Tokyo Verdy vs Renofa Yamaguchi Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Tokyo Verdy

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Tokyo Verdy, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 0-3 J2 League triumph vs Thespa Kusatsu.

For Tokyo Verdy, the scorers were Jin Hanato (40') and Shion Inoue (72').

Three or more goals per game were seen in 6 of the past 6 fixtures where Tokyo Verdy have participated. Their opponents scored 11 of them in this period whereas Tokyo Verdy totted up 10. That pattern might not be carried forward here, of course.

Going into this encounter, Tokyo Verdy are without a home win in the past 5 league matches. That's never good.

Renofa Yamaguchi

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Avispa Fukuoka in J2 League action, Renofa Yamaguchi and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

Asahi Masuyama (74') was the scorer for Avispa Fukuoka.

The stats don’t lie, and Renofa Yamaguchi have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 10 goals in total. At the back, Renofa certainly have room for improvement.

Leading up to this clash, Renofa Yamaguchi:

• have not beaten Tokyo Verdy when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 05/11/2017, there has been little between the sides with Tokyo Verdy winning 3 of those games, Renofa Yamaguchi 3 and 0 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 26 in all at an average of 4.33 goals per meeting.

The last league meeting between these clubs was J2 League match day 20 on 19/09/2020 and the score finished Renofa Yamaguchi 2-1 Tokyo Verdy.

📋 Team News: Tokyo Verdy

Tokyo Verdy boss Hideki Nagai has a full complement, with no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match owing to a completely injury-free group to choose from. Ryoya Yamashita will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

📰 Team News: Renofa Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi boss Masahiro Shimoda has multiple availability issues to deal with. Ryohei Yoshihama (Biceps femoris muscle injury) and Kaito Oki (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) will miss out on this game.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Tokyo Verdy are likely to be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

At the other end, Renofa Yamaguchi may well struggle to get shooting opportunities but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be scoring as well.

Our selection here is for a pretty comfortable 3-1 victory for Tokyo Verdy when the full-time whistle blows.

Peter Guest, 00:14 18/11/2020