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

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J. League · 2021

FC Tokyo

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 Tokyo vs Vegalta Sendai — J. League at Ajinomoto Stadium.

FC Tokyo 18 games · 37 pts (2026/27)
Vegalta Sendai 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

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	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

FC Tokyo 16 games · Avg 2.3 goals Vegalta Sendai

Last 5 meetings

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

Recent Form

FC Tokyo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Mar	Vegalta Sendai	H	2–1	W
17 Mar	Shonan Bellmare	H	3–2	W
14 Mar	Oita 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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Mar	FC Tokyo	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

0% Clean Sheets
FC Tokyo this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Tokyo

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

1/–

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Ajinomoto Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between FC Tōkyō and Vegalta Sendai.
5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Vegalta Sendai that had 275 games and scored 158 goals.
11' Quentin Martinus was booked on 11.
16' Takayoshi Ishihara needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
21' FC Tōkyō currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
24' GOAL! Koji Hachisuka fires home to make it 0-1!
26' What a strike from Kyosuke Tagawa! The score is 0-2.
31' Yasuhiro Hiraoka is having his name booked by the referee on 31.
36' Tsuyoshi Watanabe picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
41' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
43' Against the run of play, Diego Oliveira has scored! This game has turned on its head.
48' Adailton is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Tōkyō tonight.
53' 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.
58' With 0 assists to his name this season, Takuma Nishimura is clearly more than just a goal scorer for FC Tōkyō.
63' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Tōkyō and Vegalta Sendai are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
64' FC Tokyo make a change. Kyosuke Tagawa trudges off to be replaced by Ryoma Watanabe on 64 minutes.
69' FC Tōkyō started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 69.
71' FC Tokyo ring the changes. Hirotaka Mita has done his job and it is now time for Takuya Uchida to step up.
72' Shuhei Akasaki gets the nod from Vegalta Sendai. He replaces Simao Junior and will look to change the dynamic.
76' Vegalta Sendai make a change. Takuma Nishimura trudges off to be replaced by Yusuke Minagawa on 76 minutes.
81' Takumi Mase was booked on 81.
83' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Rikiya Uehara.
84' The whistle greets Ryoma Kida as he departs to be replaced by Tawiah.
88' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Tawiah.
90' FC Tokyo make a change. Ryoma Watanabe trudges off to be replaced by Arthur on 90 minutes.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

FC Tokyo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

Vegalta Sendai Lineups

Starting XI

13
Yasuhiro Hiraoka
4
Koji Hachisuka ↓ Takayoshi Ishihara 76'
15
Takuma Nishimura ↓ Takayoshi Ishihara 76'
16
Kyohei Yoshino
8
Yoshiki Matsushita C
20
Quentin Martinus
6
Rikiya Uehara
23
Simao Junior ↓ Shuhei Akasaki 72'
27
Jakub Slowik
32
Ryoma Kida ↓ Tawiah 84'
25
Takumi Mase ↓ Chihiro Kato 84'

Bench

17
Shingo Tomita
11
Shuhei Akasaki ↑ 72'
19
Yusuke Minagawa ↑ 76'
14
Takayoshi Ishihara ↑ 76'
1
Yuma Obata
5
Tawiah ↑ 84'
26
Chihiro Kato ↑ 84'

Coach Makoto Teguramori

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Diego Oliveira	3
Keigo Higashi	1
Joan Oumari	1
Kunimitsu Sekiguchi	1
Tawiah	1
Ramon Lopes	1
Hirotaka Mita	1
Yojiro Takahagi	1

Head to Head

FC Tokyo Form

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

Vegalta Sendai Form

2021-03-21 FC Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo54% Draw24% Vegalta Sendai22%

Actual: FC Tokyo 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 Tokyo or Draw

78%

Draw or Vegalta Sendai

46%

FC Tokyo or Vegalta Sendai

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Tokyo36% Draw45% Vegalta Sendai19%

Actual: FC Tokyo 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 Tokyo

Handicap	FC Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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.