J-League match prediction: Little separates Yokohama and Tokyo in quality

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

Yokohama are leaning on their home fans to aid them during this match hosting Tokyo. Who triumphs at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium?

Insights:
  • Yokohama have the fewest scored goals (25) in J-League
  • Tokyo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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Yokohama form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J-League this season. Yokohama have only managed 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses from their games here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium.

An away draw last time out for Yokohama, facing Urawa Reds in a game that ended 1-1. The forward Caprini was announced as "man of the match" for Yokohama with a rating of 7.41/10. Caprini hit two key passes.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Albirex Niigata.

Both teams score at least one goal! That has occurred in 5 league fixtures in a row for this side. Will it happen again?

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Yokohama defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Tokyo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tokyo so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-8 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Tokyo are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Harakawa, Tawaratsumida and Oliveira scored in Tokyo's previous match, the home game against Gamba Osaka that ended 3-0. Midfield player Watanabe was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.31/10. Watanabe hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 39 successful passes (of 48 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Sagan Tosu.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Tokyo's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other before in this season, with the result Tokyo - Yokohama 3-1 logged in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Yokohama victories, zero draws and eight Tokyo wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TokyoD. Queiroz de Oliveira
D. Queiroz de Oliveira
14 goals
TokyoR. Watanabe
R. Watanabe
4 goals
TokyoT. Nakagawa
T. Nakagawa
4 goals

Yokohama missing players

Tokyo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Yokohama Tokyo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 4 14 29
5 4 2 Won W 0 2 11
8 3 1 Drew D 1 4 6
16 8 2 Lost L 3 8 12
25 15 5 Scored S 3 10 39
52 23 5 Conceded C 11 21 40
93% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
79% 67% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 76%
52% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 55%
28% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 21% 31%
14% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 14%
55% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 59%
17% 27% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 28%
34% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 43% 21%
 
5.2 4.4 2.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.3 4.1
5.1 5.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.6 4.3
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.1 10.1 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.4 11.3
3.7 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.1 3.9
23% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 23% 35%
 
15.8 15.3 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.3 11.9
5.3 5.2 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 5 4.7
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Tokyo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Tokyo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Yokohama have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Yokohama have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Yokohama have the fewest scored goals (25) in J-League
  • Yokohama have the the worst goal difference (-27) in J-League

  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 29 17 7 5 51 25 15 9 4 2 26 12 14 8 3 3 25 13 26 58
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 29 16 6 7 52 36 14 9 3 2 30 14 15 7 3 5 22 22 16 54
3 Urawa Reds 29 13 11 5 35 22 14 7 6 1 20 10 15 6 5 4 15 12 13 50
4 Kashima Antlers 29 13 8 8 39 26 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 6 5 4 19 13 13 47
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 14 5 10 36 27 15 9 3 3 23 13 14 5 2 7 13 14 9 47
6 Nagoya Grampus 29 13 8 8 36 30 15 8 7 0 21 11 14 5 1 8 15 19 6 47
7 Cerezo Osaka 29 14 3 12 38 30 15 8 1 6 21 15 14 6 2 6 17 15 8 45
8 Avispa Fukuoka 29 13 6 10 30 31 15 8 3 4 15 13 14 5 3 6 15 18 -1 45
9 Kawasaki Frontale 29 11 6 12 39 39 14 5 4 5 19 16 15 6 2 7 20 23 0 39
10 Tokyo 29 11 6 12 39 40 15 9 2 4 29 19 14 2 4 8 10 21 -1 39
11 Albirex Niigata 29 9 9 11 33 39 14 5 4 5 19 21 15 4 5 6 14 18 -6 36
12 Sagan Tosu 29 9 8 12 38 39 15 5 4 6 17 22 14 4 4 6 21 17 -1 35
13 Gamba Osaka 29 9 7 13 37 53 14 6 4 4 21 18 15 3 3 9 16 35 -16 34
14 Consadole Sapporo 29 8 9 12 50 53 14 4 2 8 23 23 15 4 7 4 27 30 -3 33
15 Kyoto Sanga 29 10 3 16 33 39 14 7 0 7 16 16 15 3 3 9 17 23 -6 33
16 Kashiwa Reysol 29 6 11 12 28 40 15 2 8 5 15 22 14 4 3 7 13 18 -12 29
17 Shonan Bellmare 29 5 9 15 35 53 14 2 4 8 15 28 15 3 5 7 20 25 -18 24
18 Yokohama 29 5 8 16 25 52 15 4 3 8 15 23 14 1 5 8 10 29 -27 23

Table
  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 29 17 7 5 51 25 15 9 4 2 26 12 14 8 3 3 25 13 26 58
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 29 16 6 7 52 36 14 9 3 2 30 14 15 7 3 5 22 22 16 54
3 Urawa Reds 29 13 11 5 35 22 14 7 6 1 20 10 15 6 5 4 15 12 13 50
4 Kashima Antlers 29 13 8 8 39 26 14 7 3 4 20 13 15 6 5 4 19 13 13 47
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 14 5 10 36 27 15 9 3 3 23 13 14 5 2 7 13 14 9 47
6 Nagoya Grampus 29 13 8 8 36 30 15 8 7 0 21 11 14 5 1 8 15 19 6 47
7 Cerezo Osaka 29 14 3 12 38 30 15 8 1 6 21 15 14 6 2 6 17 15 8 45
8 Avispa Fukuoka 29 13 6 10 30 31 15 8 3 4 15 13 14 5 3 6 15 18 -1 45
9 Kawasaki Frontale 29 11 6 12 39 39 14 5 4 5 19 16 15 6 2 7 20 23 0 39
10 Tokyo 29 11 6 12 39 40 15 9 2 4 29 19 14 2 4 8 10 21 -1 39
11 Albirex Niigata 29 9 9 11 33 39 14 5 4 5 19 21 15 4 5 6 14 18 -6 36
12 Sagan Tosu 29 9 8 12 38 39 15 5 4 6 17 22 14 4 4 6 21 17 -1 35
13 Gamba Osaka 29 9 7 13 37 53 14 6 4 4 21 18 15 3 3 9 16 35 -16 34
14 Consadole Sapporo 29 8 9 12 50 53 14 4 2 8 23 23 15 4 7 4 27 30 -3 33
15 Kyoto Sanga 29 10 3 16 33 39 14 7 0 7 16 16 15 3 3 9 17 23 -6 33
16 Kashiwa Reysol 29 6 11 12 28 40 15 2 8 5 15 22 14 4 3 7 13 18 -12 29
17 Shonan Bellmare 29 5 9 15 35 53 14 2 4 8 15 28 15 3 5 7 20 25 -18 24
18 Yokohama 29 5 8 16 25 52 15 4 3 8 15 23 14 1 5 8 10 29 -27 23

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