Matchday 21 2018 Season Preview – Kamatamare Sanuki v Tokyo Verdy

Matchday 21 2018 Season Preview – Kamatamare Sanuki v Tokyo Verdy

Verdy’s 22nd game of the 2018 season is Away to Kamatamare Sanuki at Pikara Stadium. Verdy are on road again after finishing the Okayama game on Wednesday Night with the 1-0 victory, this time Verdy are away to Kamatamare Sanuki, Verdy are on a good run and hope to keep that up against Sanuki who are currently in 21st place with 15 points from 20 games, Sanuki are currently in the relegation zone so they will want to get off the bottom of the table and won their last game with a 1-0 win over Fagiano Okayama as well (see Look At Our Opponents below), the head to head between the 2 clubs look like this, the last time Verdy travelled to Pikara Stadium it was a 0-0 draw, let’s hope Verdy can get something from this game and keep the good run going. LET’S FIGHT TOWARDS VICTORY.

Last Game –
Tokyo Verdy’s XI
v Okayama (Wed 27th June)
Kamifukumoto

Wakasa-Ibayashi-Taira-Narawa

Inoue-Watanabe-Lee

Fujimoto-Sato-Vieira

Bench – Shibasaki, Tamura, Hatanaka, Hashimoto, Kajikawa, Uchida, R Hayashi, Martinez, Pinheiro

Subs – Masashi Wakasa Off, Shinnosuke Hatanaka On (62’) – Naoya Tamura Off, Tatsuya Uchida On (79’) – Yuhei Sato Off, Alan Pinheiro On (88’)

Last 5 Results – Tokyo Verdy and Kamatamare Sanuki (League/Cup – This Season)

Tokyo Verdy – W W W W W
Kamatamare Sanuki – D L L D W

Look At Our Opponents –
Let’s have a look at Kamatamare Sanuki’s last league game at Home to Fagiano Okayama at Pikara Stadium. Sanuki got a 1-0 win with less than 20 minutes to go all thanks to Takumi Sasaki scoring in the 73rd minute.

GK – Shimizu
DF – Takeda
DF – Okamura
DF – Nakashima
DF – Alex
MF – T Sasaki (Off, 71’)
MF – Nagata
MF – Watanabe
MF – Shigematsu (Off, 81’)
FW – Kijima (Off, 70’)
FW – Hara

Subs
GK – Seguchi
DF – Ichimura
DF – Asada (On, 81’)
MF – W Sasaki (On, 77’)
MF – Suzuki
MF – Nishi
FW – Morikawa (On, 70’)

Data – For Sanuki v Okayama
Shots – 10
Free Kicks – 18
Corner Kicks – 3
Penalties – 0
Cards – 2 Yellow/0 Red – Takeda and Hara

Top Goal scorer – Kentaro Shigematsu – 4 Goals (After 18 Games Played)

Here are the Matchday 21 Fixtures of the 2018 Season –

Saturday, 30th June
Ventofret Kofu v Kyoto Sanga
Kamatamare Sanuki v Tokyo Verdy
Avispa Fukuoka v Machida Zelvia
Montedio Yamagata v FC Gifu
Tochigi SC v JEF United Chiba
Omiya Ardija v Ehime FC
Albirex Niigata v Mito Hollyhock
Tokushima Vortis v Oita Trinita
Roasso Kumamoto v Matsumoto Yamaga

Sunday, 1st July
Fagiano Okayama v Zweigen Kanazawa
Renofa Yamaguchi v Yokohama FC

Plus Matchday 18 in Midweek –

Wednesday, 4th July
Ventforet Kofu v Zweigen Kanazawa

Come on Verdy!

Matchday 15 (Rearranged) 2018 Season Review – Fagiano Okayama 0-1 Tokyo Verdy

Matchday 15 (Rearranged) 2018 Season Review – Fagiano Okayama 0-1 Tokyo Verdy

Verdy played the last 20 minutes of the original abandoned game but in the end Verdy got the 3 points but in the game itself, Okayama had a corner and they had a great chance but Naoto Kamifukumoto but Kazuki Sato’s shot was put past the post, from the next Okayama corner it was another chance for Sato but he put it over the bar, Okayama had shouts for a penalty as Yohei Otake went down in the box but the ref didn’t budge and it went out for for a corner and Okayama had one more change but that came to nothing and the Full time whistle went and it was Verdy who came away with another victory.

