JEF United Ichihara Chiba vs Tokyo Verdy, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
JEF United Ichihara Chiba vs Tokyo Verdy — J. League at Fukuda Denshi Arena.
- JEF United Ichihara Chiba 18 games · 12 pts (2026/26)
- Tokyo Verdy 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ryo Tanimoto
- Assistant 1 Kota Watanabe
- Assistant 2 Kenji Wakamiya (Japan)
8 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 8.4 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# 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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Apr Tokyo Verdy H 3–2 W 22 Mar Kashima Antlers A 1–2 L 18 Mar FC Tokyo H 1–2 L 14 Mar Yokohama F.Marinos A 0–2 L 07 Mar Kashiwa Reysol H 2–1 W 27 Feb FC Machida Zelvia A 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Apr JEF United Ichihara Chiba A 2–3 L 22 Mar FC Tokyo H 4–2 W 18 Mar Kawasaki Frontale H 0–2 L 14 Mar Urawa Red Diamonds H 1–0 W 07 Mar Kashima Antlers A 0–2 L 28 Feb Yokohama F.Marinos A 2–3 L Season Stats
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Tokyo Verdy #20 Position #15 12 Points 28 18 Played 18 3 / 0 / 15 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 29 Scored 29 46 Conceded 32 -17 GD -3 0.67 PPG 1.56 17% Win % 56% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history6% Clean Sheets
JEF United Ichihara Chiba this season22% Clean Sheets
Tokyo Verdy this seasonJEF United Ichihara Chiba are 20th (12 pts). Tokyo Verdy are 15th (28 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
JEF United Ichihara Chiba0-151/216-302/–31-452/646-60–/461-752/376+5/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTokyo Verdy0-15–/–16-301/331-452/446-603/361-752/176+1/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. JEF United Ichihara Chiba is hosting Tokyo Verdy for another epic battle.
- 5' JEF United Ichihara Chiba is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Tomoya Wakahara made 139 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. JEF United Ichihara Chiba needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 19' JEF United Ichihara Chiba is taking the lead after the goal scored by Hiroto Goya on 19.
- 24' It looks like no one’s ball. JEF United Ichihara Chiba is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 29' It’s high time Yoshiyuki Kobayashi made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 34' Tokyo Verdy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 34.
- 39' Tokyo Verdy looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Yuya Fukuda scoring 1 goals.
- 40' Goal! Hiroto Goya scores his 14 goal in 382 matches.
- 44' The referee calls foul for Takumi Tsukui. He receives a card.
- 46' What a strike from Yuya Fukuda! The score is 2-1.
- 46' Time for substitution for Tokyo Verdy. Daiki Fukazawa is replaced by Taiju Yoshida.
- 51' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 56' The travelling Tokyo Verdy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 61' Daichi Ishikawa needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 62' Goal! Taiju Yoshida scores his 2 goal in 89 matches.
- 65' The supporters are chanting for Kosuke Saito. He replaces Yuan Matsuhashi on 65 minute.
- 70' Another change for JEF United Ichihara Chiba made on 70 minute. Hiroto Goya leaves to be changed by Makoto Himeno.
- 71' Masaru Hidaka has so much to prove this time. He replaces Takuya Yasui on 71 minute.
- 73' The supporters are chanting for Hiroto Yamami. He replaces Yuya Fukuda on 73 minute.
- 75' That looks like a foul for a card for Riku Matsuda.
- 78' Another substitution for Tokyo Verdy to replace Rei Hirakawa by Issei Kumatoriya on 78 minute.
- 82' JEF United Ichihara Chiba manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Naohiro Sugiyama is hanging Zain Issaka on the field on 82 minute.
- 83' JEF United Ichihara Chiba manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yuma Igari is hanging Yusuke Kobayashi on the field on 83 minute.
- 85' Goal! Masaru Hidaka scores his 1 goal in 13 matches.
- 87' Another change for JEF United Ichihara Chiba made on 87 minute. Takumi Tsukui leaves to be changed by Takuro Iwai.
- 89' Takayuki Mae is having his name booked by the referee on 89.
- 90' It’s gonna be a card for Takashi Kawano.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-2.
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Lineups
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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41
Takuya Yasui ↓ Masaru Hidaka 71'
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5
Yusuke Kobayashi ↓ Yuma Igari 83'
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9
Hiroto Goya ↓ Makoto Himeno 70'
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8
Takumi Tsukui ↓ Takuro Iwai 87'
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42
Zain Issaka ↓ Naohiro Sugiyama 82'
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- 24
- 35
- 28
- 20
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Bench
- 19
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18
Naohiro Sugiyama ↑ 82'
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67
Masaru Hidaka ↑ 71'
- 39
- 32
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37
Makoto Himeno ↑ 70'
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33
Yuma Igari ↑ 83'
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27
Takuro Iwai ↑ 87'
Coach Yoshiyuki KobayashiTokyo Verdy Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
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Rei Hirakawa ↓ Issei Kumatoriya 78'
- 36
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Yuya Fukuda ↓ Hiroto Yamami 73'
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- 10
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7
Yuan Matsuhashi ↓ Kosuke Saito 65'
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23
Daiki Fukazawa ↓ Taiju Yoshida 46'
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22
Yosuke Uchida ↓ Yuta Arai 46'
Bench
- 31
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8
Kosuke Saito ↑ 65'
- 4
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11
Hiroto Yamami ↑ 73'
- 28
- 27
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40
Yuta Arai ↑ 46'
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25
Issei Kumatoriya ↑ 78'
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55
Taiju Yoshida ↑ 46'
Coach Hiroshi Jofuku -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Hiroto Goya 2 Yuya Fukuda 1 Taiju Yoshida 1 Masaru Hidaka 1 Shimon Teranuma 1 Head to Head
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Form
2026-04-04 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 3–2 Tokyo Verdy W 2026-03-22 Kashima Antlers 2–1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba L 2026-03-18 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 1–2 FC Tokyo L 2026-03-14 Yokohama F.Marinos 2–0 JEF United Ichihara Chiba L 2026-03-07 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol W 2026-02-27 FC Machida Zelvia 2–1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.13 JEF United Ichihara Chiba xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.82 Tokyo Verdy xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Both teams to score 73%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: JEF United Ichihara Chiba winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.95Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 90% 10% ± 2.5 74% 26% ± 3.5 55% 45% ± 4.5 36% 64% Double Chance
JEF United Ichihara Chiba or Draw 70%Draw or Tokyo Verdy 53%JEF United Ichihara Chiba or Tokyo Verdy 78%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: JEF United Ichihara Chiba win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 8.3%2 – 1 7.7%2 – 2 6.9%1 – 2 6.6%3 – 1 5.4%3 – 2 Actual2 – 0 4.5%2 – 3 4.2%1 – 3 4%1 – 0 3.7%0 – 2 3.3%3 – 0 3.1%Asian Handicap — JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Handicap JEF United Ichihara Chiba covers Push Tokyo Verdy covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 13% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 18% 55% -0.5 45% — 55% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 16% 17% +1.5 83% — 17% +2 83% 10% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
JEF United Ichihara Chiba keeps clean sheet 17% ✓Tokyo Verdy keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.