The visiting Tokyo side should be favourites in this visit to Vegalta Sendai, as the away team holds a 33 point advantage from their 31 league games this season.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Vegalta and Tokyo.
Vegalta Sendai form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J-League this season. Vegalta Sendai, who have the the worst goal difference (-25) in J-League, have only managed 0 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai. With 13 home J-League games in a row without a win, the Vegalta Sendai fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Nagoya Grampus game long ago, can be stopped today.
Vegalta enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Gamba Osaka's place. The match ended 4-0 with T. Yanagi and S. Nagasawa (3) scoring. Ahead of that match, Vegalta Sendai lost 0-3 at home to Sagan Tosu.
As mentioned above, Vegalta "killed" Gamba Osaka in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for S. Nagasawa when beating Gamba Osaka, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Kashima Antlers in only three days. This game is also played here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai.
Vegalta have scored 11 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Vegalta Sendai defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Tokyo form and stats
As the visiting team in J-League matches, Tokyo have produced an overall stat of 7-5-4 so far. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on K. Hasegawa, the Tokyo manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Two away games in a row for Tokyo, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Nagoya Grampus in the J-League. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Consadole Sapporo.
Tokyo were so close to getting something from the game against Nagoya Grampus, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.
Tokyo have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Tokyo have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Tokyo - Vegalta Sendai 1-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Vegalta won six, Tokyo won two and two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Queiroz de Oliveira 9 goals |  A. dos Santos da Silva 8 goals |  W. Oliveira Moura 8 goals |
Vegalta Sendai missing players
Tokyo missing players
| Vegalta Sendai | Tokyo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 27 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 22 | 43 |
| 52 | 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 40 |
| 89% | 77% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 70% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 56% | 65% |
| 59% | 62% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 55% |
| 37% | 38% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 38% | 39% |
| 26% | 31% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 10% |
| 56% | 54% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 45% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 31% | 35% |
| 37% | 46% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 25% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 243 | 120 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 160 | 339 |
| 85 | 47 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 72 | 145 |
| 32% | 23% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 31% | 30% |
- Vegalta Sendai has the fewest points (5) at home in J-League
- Vegalta Sendai has the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in J-League
- Vegalta Sendai has the the worst goal difference (-25) in J-League
- Vegalta Sendai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Vegalta Sendai have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vegalta Sendai have yet to win a 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 27 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 48 | 69 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 55 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 52 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 50 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 49 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 29 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 49 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 67 | 53 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 47 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 43 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 27 | -5 | 42 |
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 57 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 28 | -7 | 36 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -8 | 33 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -15 | 31 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 52 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -19 | 28 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -15 | 23 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -19 | 20 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -25 | 17 |