Albirex Niigata vs FC Tokyo Live Stream, Predictions (May 03)

📊 Form Guide

Albirex Niigata

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Albirex Niigata will be looking for a repeat result of a 0-1 J1 League success over Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Under three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Albirex Niigata have been participants. Breaking down the goal weighting in this period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 3 and Albirex Niigata totted up 6. That kind of trend might not be carried forward into this next game, though.

Pre-game facts show that Albirex Niigata:

• have not won against FC Tokyo in their previous 10 league games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 10 matches in the league. Something needs to change.

FC Tokyo

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Shimizu S-Pulse in J1 League action, FC Tokyo and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

The stats tell the story, and FC Tokyo have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 6 goals in total. At the back, FC Tokyo have been far from perfect.

Leading up to this clash, FC Tokyo:

• have not lost to Albirex Niigata in games played away from home for the previous 8 matches in the league. What an away run they have had against them.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 5 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Delving into their past head to head results stretching back to 22/04/2017 tells us that these fixtures have not been kind to Albirex Niigata. They have not managed to come away with any wins at all whereas FC Tokyo have just been too good for them, running out winners in 67% of those matches played.

A total of 14 goals were produced between them in this period, with 3 of them from Albirex and 11 for FC Tokyo. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The last league meeting featuring the two was J1 League match day 23 on 13/07/2024 and the score finished FC Tokyo 2-0 Albirex Niigata.

On that occasion, FC Tokyo managed 34% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorers were Keita Endo (6') and Leon Nozawa (77').

Albirex Niigata got 13 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Atsushi Kamimura.

💡 Prediction

FC Tokyo have the ability to put one past this Albirex Niigata side, although that may not quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our selection here is for a narrow 2-1 win for Albirex Niigata after the 90. Could easily see this go either way.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

In terms of the bookies’ odds on the win-draw-win market, a victory for Albirex Niigata is best priced at 2.15, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.4 & staking on a win for FC Tokyo gets 3.4. These are the top returns being offered at the moment.

Peter Guest, 15:18 29/04/2025