With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Tokyo Verdy fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Ryūkyū.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Tokyo Verdy form and stats
Tokyo Verdy have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the J2-League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 192 minutes without scoring a league goal. J. Hanato was the last player to find the net. Tokyo are confident in defense, having played 197 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
An away draw last time out for Tokyo Verdy, facing V-Varen Nagasaki in a game that ended 0-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Montedio Yamagata.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tokyo Verdy 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, one draw and one defeat.
The manager H. Nagai will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Avispa Fukuoka in only four days.
Tokyo Verdy have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ajinomoto Stadium with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Tokyo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ryūkyū form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Ryūkyū play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Fagiano Okayama (placed 16th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Ehime that ended 1-1.
We have checked recent matches where Ryūkyū have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were four victories, one draw and two defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ryūkyū are hosting Ventforet Kofu in the J2-League only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ryūkyū as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. The Ryūkyū manager Y. Higuchi has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Tokyo Verdy victory, one draw and zero Ryūkyū wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Koike 16 goals |
Tokyo Verdy missing players
Ryūkyū missing players
| Tokyo Verdy | Ryūkyū | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 88% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 38% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 12% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 75% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 25% |
| 4.9 | 7.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
| 5.7 | 5.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 0.9 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | 17 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 69 | 103 |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 21% |
- Ryūkyū have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ryūkyū have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Ryūkyū have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ryūkyū haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tokyo Verdy have not yet lost a game 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 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Omiya Ardija | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Kyoto Sanga | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | Albirex Niigata | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Júbilo Iwata | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Machida Zelvia | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Mito Hollyhock | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Tokyo Verdy | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | JEF United | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Tochigi | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 18 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 8 |
| 19 | Ehime | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 20 | Montedio Yamagata | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 21 | Ryūkyū | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -14 | 6 |