangho.
  • 87' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Ramon Lopes on 87 minutes.
  • 88' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Ramon Lopes.
  • 90' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Shun Nagasawa on 90 minutes.
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. FC Tōkyō take all three points.

Lineups

FC Tōkyō Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

Vegalta Sendai Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Susumu Watanabe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

2019-08-10 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 2019-06-23 Vegalta Sendai 2–0 FC Tōkyō 2018-09-15 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 FC Tōkyō 2018-05-06 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 FC Tōkyō 2018-03-03 FC Tōkyō 0–1 Vegalta Sendai

FC Tōkyō Form

2019-08-10 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Vegalta Sendai W 2019-08-03 FC Tōkyō 3–0 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2019-07-20 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 FC Tōkyō W 2019-07-14 FC Tōkyō 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale L 2019-07-07 FC Tōkyō 3–1 Gamba Osaka W 2019-06-29 FC Tōkyō 4–2 Yokohama F·Marinos W

Vegalta Sendai Form

2019-08-10 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Vegalta Sendai L 2019-08-03 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Jubilo Iwata W 2019-07-20 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–0 Vegalta Sendai D 2019-07-13 Vegalta Sendai 0–4 Kashima Antlers L 2019-07-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Vegalta Sendai L 2019-06-30 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.16 FC Tōkyō xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.92 Vegalta Sendai xG
I would bet for: FC Tōkyō or Draw 74% + Under 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Tōkyō43% Draw30% Vegalta Sendai27%
Actual: FC Tōkyō win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes43% 0% No57%
Avg goals/match: 2.08
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 85%
15%
± 1.5 62%
38%
± 2.5 34%
66%
± 3.5 16%
84%
± 4.5 7%
93%

Double Chance

FC Tōkyō or Draw
74%
Draw or Vegalta Sendai
57%
FC Tōkyō or Vegalta Sendai
70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Tōkyō27% Draw54% Vegalta Sendai19%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
14.8%
1 – 1
14.3%
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
10.2%
2 – 0
8%
2 – 1
7.5%
1 – 2
6%
0 – 2
5%
2 – 2
3.6%
3 – 0
3.1%
3 – 1
3%
1 – 3
1.9%

Asian Handicap — FC Tōkyō

Handicap FC Tōkyō covers Push Vegalta Sendai covers
-2.5 6% — 94%
-2 6% 12% 83%
-1.5 17% — 83%
-1 17% 22% 61%
-0.5 39% — 61%
+0.5 73% — 27%
+1 73% 17% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

FC Tōkyō keeps clean sheet
40% ✗
Vegalta Sendai keeps clean sheet
32% ✓

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