City Light Stadium, Attendance – 6,709

Tokyo Verdy Team – Kamifukumoto, Wakasa, Ibayashi, Taira, Narawa, Inoue, Watanabe, Lee, Fujimoto, Sato, Vieira

Tokyo Verdy Subs – Shibasaki, Tamura, Hatanaka, Hashimoto, Kajikawa, Uchida, R Hayashi, Martinez, Pinheiro

Fagiano Okayama Team – Kanayama, Tsukagawa, Hamada, Kiyama, Sekido, Sueyoshi, Ueda, Mimura, Saito, Akamine, Nakama

Fagiano Okayama Subs – Ichimori, Goto, Abe, Otake, Takeda, Ito, Santos, Y Fujimoto

Match Highlights – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWTZyoQzAZk

Match Statistics and Info
Original Game –

20’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 35 – Kanya Fujimoto
60’ – Sub – Verdy – Kanya Fujimoto Off, Naoya Tamura On

Rearranged Game –

62’ – Sub – Verdy – Masashi Wakasa Off, Shinnosuke Hatanaka
79’ – Sub – Okayama – Kenji Sekido Off, Yohei Otake On
79’ – Sub – Verdy – Naoya Tamura Off, Tatsuya Uchida On
86’ – Sub – Okayama – Kazuki Saito Off, Ricardo Santos On
86’ – Sub – Okayama – Makoto Mimura Off, Shohei Takeda On
88’ – Sub – Yuhei Sato Off, Alan Pinheiro On

Shots – Okayama 9 – Tokyo Verdy 4
FK – Okayama 15 – Tokyo Verdy 17
CK – Okayama 10 – Tokyo Verdy 1
PK – Okayama 0 – Tokyo Verdy 0
Cards – Okayama 0/0 – Tokyo Verdy 0/0

Next Game for Tokyo Verdy – Saturday, 30th June – Away v Kamatamare Sanuki, 6pm

Matchday 15 (Rearranged) 2018 Season Preview – Fagiano Okayama v Tokyo Verdy

Matchday 15 (Rearranged) 2018 Season Preview – Fagiano Okayama v Tokyo Verdy

Verdy’s rearranged game of Matchday 15 of the 2018 season is Away to Fagiano Okayama at City Light Stadium. This game was rearranged after the game was originally abandoned back in Matchday 15 which was held on the Friday 18th May – the game was abandoned in the 73rd minute when there was a thunderstorm and it rained heavily so the pitch was waterlogged so the game had to be rearranged for a further date which is today. Let’s hope Verdy can get something from this game. LET’S FIGHT TOWARDS VICTORY.

Last Game –
Tokyo Verdy’s XI
v Tochigi (Sat 23rd June)
Kamifukumoto

Ibayashi-Hatanaka-Taira-Narawa

Uchida-Watanabe-Kajikawa

Mori-Sato-R Hayashi

Bench – Shibasaki, S Hayashi, Nagata, Lee, Inoue, Pinheiro, Vieira

Subs – Shunsuke Mori Off, Shogo Hayashi On (68’) – Kota Watanabe Off, Shion Inoue On (70’) – Yuhei Sato Off, Yong Jick Lee On (82’)

Last 5 Results – Tokyo Verdy and Fagiano Okayama (League/Cup – This Season)

Tokyo Verdy – D W W W W
Fagiano Okayama – D L L D L

Look At Our Opponents –
Let’s have a look at Fagiano Okayama’s last league game Away to Kamatamare Sanuki at Pikara Stadium. The only goal of the game came in the last 20 minutes of the game with Takumi Sasaki scoring the only goal on the 73rd minute to seal all 3 points for Sanuki.

GK – Ichimori
DF – Tsukagawa
DF – Hamada
DF –Kiyama
MF – Mukuhara (Off, 81’)
MF – Ueda
MF – Takeda (Off, 81’)
MF – Mimura
FW – Ito
FW – Saito (Off, 66’)
FW – Nakama

Subs
GK – Kanayama
DF – Goto
MF – Otake (On, 81’)
MF – Sueyoshi
MF – Sawaguchi
FW – Santos (On, 81’)
FW – Akamine (On, 66’)

Data – For Okayama v Sanuki
Shots – 16
Free Kicks – 8
Corner Kicks – 6
Penalties – 0
Cards – 2 Yellow/0 Red – Nakama and Takeda

Top Goal scorer – Kota Ueda – 3 Goals (From 18 Games Played) and Mizuki Hamada – 3 Goals (From 13 Games Played)

Here is the only fixture of Matchday 15 Rearranged from 18th May –

Wednesday, 27th June
Fagiano Okayama v Tokyo Verdy

Come on Verdy!

