Kawasaki Frontale vs Tokyo Verdy, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Kawasaki Frontale vs Tokyo Verdy — J. League at Todoroki Athletics Stadium.
- Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
- Tokyo Verdy 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Damian Kos (Poland)
- Assistant 1 Adam Karasewicz (Poland)
- Assistant 2 Satoshi Michiyama (Japan)
4 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 6.5 goals/game 🟥 1 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 May Tokyo Verdy H 1–0 W 02 May FC Tokyo A 0–2 L 29 Apr Urawa Red Diamonds A 0–2 L 25 Apr JEF United Ichihara Chiba H 2–1 W 18 Apr Yokohama F.Marinos A 2–1 W 12 Apr Kashima Antlers H 0–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 04 Apr JEF United Ichihara Chiba A 2–3 L Season Stats
Kawasaki Frontale Tokyo Verdy #14 Position #15 28 Points 28 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 38 Scored 29 40 Conceded 32 -2 GD -3 1.56 PPG 1.56 56% Win % 56% Key Stats
17% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)17% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season22% Clean Sheets
Tokyo Verdy this seasonKawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 pts). Tokyo Verdy are 15th (28 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Kawasaki Frontale0-152/116-30–/–31-45–/346-601/461-751/376+7/2■ 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. Kawasaki Frontale is hosting Tokyo Verdy for another epic battle.
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' The travelling Tokyo Verdy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 15' Yuto Matsunagane has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 15 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 20' Kawasaki Frontale looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Yasuto Wakizaka scoring 1 goals.
- 25' Kawasaki Frontale is showing some good football. However, Kawasaki Frontale are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 30' It looks like no one’s ball. Tokyo Verdy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 35' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Kawasaki Frontale that had 436 games and scored 552 goals.
- 40' Tokyo Verdy 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.
- 45' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 45 minutes.
- 50' It looks surprising Kawasaki Frontale does not make any changes. Kaito Suzuki has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 55' It’s high time Shigetoshi Hasebe made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Kawasaki Frontale winning 100% of all matches.
- 65' 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.
- 70' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ryuki Osa made 436 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 73' What a strike from Yasuto Wakizaka! The score is 1-0.
- 78' 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 Sota Miura suffering a number of foals already.
- 83' Tokyo Verdy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 88' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Kawasaki Frontale needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- The final score is 1-0.
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Lineups
Kawasaki Frontale Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 49
- 14
- 28
- 23
- 6
- 8
- 29
- 2
- 13
- 91
- 34
Bench
- 17
- 22
- 24
- 5
- 19
- 16
- 38
- 1
- 32
Coach Shigetoshi HasebeTokyo Verdy Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 6
- 10
- 8
- 15
- 21
- 35
- 17
- 27
- 40
- 5
- 45
Bench
- 16
- 36
- 31
- 9
- 7
- 23
- 13
- 25
- 24
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Shin Yamada 3 Hiroto Taniguchi 3 Yasuto Wakizaka 1 Marcinho 1 Sai van Wermeskerken 1 Tomoya Miki 1 Daiki Fukazawa 1 Head to Head
Kawasaki Frontale Form
2026-05-06 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Tokyo Verdy W 2026-05-02 FC Tokyo 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2026-04-29 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2026-04-25 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba W 2026-04-18 Yokohama F.Marinos 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2026-04-12 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 Kashima Antlers LTokyo Verdy Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.76 Kawasaki Frontale xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.31 Tokyo Verdy xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Kawasaki Frontale winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.07Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 58% 42% ± 3.5 37% 63% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
Kawasaki Frontale or Draw 74%Draw or Tokyo Verdy 51%Kawasaki Frontale or Tokyo Verdy 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.6%2 – 1 9.1%1 – 0 Actual2 – 0 7.1%1 – 2 6.8%0 – 0 6.3%2 – 2 5.9%3 – 1 5.3%0 – 1 5.2%3 – 0 4.1%0 – 2 4%3 – 2 3.6%Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale
Handicap Kawasaki Frontale covers Push Tokyo Verdy covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 14% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 21% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 15% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet 28% ✗Tokyo Verdy keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.