Season ticket holders at Fukuda Denshi Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with JEF United languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Tokyo Verdy will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
JEF United and Tokyo Verdy should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
JEF United are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Tokyo Verdy is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
JEF United form and stats
Overall J2-League stats at home this season for JEF United, who have the most conceded goals (37) at home in J2-League, are 6-4-9 (wins-draw-losses).
The JEF United supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Zweigen Kanazawa in J2-League and win 2-1. Heartbreak before that as JEF United lost 2-3 at Renofa Yamaguchi's place.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how JEF United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 0.
JEF United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 19 attempts. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 37 goals have been conceded.
Tokyo Verdy form and stats
There's been little loot from Tokyo Verdy's travels as they have only collected 20 points from 20 away games in the J2-League. Tokyo Verdy only have 5 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 5 draws. Tokyo Verdy has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Tokyo Verdy, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Avispa Fukuoka (placed 18th). Prior to that match, the Tokyo Verdy manager H. Nagai faced defeat when travelling to Yokohama and losing 1-2.
Tokyo Verdy are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Tokyo Verdy are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 20 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Tokyo Verdy have conceded 31 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Tokyo Verdy - JEF United 1-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 JEF United victories, 5 draws and 3 Tokyo Verdy wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Kléber 17 goals |  T. Funayama 12 goals |   J. Koike 12 goals |
JEF United missing players
Tokyo Verdy missing players
| JEF United | Tokyo Verdy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 39 | 19 | 6 | Played | P | 7 | 20 | 39 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 46 | 26 | 7 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | 53 |
| 62 | 37 | 18 | Conceded | C | 9 | 31 | 56 |
| 87% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 95% | 90% |
| 79% | 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 85% | 82% |
| 56% | 74% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 50% | 54% |
| 28% | 37% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 20% | 28% |
| 18% | 32% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 10% | 21% |
| 64% | 68% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 60% | 64% |
| 26% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 10% | 21% |
| 23% | 21% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 35% | 26% |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 7.6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- JEF United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashiwa Reysol | 39 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 66 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 34 | 75 |
| 2 | Omiya Ardija | 39 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 60 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 72 |
| 3 | Yokohama | 39 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 62 | 40 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 70 |
| 4 | Montedio Yamagata | 39 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 54 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 67 |
| 5 | Tokushima Vortis | 39 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 62 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 67 |
| 6 | Mito Hollyhock | 39 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 64 |
| 7 | Fagiano Okayama | 39 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 64 |
| 8 | Ventforet Kofu | 39 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 57 | 39 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 18 | 62 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 39 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 43 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 62 |
| 10 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 39 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 54 | 44 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 56 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata | 39 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 66 | 50 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 55 |
| 12 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 39 | 16 | 5 | 18 | 53 | 57 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 26 | -4 | 53 |
| 13 | Tokyo Verdy | 39 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 53 | 56 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 31 | -3 | 51 |
| 14 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 39 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 52 | 63 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 32 | -11 | 47 |
| 15 | Ryukyu | 39 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 55 | 74 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 38 | -19 | 46 |
| 16 | Ehime | 39 | 12 | 6 | 21 | 45 | 56 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 35 | -11 | 42 |
| 17 | JEF United | 39 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 46 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 25 | -16 | 42 |
| 18 | Avispa Fukuoka | 39 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 32 | -20 | 41 |
| 19 | Machida Zelvia | 39 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 33 | 55 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 29 | -22 | 37 |
| 20 | Kagoshima United | 39 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 39 | 68 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 41 | -29 | 37 |
| 21 | Tochigi | 39 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 31 | 53 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 31 | -22 | 33 |
| 22 | Gifu | 39 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 68 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 33 | -37 | 30 |