📏 Form Guide

Tokyo Verdy

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Tokyo Verdy go into this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 J1 League draw versus Albirex Niigata.

In that game, Tokyo Verdy managed 38% possession and 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Tokyo Verdy, the scorers were Yudai Kimura (10') and Yuto Tsunashima (75'). For their opponents, Albirex Niigata had 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. Motoki Hasegawa (42') and Michael Fitzgerald (58') scored for Albirex Niigata.

A common aspect of more recent Tokyo Verdy games is the number of nil scores.

Taking their previous six clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on BTTS would've been a losing one. We will have to find out whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.

Going into this one, Tokyo Verdy are without a win at home for the past 4 matches in the league. Things will have to change soon.

Nagoya Grampus

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Previously, Nagoya Grampus drew 1-1 in the J1 League match with Cerezo Osaka.

In that game, Nagoya Grampus had 42% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Nagoya Grampus was Mateus (85'). On the other side, Cerezo Osaka had 24 shots on goal with 5 on target. Sota Kitano (45') was the scorer for Cerezo Osaka.

The stats don’t lie, and Nagoya Grampus have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 12 goals overall. Defensively, Nagoya Grampus could really do with shoring things up.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Nagoya Grampus:

• have not beaten Tokyo Verdy in away games against them for the last 7 matches in the league. Not good at all.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 05/10/2008 shows us that Tokyo Verdy have won 2 of these and Nagoya Grampus 3, with the number of draws standing at 1.

13 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for Tokyo Verdy and 8 netted by N. Grampus. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

🗞️ Team News: Tokyo Verdy

Kaito Chida (Hamstring injury), Maaya Sako (Cruciate ligament injury) and Goki Yamada (Torn knee ligaments) won’t be able to feature for Tokyo Verdy boss Hiroshi Jofuku.

ℹ️ Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Nagoya Grampus boss Kenta Hasegawa has to currently contend with reduced team options. Masahito Ono (Cruciate ligament injury), Daniel Schmidt (Meniscus injury), Shuhei Tokumoto (Adductor injury), Kasper Junker (Calf strain) and Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear) will miss out on this game.

✨ Prediction

We’re thinking that Nagoya Grampus should be able to find the net against this Tokyo Verdy lineup, however it may not be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re going for a narrow 2-1 advantage for Tokyo Verdy after 90 minutes. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Lucas Pereira, 06:06 15/03/2025