Matchday 20 2018 Season Review – Tokyo Verdy 3-0 Tochigi SC

Matchday 20 2018 Season Review –Tokyo Verdy 3-0 Tochigi SC

Verdy got themselves their third win in a row with a 3-0 win over Tochigi SC with all 3 goals coming in the first half with 2 goals coming in the first 10 minutes and then the third goal coming half way in the first half, to the game itself, it was a great start for the boys in Green after a pass from Tomhiro Taira passed to Yuta Narawa who crossed into the box – the ball found the head of Ryohei Hayashi who headed it down in the box and the Tochigi Johnny Leoni came out to collect the ball but the ball bounced off Leoni’s knee or leg and the ball came out to Yuhei Sato who kindly slotted the ball into the back of the net to make it 1-0 after on 3 minutes on the clock, then Verdy doubled their lead after a Verdy corner came into the box and no Tochigi player really got near it or touched it and Tomohiro Taira got his head on the bouncing ball that came into the box and put it into the back of the net to make it 2-0 only 3 minutes later, it was 3-0 after a tackle in Verdy’s side of the pitch and the ball got played up field to Kota Watanabe and then Watanabe played up to Shunsuke Mori who got his shot off past a Tochigi defender and curled past Leoni in the Tochigi goal to make it 3-0 before half time. Into the second half and it was a change for Tochigi from a corner – the ball came into the box and the ball was headed towards goal by a Tochigi player and then the ball was headed towards goal again by Masashi Oguro but it went just wide, but that was the last chance of the game and it finished 3-0 to Verdy.

Ajinomoto Stadium, Attendance – 4,446

Tokyo Verdy Team – Kamifukumoto, Ibayashi, Hatanaka, Taira, Narawa, Uchida, Watanabe, Kajikawa, Mori, Sato, R Hayashi

Tokyo Verdy Subs –Shibasaki, S Hayashi, Nagata, Lee, Inoue, Pinheiro, Vieira

Tochigi SC Team – Leoni, Hattori, Kan, Fukuoka, Tada, Ushinohama, Okazaki, Henik, Wada, Nishiya, Pecnik

Tochigi SC Subs – Ishikawa, Hisadomi, Tashiro, Sugimoto, Kawata, Hamashita, Oguro

Match Highlights – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8ud_6OO3d8

Match Statistics and Info
3’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 16 – Yuhei Sato
6’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 5 – Tomohiro Taira
31’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 29 – Shunsuke Mori
36’ – Yellow Card – Tochigi – Kohei Hattori
56’ – Sub – Tochigi – Tatsuya Wada Off, Masashi Oguro On
58’ – Sub – Tochigi – Kazunori Kan Off, Kento Kawata On
61’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Naoto Kamifukumoto
66’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Kota Watanabe
68’ – Sub – Verdy – Shunsuke Mori Off, Shogo Hayashi On
70’ – Sub – Verdy – Kota Watanabe Off, Shion Inoue On
78’ – Sub – Tochigi – Nejc Pecnik Off, Makoto Sugimoto On
82’ – Sub – Verdy – Yuhei Sato Off, Yong Jick Lee On

Shots – Tokyo Verdy 12 – Tochigi 7
FK – Tokyo Verdy 8 – Tochigi 8
CK – Tokyo Verdy 4 – Tochigi 4
PK – Tokyo Verdy 0 – Tochigi 0
Cards – Tokyo Verdy 2/0 – Tochigi 1/0

Matchday 20 Results –

Saturday, 23rd June
Tokyo Verdy 3-0 Tochigi SC
Matsumoto Yamaga 4-2 JEF United Chiba
FC Gifu 2-2 Renofa Yamaguchi
Kyoto Sanga 0-3 Omiya Ardija
Kamatamare Sanuki 1-0 Fagiano Okayama
Montedio Yamagata 3-2 Tokushima Vortis
Zweigen Kanazawa 0-0 Roasso Kumamoto
Ehime FC 0-1 Mito Hollyhock
Oita Trinita 1-0 Avispa Fukuoka

Sunday, 24th June
Yokohama FC 1-0 Ventforet Kofu
Machida Zelvia 0-0 Albirex Niigata

