FC Tokyo vs Tokyo Verdy, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Tokyo vs Tokyo Verdy — J. League at Ajinomoto Stadium.
- FC Tokyo 18 games · 37 pts (2026/26)
- Tokyo Verdy 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Atsushi Kamimura
- Assistant 1 Masaru Hasegawa (Japan)
- Assistant 2
13 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 7.0 goals/gameStandings
# 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 Tokyo 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 10 May Tokyo Verdy H 2–1 W 06 May JEF United Ichihara Chiba H 0–3 L 02 May Kawasaki Frontale H 2–0 W 29 Apr Kashiwa Reysol A 3–1 W 24 Apr FC Mito Holly Hock H 5–2 W 11 Apr Yokohama F.Marinos A 3–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May FC Tokyo A 1–2 L 06 May Kawasaki Frontale A 0–1 L 03 May Kashiwa Reysol H 1–0 W 29 Apr Kashima Antlers H 2–1 W 18 Apr JEF United Ichihara Chiba H 1–0 W 12 Apr Urawa Red Diamonds A 3–2 W Season Stats
FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy #12 Position #15 37 Points 28 18 Played 18 13 / 0 / 5 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 55 Scored 29 42 Conceded 32 +13 GD -3 2.06 PPG 1.56 72% Win % 56% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
FC Tokyo this season22% Clean Sheets
Tokyo Verdy this seasonFC Tokyo are 12th (37 pts). Tokyo Verdy are 15th (28 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Tokyo0-15–/116-30–/231-458/–46-602/–61-754/476+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededTokyo Verdy0-15–/–16-301/331-452/446-603/361-752/176+1/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Ajinomoto Stadium that hosts another battle between FC Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy.
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Tokyo Verdy needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' Tokyo Verdy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' 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 Yuto Nagatomo suffering a number of foals already.
- 20' Kyota Tokiwa needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 21' The referee calls foul for Kento Hashimoto. He receives a card.
- 26' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 26 minutes.
- 29' Koki Morita puts Tokyo Verdy on the lead.
- 34' FC Tokyo is showing some good football. However, FC Tokyo are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 39' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Itsuki Someno made 445 appearances and scored 13 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 41' Goal! Sei Muroya scores his 7 goal in 435 matches.
- 46' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ryunosuke Sato, as he is very good at scoring at Ajinomoto Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 56' That looks like a foul for a card for Keita Endo.
- 61' 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.
- 66' FC Tokyo seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 71' Tokyo Verdy looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Koki Morita scoring 1 goals.
- 76' Tokyo Verdy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 76.
- 79' FC Tokyo player sees a card in front of him.
- 84' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 89' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Tokyo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- Another three points for FC Tokyo.
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Lineups
FC Tokyo Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 18
- 22
- 24
- 9
- 81
- 23
- 16
- 27
Bench
- 39
- 8
- 15
- 42
- 28
- 71
- 26
- 17
- 1
Coach Rikizo MatsuhashiTokyo Verdy Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 16
- 10
- 9
- 15
- 7
- 21
- 23
- 4
- 25
- 5
- 22
Bench
- 14
- 6
- 8
- 1
- 35
- 27
- 40
- 24
- 45
Coach Hiroshi Jofuku -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Keita Endo 2 Itsuki Someno 2 Motoki Nagakura 2 Tomoya Miki 1 Henrique Trevisan 1 Kein Sato 1 Naoki Hayashi 1 Sei Muroya 1 Head to Head
FC Tokyo Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.29 FC Tokyo xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.51 Tokyo Verdy xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 70%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Tokyo winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.8Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 89% 11% ± 2.5 72% 28% ± 3.5 52% 48% ± 4.5 33% 67% Double Chance
FC Tokyo or Draw 76%Draw or Tokyo Verdy 45%FC Tokyo or Tokyo Verdy 78%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 1 Actual1 – 1 8.5%3 – 1 6.5%2 – 2 6.4%2 – 0 5.9%1 – 2 5.7%3 – 2 4.9%1 – 0 4.7%3 – 0 4.4%4 – 1 3.7%0 – 0 3.4%2 – 3 3.2%Asian Handicap — FC Tokyo
Handicap FC Tokyo covers Push Tokyo Verdy covers -2.5 18% — 82% -2 18% 16% 66% -1.5 34% — 66% -1 34% 20% 46% -0.5 54% — 46% +0.5 76% — 24% +1 76% 13% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
FC Tokyo keeps clean sheet 23% ✓Tokyo Verdy keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.