Tokyo Verdy vs Avispa Fukuoka, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Tokyo Verdy vs Avispa Fukuoka — J. League at Ajinomoto Stadium.
- Tokyo Verdy 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
- Avispa Fukuoka 18 games · 21 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 08 Nov Avispa Fukuoka H 0–0 D 25 Oct Shimizu S-Pulse A 0–1 L 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Nov Tokyo Verdy A 0–0 D 26 Oct Shonan Bellmare H 1–0 W 18 Oct FC Machida Zelvia A 0–0 D 04 Oct Yokohama FC H 1–0 W 27 Sep Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 1–2 L 23 Sep FC Tokyo A 0–1 L Season Stats
Tokyo Verdy Avispa Fukuoka #15 Position #10 28 Points 21 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 11 29 Scored 49 32 Conceded 59 -3 GD -10 1.56 PPG 1.17 56% Win % 39% Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Tokyo Verdy this season11% Clean Sheets
Avispa Fukuoka this seasonTokyo Verdy are 15th (28 pts). Avispa Fukuoka are 10th (21 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Tokyo Verdy0-15–/–16-301/331-452/446-603/361-752/176+1/3■ Scored ■ ConcededAvispa Fukuoka0-151/316-303/231-453/246-60–/–61-754/276+–/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Ajinomoto Stadium that hosts another battle between Tokyo Verdy and Avispa Fukuoka.
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 10' It looks like no one’s ball. Tokyo Verdy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 18' Tokyo Verdy receives a card for a hard tackle on 18.
- 23' It looks surprising Tokyo Verdy does not make any changes. Takumi Kamijima has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 28' 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.
- 33' 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.
- 38' 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.
- 43' The travelling Avispa Fukuoka supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 45' That looks like a foul for a card for Kazuki Fujimoto.
- 46' Time for substitution for Avispa Fukuoka. Jurato Ikeda is replaced by Takumi Kamijima.
- 51' Tokyo Verdy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 56' It’s high time Hiroshi Jofuku made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 61' Tokyo Verdy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 61.
- 64' The supporters are chanting for Kazuya Konno. He replaces Masato Shigemi on 64 minute.
- 65' The referee calls foul for Yuan Matsuhashi. He receives a card.
- 67' The Tokyo Verdy manager makes a substitution. Yuan Matsuhashi departs to be replaced by Shuhei Kawasaki.
- 72' 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 Koki Morita suffering a number of foals already.
- 77' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 78' It’s gonna be a card for Hiroto Taniguchi.
- 83' Yuto Iwasaki is replacing Shosei Usui for the Avispa Fukuoka side.
- 86' The Tokyo Verdy manager makes a substitution. Rei Hirakawa departs to be replaced by Soma Meshino.
- 90' It is a substitution in Avispa Fukuoka team. Abdul Hanan Sani Brown is replaced by Wellington on 90 minute.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Tokyo Verdy Lineups
Starting XI
- 16
- 6
- 7
- 9
- 1
- 19
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 40
- 26
Bench
- 15
- 37
- 21
- 20
- 28
- 27
- 30
- 55
Coach Hiroshi JofukuAvispa Fukuoka Lineups
Starting XI
- 3
- 14
- 24
- 22
- 29
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6
Masato Shigemi ↓ Kazuya Konno 64'
- 88
- 11
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40
Jurato Ikeda ↓ Takumi Kamijima 46'
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27
Shosei Usui ↓ Yuto Iwasaki 83'
- 20
Bench
- 17
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5
Takumi Kamijima ↑ 46'
- 1
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18
Yuto Iwasaki ↑ 83'
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8
Kazuya Konno ↑ 64'
- 37
- 2
- 47
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32
Abdul Hanan Sani Brown ↑ 64'
Coach Myung-Hwi Kim -
H2H
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.53 Tokyo Verdy xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.07 Avispa Fukuoka xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.6Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 73% 27% ± 2.5 48% 52% ± 3.5 27% 73% ± 4.5 13% 87% Double Chance
Tokyo Verdy or Draw 74%Draw or Avispa Fukuoka 53%Tokyo Verdy or Avispa Fukuoka 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.1%1 – 0 10.4%0 – 0 Actual2 – 1 9%2 – 0 8.5%0 – 1 6.9%1 – 2 6.2%2 – 2 4.8%3 – 1 4.6%3 – 0 4.3%0 – 2 4.1%3 – 2 2.6%Asian Handicap — Tokyo Verdy
Handicap Tokyo Verdy covers Push Avispa Fukuoka covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 14% 76% -1.5 24% — 76% -1 24% 22% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 75% — 25% +1 75% 15% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Tokyo Verdy keeps clean sheet 35% ✗Avispa Fukuoka keeps clean sheet 22% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