Next Game for Tokyo Verdy – Wednesday, 27th June – Away v Fagiano Okayama, 7.30pm

Carlos Martinez Leaves Verdy

Tokyo Verdy announced that Carlos Martinez has left the club due to Family circumstances

I would like to take this opportunity to wish Carlos all the very best in the future what ever he does next

Thank your for your support! Supporters are the best of Verdy!I wanted to succeed in verdy but playing out of my position, without continuity and without trust were very hard for me!It was an honor to be the first spanish player to wear your shirt!I will always be a fan of verdy! pic.twitter.com/alo2Es9Cp9

— Carlos Martinez (@CarlosMR_7) June 22, 2018

【TOP】この度、カルロス マルティネス選手について、家族の事情により、クラブと本人の双方合意の上、契約を解除することが決まりましたので、お知らせします。カルロス マルティネス選手のプロフィールおよびコメントはこちらからご覧ください→https://t.co/thDWpzeR3C #verdy #カルロス pic.twitter.com/2nNH0Lacu7

— 東京ヴェルディ公式 #緑パートナー募集中 (@TokyoVerdySTAFF) June 22, 2018

Matchday 20 2018 Season Preview – Tokyo Verdy v Tochigi SC

Matchday 20 2018 Season Preview – Tokyo Verdy v Tochigi SC

Verdy’s 21st game of the 2018 season is at Home to Tochigi SC at Ajinomoto Stadium. This is the second home game in a double header where Verdy this time face Tochigi SC, Verdy are back on form with being unbeaten in the last 5 games with 4 league games (2 wins and 2 draws) and a Emperors Cup win under their belt, things have been looking up for the boys in green after the slump they had, Tochigi are back in J2 after a couple of seasons in J3 after being relegated from J2 back in the 2015 season but the start of the 2018 season hasn’t been all that great with Tochigi currently in 19th place with 5 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, the last time the two teams met was back in that 2015 season where Tochigi were relegated and it was a Verdy win at home in the 2015 season with Hiramoto, Chugo and Daisuke Takagi and for Tochigi it was Sugimoto who got both goals and he still plays for Tochigi but hasn’t featured as much, let’s hope Verdy can keep the good run going and get something from this game. LET’S FIGHT TOWARDS VICTORY.

Last Game –
Tokyo Verdy’s XI
v Kyoto (Sat 16th June)
Kamifukumoto

Tamura-Ibayashi-Hatanaka-Narawa

Uchida-Watanabe-Kajikawa

Fujimoto-Sato-R Hayashi

Bench – Shibasaki, S Hayashi, Taira, Lee, Inoue, Mori, Pinheiro

Subs – Naoya Tamura Off, Tomohiro Taira On (52’) – Yuhei Sato Off, Yong Jick Lee On (71’) – Ryota Kajikawa Off, Shion Inoue On (83’)

Last 5 Results – Tokyo Verdy and Tochigi SC (League/Cup – This Season)

Tokyo Verdy – D D W W W
Tochigi SC – L L L L L

Look At Our Opponents –
Let’s have a look at Tochigi SC’s last league game Away to Zweigen Kanazawa at Ishikawaseibu Stadium. Tochigi lost 2-0 away to Kanazawa with both goals coming near the end of first half, Hisashi Ohashi with the first goal on the 39th minute and then Kanazawa doubled their lead on 2 minutes later (41’)

GK – Leoni
DF – Kan
DF – Hattori
DF – Tashiro (Off, 46’)
MF – Kawata (Off, 72’)
MF – Henik (Off, 89’)
MF – Okazaki
MF – Nishiya
MF – Tada
FW – Pecnik
FW – Oguro

Subs
GK – Ishikawa
DF – Fukuoka (On, 46’)
DF – Hisadomi
MF – Ushinohama (On, 72’)
MF – Wada
MF – Hamashita (On, 89’)
MF – Futagawa

Data – For Tochigi v Kanazawa
Shots – 4
Free Kicks – 13
Corner Kicks – 5
Penalties – 0
Cards – 1 Yellow/0 Red – Hattori

Top Goal scorer – Kazuki Nishiya and Masashi Oguro – 4 Goals (Nishiya – Played 19 Games and Oguro – Played 18)

Here are the Matchday 20 Fixtures of the 2018 Season –

Saturday, 23rd June
Tokyo Verdy v Tochigi SC
Matsumoto Yamaga v JEF United Chiba
FC Gifu v Renofa Yamaguchi
Kyoto Sanga v Omiya Ardija
Kamatamare Sanuki v Fagiano Okayama
Montedio Yamagata v Tokushima Vortis
Zweigen Kanazawa v Roasso Kumamoto
Ehime FC v Mito Hollyhock
Oita Trinita v Avispa Fukuoka

Sunday, 24th June
Yokohama FC v Ventforet Kofu
Machida Zelvia v Albirex Niigata

Come on Verdy!

