Tokyo Verdy vs Kyoto Sanga Live Stream, Predictions (May 25)

📏 Form Guide

Tokyo Verdy

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Tokyo Verdy will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 0-2 J. League Cup success over Albirex Niigata.

For Tokyo Verdy, the goals were scored by Yudai Kimura (7') and Shuhei Kawasaki (32').

Under three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Tokyo Verdy have been participants. In terms of the goal attribution in that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 6 and Tokyo Verdy managed a tally of 5. Putting that to one side, it remains to be seen if such a trend shall be replicated in this next game.

Leading up to this clash, Tokyo Verdy:

• are unbeaten in the league by Kyoto Sanga in their last 2 games.
• have not registered a win against Kyoto Sanga in their previous 4 matches in the league.

Kyoto Sanga

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Since a loss in their previous game against Cerezo Osaka in J. League Cup competition, Kyoto Sanga and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

The only player to score from Kyoto Sanga was Murilo Costa (10'). Kakeru Funaki (48'), Thiago Andrade (61', 73') and Rafael Ratão (81') scored for Cerezo Osaka.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen outings, Kyoto Sanga have bagged the sum of 10 goals. Kyoto Sanga have also scored in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they have seen 7 goals go into their own net.

Pre-game facts show that Kyoto Sanga:

• are undefeated by Tokyo Verdy in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 29/08/2020, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Tokyo Verdy winning 2 of those games, Kyoto Sanga 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

A total of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 7 of them for Tokyo Verdy and 8 netted by Kyoto. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

The last league meeting between these sides was J1 League match day 38 on 08/12/2024 when it finished Kyoto Sanga 0-0 Tokyo Verdy.

In that match, Kyoto Sanga had 52% possession and 15 shots on goal with 3 on target.

At the other end, Tokyo Verdy got 16 shots on goal with 5 on target.

The match was refereed by Shu Kawamata.

📋 Team News: Tokyo Verdy

Maaya Sako (Cruciate ligament injury) and Goki Yamada (Torn knee ligaments) are unavailable for Tokyo Verdy gaffer Hiroshi Jofuku.

📰 Team News: Kyoto Sanga

From a largely full-strength group, there is just the sole fitness worry for the Kyoto Sanga manager Kwi-jae Cho to be concerned about. Sung-yun Gu (Meniscus injury) won’t be in action.

🧠 Prediction

Kyoto Sanga and Tokyo Verdy should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. Therefore, we predict a close game with a score draw at the conclusion of the game.

💵 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

In terms of the bookies’ odds in the full-time result market, victory for Tokyo Verdy is best priced at 2.7, backing a drawn result is 3.1 & putting your money on victory for Kyoto Sanga gets 2.7. These are the best of the returns offered at present.

Lucas Pereira, 18:05 21/05/2025