The league table in J2-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Tokyo Verdy leading Ehime by 11 points. Match preview to follow:
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 Tokyo Verdy and Ehime.
These teams have little in common geographically as Ehime have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Tokyo Verdy form and stats
Overall J2-League stats at home this season for Tokyo Verdy are 3-3-1 (wins-draw-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Tokyo after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The home team returns to Ajinomoto Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Júbilo Iwata (placed 6th) on their last time out; the J2-League game ended 2-2. Before that, Tokyo had a home game versus Kyoto Sanga which ended with a victory 2-0.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tokyo handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and two defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tokyo as they are travelling to their away game against Fagiano Okayama in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Tokyo in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Tokyo have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ehime form and stats
There's been little loot from Ehime's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the J2-League. Ehime only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Ehime in their previous game, as they lost their J2-League-match, hosting Machida Zelvia, 1-2. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Mito Hollyhock.
We have checked recent matches where Ehime have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were three victories, two draws and two defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ehime are hosting Giravanz Kitakyushu in the J2-League only four days away.
The visiting Ehime have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. As for defending, Ehime rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Tokyo Verdy wins - draws - Ehime wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Koike 16 goals |  Y. Fujimoto 9 goals | L. Montera da Silva 7 goals |
Tokyo Verdy missing players
Ehime missing players
| Tokyo Verdy | Ehime | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 75% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 44% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 19% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
| 1 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 122 | 50 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 56 | 128 |
| 49 | 18 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 20 | 49 |
| 37% | 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 41% |
- Ehime has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
- Tokyo Verdy have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Tokyo Verdy have won significantly more corners at 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 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 36 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 30 |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Júbilo Iwata | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Tokyo Verdy | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Machida Zelvia | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Omiya Ardija | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Montedio Yamagata | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | JEF United | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
| 15 | Mito Hollyhock | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 19 |
| 17 | Avispa Fukuoka | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 19 | Ehime | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 20 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 13 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -17 | 13 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 12 |