⚽️ What happened last time they met in this league?

The last league encounter between these clubs was J2 League match day 16 on 14/05/2022 which finished with the scoreline of FC Ryukyu 1-0 Tochigi S.C. The referee was Yosuke Kubota.

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Tochigi S.C.

FC Ryukyu

2022-09-25 09:00:00

Tochigi S.C. vs FC Ryukyu Live Stream, Predictions

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📏 Form Guide

Tochigi S.C.

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Tochigi S.C. prepare for this match following on from a 1-1 J2 League drawn game versus V-Varen Nagasaki.

The only name on the scoresheet from Tochigi S.C. was Keita Ueda (37'). Asahi Uenaka (64') was the scorer for V-Varen Nagasaki.

Yu Tokisaki's Tochigi S.C. have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a sum total of 6 times in their prior six outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures is 6.

FC Ryukyu

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Renofa Yamaguchi in J2 League competition, FC Ryukyu will be hoping to turn things around here.

Kensuke Sato (74') scored for Renofa Yamaguchi.

A tendency of at least one team not managing to score in games featuring FC Ryukyu has become apparent in recent matches. A glance at their last six outings shows that this has occurred 5 times. During these clashes, their opponents have hit a goal aggregate of 7 while FC Ryukyu have scored 2. Let’s see if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Heading into this fixture, FC Ryukyu are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 20/10/2019 tells us that Tochigi S.C. have won 1 of these and FC Ryukyu 4, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A total of 21 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 9 of them from Tochigi and 12 belonging to Ryukyu. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The previous league match between the two was J2 League match day 16 on 14/05/2022 which ended up with the score at FC Ryukyu 1-0 Tochigi S.C.

The referee was Yosuke Kubota.

🗞️ Team News: Tochigi S.C.

The Tochigi S.C. boss Yu Tokisaki has no fitness worries at all ahead of this match owing to a completely injury-free squad available for selection.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Ryukyu

FC Ryukyu boss Nacho Fernández has a number of players out of action. Álex Barrera (Groin Strain) and Takuma Abe (Achilles tendon rupture) are not able to play.

🔮 Prediction

When taking everything into account, FC Ryukyu could find themselves up against it to breach the defence of this Tochigi S.C. team who we reckon should manage to score & go ahead.

Our tip is therefore for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 win for Tochigi S.C. at the end of this game.

Should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 23:25 20/09/2022

Correct Score Prediction

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1-0

🏟️ Team Focus:
Tochigi S.C.

Formed: 1953
Stadium: Kanseki Stadium (25,244)
Captain: Yuki Nishiya
Chairman: Daisuke Hashimoto
Manager: Yu Tokisaki
Competitions: J2 League position 18

⭐ Key Player: Kisho Yano

Mostly taking up the Striker position, Kisho Yano was born in Shizuoka, Japan. After having made a senior debut playing for Kashiwa Reysol in the 2003 season, the skilful Forward has scored a sum of 7 league goals in this J2 League 2022 season to date coming from a total of 34 appearances.

Head to head

FC Ryukyu	2022-05-14 10:00:00 1 - 0	Tochigi S.C.
Tochigi S.C.	2021-12-05 04:00:00 1 - 2	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2021-05-15 09:00:00 4 - 2	Tochigi S.C.
Tochigi S.C.	2020-10-21 10:30:00 4 - 1	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2020-08-19 10:00:00 2 - 2	Tochigi S.C.
Tochigi S.C.	2019-10-20 05:00:00 0 - 2	FC Ryukyu

J2 League Japan League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	+/-	Pts	Form
1	Albirex Niigata Albirex	37	22	8	7	34	74	WLWWW
2	Yokohama FC Yokohama	38	21	11	6	17	74	DDLWW
3	Fagiano Okayama Okayama	37	18	12	7	20	66	WWWLW
4	Roasso Kumamoto Roasso K	37	16	13	8	8	61	WWWDW
5	Oita Trinita Oita	38	15	15	8	11	60	WWDDW
6	Vegalta Sendai Vegalta	37	17	8	12	15	59	LLLWD
7	Montedio Yamagata Yamagata	37	15	10	12	16	55	WLWWL
8	V-Varen Nagasaki V-Varen	38	15	10	13	0	55	LWLDL
9	Tokushima Vortis Tokushima	37	10	22	5	12	52	WWDWD
10	JEF United Chiba JEF Utd	37	14	10	13	2	52	WLWWL
11	Machida Zelvia Machida	37	14	9	14	6	51	LLLDD
12	Tokyo Verdy Tokyo Verdy	38	12	13	13	0	49	DLDWW
13	Mito Hollyhock HollyHock	37	12	10	15	0	46	WLLLL
14	Renofa Yamaguchi Yamaguchi	38	12	10	16	-1	46	DWDWW
15	AFC Blaublitz Akita AFC Blaublitz Akita	37	11	10	16	-13	43	LWDWL
16	Ventforet Kofu Kofu	38	9	15	14	-8	42	LLLLL
17	Zweigen Kanazawa Zweigen	37	10	12	15	-17	42	WDLDD
18	Tochigi S.C. Tochigi	37	9	14	14	-9	41	DDLLD
19	Ōmiya Ardija Omiya	36	9	11	16	-13	38	LLWDW
20	Thespa Kusatsu Gunma	38	9	9	20	-21	36	DDDWL
21	Iwate Grulla Morioka Grulla Morioka	37	9	6	22	-35	33	LLWLL
22	FC Ryukyu Ryukyu	37	6	12	19	-24	30	DLLDL

