📊 Form Guide

Albirex Niigata

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Albirex Niigata will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 2-1 J1 League defeat in their last game at the hands of Fagiano Okayama.

In that game, Albirex Niigata managed 56% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Albirex Niigata was Motoki Hasegawa (15'). On the other side, Fagiano Okayama got 21 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Ataru Esaka (10') and Kazunari Ichimi (58') scored for Fagiano Okayama.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Albirex Niigata have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Albirex Niigata have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 8 goals during that time. Such a trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this next game, though.

Tokyo Verdy

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Since being beaten in their last game against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in J1 League action, Tokyo Verdy will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Tokyo Verdy had 38% possession and 4 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Tokyo Verdy was Yudai Kimura (77'). For their opponents, Sanfrecce Hiroshima got 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Valère Germain (87') and Hayao Kawabe (89') scored for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

A tendency of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games featuring Tokyo Verdy has become noticeable recently. A glance at their last six outings reveals that this has occurred 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal aggregate of 6 while Tokyo Verdy have scored 5.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 19/09/2021, neither club has come out on top overall with Albirex Niigata winning 2 of those games, Tokyo Verdy 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 22 in all at an average of 3.67 goals per match.

The last league fixture featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 5 on 08/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Albirex Niigata 2-2 Tokyo Verdy.

That day, Albirex Niigata managed 62% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorers were Motoki Hasegawa (42') and Michael Fitzgerald (58').

Tokyo Verdy had 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Yudai Kimura (10') and Yuto Tsunashima (75') scored.

The referee was Hiroyuki Kimura.

ℹ️ Team News: Tokyo Verdy

Tokyo Verdy boss Hiroshi Jofuku has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Maaya Sako (Cruciate ligament injury) and Goki Yamada (Torn knee ligaments) are not ready for selection.

🔮 Prediction

We believe that Tokyo Verdy and Albirex Niigata are both capable of scoring here.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. We’re therefore anticipating a very even match with a 1-1 score draw when all is said and done.

Victor Martins, 09:03 21/05/2025