Wednesday , 30 September 2026

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 Tokyo 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 Júbilo 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
71% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Tōkyō
Motoki Nagakura 5 G 2 A
Marcelo Ryan 3 G 2 A
Soma Anzai 3 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Vegalta Sendai gets underway.
  • 5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Shingo Tomita is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Vegalta Sendai.
  • 15' Akihiro Hayashi is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FC Tokyo so far.
  • 20' 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.
  • 25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 30' Koji Hachisuka, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 35' FC Tokyo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 40' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 45' It looks surprising Vegalta Sendai does not make any changes. Hirotaka Mita has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 50' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 55' Ramon Lopes is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Tokyo tonight.
  • 60' The travelling Vegalta Sendai supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 61' The referee shows Vegalta Sendai player a Yellow card on 61.
  • 62' Goal! Diego Oliveira scores his 87 goal in 441 matches.
  • 67' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Tokyo and Vegalta Sendai are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 70' A change in the Vegalta Sendai ranks — Naoki Ishihara exits the field as Shun Nagasawa enters on 70.
  • 71' A tactical swap from FC Tokyo — Jael on, Kensuke Nagai off on 71 minutes.
  • 76' Naoki Ishihara has been relatively quiet despite scoring 20 goals in his last 275 appearances.
  • 78' Shogo Nakahara gets the nod from Vegalta Sendai. He replaces Shingo Tomita and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 80' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Shogo Nakahara.
  • 82' Hirotaka Mita makes way for Kotaro Omori at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Tokyo.
  • 83' Vegalta Sendai make a change. Kunimitsu Sekiguchi trudges off to be replaced by Ryang Yong Gi on 83 minutes.
  • 85' Fresh legs for Vegalta Sendai! Ryang Yong Gi comes on to replace Kunimitsu Sekiguchi.
  • 86' Diego Oliveira makes way for Na Sangho at the 86 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Tokyo.
  • 87' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Ramon Lopes.
  • 88' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ramon Lopes on 88.
  • 90' Vegalta Sendai receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

FC Tokyo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

Vegalta Sendai Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Susumu Watanabe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Diego Oliveira 3
Tawiah 1
Ramon Lopes 1
Hirotaka Mita 1
Yojiro Takahagi 1
Leandro 1
Shun Nagasawa 1
Naoki Ishihara 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 Tokyo Form

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

Vegalta Sendai Form

2019-08-10 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Vegalta Sendai L 2019-08-03 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Júbilo 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 Tokyo xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.92 Vegalta Sendai xG
I would bet for: FC Tokyo or Draw 74% + Under 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Tokyo43% Draw30% Vegalta Sendai27%
Actual: FC Tokyo 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 Tokyo or Draw
74%
Draw or Vegalta Sendai
57%
FC Tokyo or Vegalta Sendai
70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Tokyo27% 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 Tokyo

Handicap FC Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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.