This match stars two contenders residing in the carpet of the J2-League, Tokyo Verdy having 16th position and Ryūkyū sitting at 22nd. A good opportunity for one of the teams to boost their position.
- Tokyo Verdy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ryūkyū have the most conceded goals (43) in J2-League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an animated game!
Tokyo Verdy form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Tokyo Verdy have to build on here at Ajinomoto Stadium in the J2-League.
The fans are hoping that Tokyo will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against JEF United (placed 8th). The first defeat after going undefeated in four league rounds.
Take note that 9 of the most recent 11 league matches from this football club have had goals from both teams.
The manager Jofuku will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tochigi in only three days.
Tokyo Verdy have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ajinomoto Stadium with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Tokyo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ryūkyū form and stats
Ryūkyū have only collected 7 points from their away games in the J2-League, after 2-1-7 (10 played). With the Ryūkyū losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Ryūkyū aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 212 league minutes without a goal. Noda was the last player to find the net.
The manager García was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Sportplatz SV Brixen im Thale (Hof). Ryūkyū suffered a 0-1 loss to Machida Zelvia (placed 6th).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Fagiano Okayama's place.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Ryūkyū when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ryūkyū manager García as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Grulla Morioka.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ryūkyū as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ryūkyū struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the squads played each other previously this campaign; Ryūkyū - Tokyo 2-5. Head-to-head statistics (for the last seven meetings): Tokyo Verdy won two games, two matches ended with a tie and Ryūkyū have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fourTop Goalscorers
  R. Sato 8 goals |  Y. Kusano 7 goals | R. Sugimoto 6 goals |
Tokyo Verdy missing players
Ryūkyū missing players
| Tokyo Verdy | Ryūkyū | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 40 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 24 |
| 39 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 43 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 96% |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 74% |
| 61% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 43% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 74% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 61% |
| 17% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 13% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 30% |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 0.8 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 10.5 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.1 | 9.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| 39% | 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 30% |
| 10.4 | 10.7 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.9 | 10.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5 | 4.9 |
- Ryūkyū have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Ryūkyū have the most conceded goals (43) in J2-League
- Ryūkyū have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in J2-League
- Ryūkyū have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in J2-League
- Ryūkyū have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in J2-League
- Tokyo Verdy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tokyo Verdy have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ryūkyū have scored away.
- Tokyo Verdy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 49 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 48 |
| 3 | Vegalta Sendai | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 44 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | Fagiano Okayama | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Machida Zelvia | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 36 |
| 7 | Oita Trinita | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | JEF United | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| 9 | Roasso Kumamoto | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 18 | -1 | 34 |
| 10 | Montedio Yamagata | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 32 |
| 11 | Tokushima Vortis | 24 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -3 | 31 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| 14 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 30 |
| 15 | Ventforet Kofu | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 30 |
| 16 | Tokyo Verdy | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 29 |
| 17 | Tochigi | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 27 |
| 18 | Blaublitz Akita | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 27 |
| 19 | Grulla Morioka | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -19 | 26 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 23 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -14 | 22 |
| 22 | Ryūkyū | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -19 | 15 |
