Tokyo Verdy will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Kyoto Sanga.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Tokyo Verdy form and stats
2-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Tokyo Verdy so far this season.
Tokyo lost their last game at Giravanz Kitakyushu (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that, Tokyo had a home game versus Matsumoto Yamaga which ended with a victory 3-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Tokyo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tokyo Verdy as a small favourite), we find four games. Tokyo Verdy has won two of these, drawn two and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tokyo as they are travelling to their away game against Jubilo Iwata in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Tokyo Verdy in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. From these home matches, Tokyo have conceded only 5 goals.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kyoto Sanga so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-3 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Kyoto's previous match, a J2-League home game that ended 2-2 vs Matsumoto Yamaga (placed 19th). Before that, Kyoto travelled to Albirex Niigata and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kyoto Sanga playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were one Kyoto Sanga win, four draws and six defeats.
Kyoto has another fixture away, a J2-League game, against Omiya Ardija in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The attacking power of Kyoto Sanga when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Kyoto in these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Tokyo, one draw and four wins for Kyoto Sanga. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Koike 16 goals |
Tokyo Verdy missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Tokyo Verdy | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 86% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 93% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 12% | 29% |
| 14% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 21% |
| 7% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 7% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 4.5 | 6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 | 43 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 83 | 152 |
| 39 | 14 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 24 | 54 |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 29% | 33% |
- Kyoto Sanga have won significantly more corners away than 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 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | Jubilo Iwata | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Omiya Ardija | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | JEF United | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Montedio Yamagata | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 17 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 16 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 20 | Ehime | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -16 | 12 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 11 |