Last 6 for Tochigi S.C.

V-Varen Nagasaki	2022-09-21 10:00:00 1 - 1	Tochigi S.C.
Ōmiya Ardija	2022-09-18 10:00:00 3 - 1	Tochigi S.C.
Tochigi S.C.	2022-09-14 10:00:00 0 - 1	Vegalta Sendai
Yokohama FC	2022-09-10 09:00:00 0 - 0	Tochigi S.C.
Tochigi S.C.	2022-09-04 09:00:00 1 - 1	Thespa Kusatsu
AFC Blaublitz Akita	2022-08-20 10:00:00 0 - 3	Tochigi S.C.

Last 6 for FC Ryukyu

FC Ryukyu	2022-09-18 09:30:00 0 - 1	Renofa Yamaguchi
Thespa Kusatsu	2022-09-14 10:00:00 0 - 0	FC Ryukyu
Albirex Niigata	2022-09-10 09:00:00 3 - 0	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2022-09-03 09:30:00 0 - 1	AFC Blaublitz Akita
Mito Hollyhock	2022-08-27 09:00:00 0 - 0	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2022-08-20 09:30:00 2 - 2	Montedio Yamagata

Last 6 home matches for Tochigi S.C.

Tochigi S.C.	2022-09-14 00:00:00 0 - 1	Vegalta Sendai
Tochigi S.C.	2022-09-04 00:00:00 1 - 1	Thespa Kusatsu
Tochigi S.C.	2022-08-14 00:00:00 0 - 2	Albirex Niigata
Tochigi S.C.	2022-07-30 00:00:00 1 - 1	Tokushima Vortis
Tochigi S.C.	2022-07-23 00:00:00 2 - 1	Renofa Yamaguchi
Tochigi S.C.	2022-07-06 00:00:00 0 - 1	Tokyo Verdy

Last 6 away matches for FC Ryukyu

Thespa Kusatsu	2022-09-14 00:00:00 0 - 0	FC Ryukyu
Albirex Niigata	2022-09-10 00:00:00 3 - 0	FC Ryukyu
Mito Hollyhock	2022-08-27 00:00:00 0 - 0	FC Ryukyu
V-Varen Nagasaki	2022-08-13 00:00:00 2 - 3	FC Ryukyu
Ventforet Kofu	2022-08-06 00:00:00 5 - 2	FC Ryukyu
Tokushima Vortis	2022-07-23 00:00:00 0 - 0	FC Ryukyu

Tochigi S.C. average home statistics

Goals scored	0.8
Goals conceded	1.1
Time first goal scored	42
Time first goal conceded	53
Yellow cards	0.8
Red cards	0.1
Subs used	4.4
Biggest victory	2-1
Biggest defeat	2-0

FC Ryukyu average away statistics

Goals scored	0.8
Goals conceded	1.7
Time first goal scored	35
Time first goal conceded	38
Yellow cards	1.2
Red cards	0.1
Subs used	4.4
Biggest victory	2-0
Biggest defeat	4-0

Tochigi S.C. leading goal scorers

Kisho Yano	7
Ryo Nemoto	4
Carlos Gutiérrez	3
Ko Miyazaki	3
Keita Ueda	3

FC Ryukyu leading goal scorers

Yuki Kusano	7
Katsuya Nakano	6
Takuma Abe	3
Takuya Hitomi	3
Ryunsuke Noda	3

Tochigi S.C. fixtures

Tochigi S.C.	2022-09-25 09:00:00	FC Ryukyu
Ventforet Kofu	2022-10-01 05:00:00	Tochigi S.C.
Machida Zelvia	2022-10-09 05:00:00	Tochigi S.C.
Tochigi S.C.	2022-10-16 00:00:00	Mito Hollyhock
Zweigen Kanazawa	2022-10-22 00:00:00	Tochigi S.C.

FC Ryukyu fixtures

Tochigi S.C.	2022-09-25 09:00:00	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2022-10-01 09:30:00	Yokohama FC
Zweigen Kanazawa	2022-10-09 05:00:00	FC Ryukyu
JEF United Chiba	2022-10-16 00:00:00	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2022-10-22 00:00:00	Oita Trinita

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