Tokyo Verdy vs Albirex Niigata, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Tokyo Verdy vs Albirex Niigata — J. League at Ajinomoto Stadium.
- Tokyo Verdy 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
- Albirex Niigata 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 Oct Albirex Niigata H 1–0 W 03 Oct Shonan Bellmare A 1–0 W 27 Sep Urawa Red Diamonds H 0–0 D 23 Sep Vissel Kobe A 0–4 L 20 Sep Fagiano Okayama FC H 4–2 W 15 Sep FC Tokyo A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 Oct Tokyo Verdy A 0–1 L 04 Oct Fagiano Okayama FC H 1–1 D 27 Sep Gamba Osaka A 2–4 L 23 Sep Nagoya Grampus H 0–0 D 20 Sep Yokohama FC A 0–1 L 13 Sep Shimizu S-Pulse H 0–1 L Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Tokyo Verdy this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Tokyo Verdy0-15–/–16-301/331-452/446-603/361-752/176+1/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Tokyo Verdy gets underway.
- 5' Daiki Fukazawa has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 12 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 10' 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.
- 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
- 20' It looks surprising Tokyo Verdy does not make any changes. Takuya Shimamura has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 25' Tokyo Verdy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 30' Albirex Niigata 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.
- 35' The travelling Albirex Niigata supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 36' What a strike from Hiroto Taniguchi! The score is 1-0.
- 41' Albirex Niigata started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 41.
- 46' The supporters are chanting for Jason Geria. He replaces Michael Fitzgerald on 46 minute.
- 51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kosuke Saito, as he is very good at scoring at Ajinomoto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 54' Tokyo Verdy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yuan Matsuhashi is hanging Yuya Fukuda on the field on 54 minute.
- 59' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 64' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 69' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 72' Shoji Toyama is replacing Yuta Arai for the Tokyo Verdy side.
- 73' It is a substitution in Albirex Niigata team. Abdelrahman Saidi is replaced by Yamato Wakatsuki on 73 minute.
- 78' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 82' Time for substitution for Tokyo Verdy. Koki Morita is replaced by Rei Hirakawa.
- 87' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Albirex Niigata that had 93 games and scored 103 goals.
- The final score is 1-0.
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Lineups
Tokyo Verdy Lineups
Starting XI
- 14
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 40
- 26
Bench
- 16
- 38
- 15
- 19
- 21
- 27
- 25
- 55
Coach Hiroshi JofukuAlbirex Niigata Lineups
Starting XI
- 5
- 28
- 42
- 25
- 7
- 15
- 65
- 8
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50
Hiroto Uemura ↓ Motoki Hasegawa 73'
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30
Jin Okumura ↓ Miguel Silveira 82'
- 21
Bench
- 99
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18
Yamato Wakatsuki ↑ 73'
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20
Miguel Silveira ↑ 82'
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2
Jason Geria ↑ 46'
- 31
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41
Motoki Hasegawa ↑ 73'
- 46
- 1
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55
Matheus Moraes ↑ 46'
Coach Toru Irie -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Hiroto Taniguchi 2 Motoki Nagakura 1 Goki Yamada 1 Yudai Kimura 1 Yuto Tsunashima 1 Michael Fitzgerald 1 Motoki Hasegawa 1 Hijiri Onaga 1 Head to Head
Tokyo Verdy Form
Albirex Niigata Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.54 Tokyo Verdy xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.91 Albirex Niigata xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 56%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Tokyo Verdy winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.45Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 70% 30% ± 2.5 44% 56% ± 3.5 23% 77% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Tokyo Verdy or Draw 80%Draw or Albirex Niigata 46%Tokyo Verdy or Albirex Niigata 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Tokyo Verdy win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13%1 – 0 Actual0 – 0 10.8%2 – 0 9.9%2 – 1 9%0 – 1 6.8%1 – 2 5.3%3 – 0 5%3 – 1 4.7%2 – 2 4.1%0 – 2 3.5%3 – 2 2.2%Asian Handicap — Tokyo Verdy
Handicap Tokyo Verdy covers Push Albirex Niigata covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 16% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 24% 50% -0.5 50% — 50% +0.5 79% — 21% +1 79% 14% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Tokyo Verdy keeps clean sheet 41% ✗Albirex Niigata keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.