J-League: The average league table placements shows the journey Tokyo and Albirex Niigata have taken uptil now. Both sides are set to play; let's go!
- Tokyo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Albirex Niigata have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in J-League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Tokyo form and stats
2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Tokyo so far this season.
It's back home for Tokyo, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sanfrecce Hiroshima away with the result 2-1. Nakamura and Abe found the net in that victory. At last, a league victory after four matches without. Nakamura, defender, was given a rating of 8.34/10 in that game, top of the team. Nakamura scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 13 duels.
Preceding that game, a home victory hosting Gamba Osaka in the Nabisco Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tokyo handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
There will be little rest for Tokyo after this match as they are travelling to Avispa Fukuoka for a J-League game in only four days.
On the other hand, Tokyo have conceded 5 goals.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Albirex Niigata playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Kashima Antlers with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Mito got a match rating of 7.1 in that game, top player of the team. Mito hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
A loss, in the Nabisco Cup away at Kashiwa Reysol, before that. Albirex Niigata are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Albirex Niigata now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Yokohama is waiting in only four days.
Albirex have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. 5 goals have been conceded by Albirex Niigata in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these squads: Tokyo won seven, Albirex Niigata triumphed in one and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ito 5 goals | S. Ota 4 goals |  R. Watanabe 2 goals |
Tokyo missing players
Albirex Niigata missing players
| Tokyo | Albirex Niigata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 44% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 22% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| 1.4 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.6 | 11.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.5 | 10.8 |
| 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 37% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 33% |
| 9.8 | 12.2 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 14.8 | 14.8 |
| 3.7 | 5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5 | 4.8 |
- Albirex Niigata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Albirex Niigata have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in J-League
- All of Tokyo's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Tokyo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tokyo have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Tokyo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Tokyo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Avispa Fukuoka | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Albirex Niigata | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Shonan Bellmare | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Kawasaki Frontale | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 6 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -16 | 3 |
