The J1 League meeting at Ajinomoto Stadium on Sunday will see home side Tokyo Verdy ready themselves for the challenge from opponents Kawasaki Frontale.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Tokyo Verdy v Kawasaki Frontale match are shown here (plus the best game odds).
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Tokyo Verdy
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Tokyo Verdy will be looking for an improved result here following a 2-1 J1 League loss in their previous game against Cerezo Osaka.
In that game, Tokyo Verdy managed 53% possession and 9 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. The only player to score for Tokyo Verdy was Shuhei Kawasaki (45'). For their opponents, Cerezo Osaka had 7 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Ratão (20') and Andrade (62') scored for Cerezo Osaka.
Tokyo Verdy have not been in good attacking form in recent times. Their goals record stands at just 3 against opposition teams over their last six matches. In those meetings, Tokyo Verdy have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 10. That trend isn’t assured to be sustained here, though.
Kawasaki Frontale
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Kawasaki Frontale will go into the match after a 3-1 J1 League win to defeat Albirex Niigata in their previous game.
In that match, Kawasaki Frontale had 35% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Kawasaki Frontale, the goals were scored by Yasuto Wakizaka (12'), Soma Kanda (35') and Yuto Ozeki (90'). At the other end, Albirex Niigata had 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Jin Okumura (90') scored for Albirex Niigata.
In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Kawasaki Frontale, three or more goals have gone in. The average number of goals per match within that spell is 3.17, with the number of goals averaged by Kawasaki Frontale being 1.83.
Coming into this meeting, Kawasaki Frontale have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 17/09/2005 shows us that Tokyo Verdy have won 0 of these & Kawasaki Frontale 3, with the number of drawn matches being 3.
16 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them for Tokyo Verdy and 10 for Frontale. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.
The previous league match between these clubs was J1 League match day 11 on 20/04/2025 when it finished Kawasaki Frontale 0-0 Tokyo Verdy.
That day, Kawasaki Frontale had 46% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.
At the other end, Tokyo Verdy had 6 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Akihiko Ikeuchi.
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Team News: Tokyo Verdy
Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the Tokyo Verdy manager Hiroshi Jofuku to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Goki Yamada (Torn knee ligaments) misses out.
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Team News: Kawasaki Frontale
Kawasaki Frontale boss Shigetoshi Hasebe has to choose a team with limited availability. Geun-hyeong Lee (Meniscus tear) and Erison (Knee medial ligament tear) miss out here.
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Prediction
Here, we’re thinking that Tokyo Verdy could well find it tough to find the net against this Kawasaki Frontale side who we reckon will gain the upper hand.
We’re going for a hard-fought 0-1 winning margin for Kawasaki Frontale when the referee blows for full-time.
It should be a good one.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Regarding the latest bookmaker odds in the WDW market, a win for Tokyo Verdy is best priced at 3.9, a wager on a draw is 3.4 & taking a punt on the win for Kawasaki Frontale will get you 1.95. They are the best of the returns on offer at the current time.
Andre Moura,
11:02 26/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Tokyo Verdy
Formed: 1969
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium (47,851)
Captain: Koki Morita
Chairman: Takaaki Nakamura
Manager: Hiroshi Jofuku
Competitions: J1 League position 15
⭐ Key Player: Yudai Kimura
Regularly taking to the field in the Striker position, Yudai Kimura was born in Osaka, Japan. After making a first senior appearance for Kyoto Sanga in the 2022 season, the goalscoring Forward has struck 2 league goals in this J1 League 2025 season so far in a total of 20 appearances.