Matchday 19 2018 Season Review – Tokyo Verdy 3-1 Kyoto Sanga

Matchday 19 2018 Season Review – Tokyo Verdy 3-1 Kyoto Sanga

Verdy got their second win in a row when they beat Kyoto Sanga 3-1 at home, it’s another good result for the boys in Green, to the game itself, it started off with Kyoto Sanga taking the lead very inside the first 25 minutes when a short cross into the box from Sergio Escudero found the head of Renzo Lopez headed the ball past Naoto Kamifukumoto in the Verdy goal to make it 1-0 to Kyoto, but Verdy almost got back into the game after Kota Watanabe got into the box and the ball was blocked and it came back to Kanya Fujimoto and he shot from the right hand side of the box and Keisuke Shimizu in the Kyoto Goal saved the ball and it was cleared away, but Verdy got on level terms when a cross from the right hand side from Naoya Tamura found the head of Ryohei Hayashi and he headed into the back of the net past a helpless Shimizu in the goal to make it 1-1, into the second half and it was Fujimoto who pressured a Kyoto DF and Fujimoto got the ball off him and he passed it too Watanabe who crossed into into the box and found Yuhei Sato alone and his diving header went into the back of the net to make it 2-1 to Verdy, then Verdy made it 3-1 after a free kick from Kajikawa, the ball came into the box and the ball found the head of R Hayashi and it somehow went past the keeper to make it 3-1, the full time whistle went, a big win for Verdy.

Ajinomoto Stadium, Attendance – 4,463

Tokyo Verdy Team – Kamifukumoto, N Tamura, Ibayashi, Hatanaka, Narawa, Uchida, K Watanabe, Kajikawa, Fujimoto, Sato, R Hayashi

Tokyo Verdy Subs –Shibasaki, S Hayashi, Taira, Lee, Inoue, Mori, Pinheiro

Kyoto Sanga Team – Shimizu, Honda, Muta, Shimohata, Ishibitsu, Shigehiro, Escudero, Sento, Fukuoka, Lopez, Iwasaki

Kyoto Sanga Subs – Wakahara, Iwase, Miyagi, Mochizuki, Koyamatsu, R Tamura, Ono

Match Highlights – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW_cEpzOX9Y

Match Statistics and Info
2’ – Yellow Card –Verdy – Naoya Tamura
21’ GOAL – Kyoto – Number 9 – Renzo Lopez
36’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 11 – Ryohei Hayashi
52’ – Sub – Verdy – Naoya Tamura Off, Tomohiro Taira On
53’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 16 – Yuhei Sato
60’ – Yellow Card – Kyoto – Takuya Shigehiro
61’ – Sub – Kyoto – Takuya Shigehiro Off, Tomoya Koyamatsu On
71’ – Sub – Verdy – Yuhei Sato Off, Yong Jick Lee On
75’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 11 – Ryohei Hayashi
80’ – Yellow Card – Kyoto – Renzo Lopez
83’ – Sub – Verdy – Ryota Kajikawa Off, Shion Inoue On

Shots – Tokyo Verdy 15 – Kyoto 8
FK – Tokyo Verdy 9 – Kyoto 15
CK – Tokyo Verdy 3 – Kyoto 4
PK – Tokyo Verdy 0 – Kyoto 0
Cards – Tokyo Verdy 1/0 – Kyoto 2/0

Matchday 19 Results –

Saturday, 16th June
Mito Hollyhock 1-2 Omiya Ardija
JEF United Chiba 2-1 Ehime FC
Tokyo Verdy 3-1 Kyoto Sanga
Ventforet Kofu 1-2 Montedio Yamagata
Matsumoto Yamaga 1-4 Oita Trinita
Avispa Fukuoka 0-2 Albirex Niigata
Zweigen Kanazawa 2-0 Tochigi SC
Tokushima Vortis 1-2 Renofa Yamaguchi
Roasso Kumamoto 1-1 Kamatamare Sanuki

Sunday, 17th June
FC Gifu 0-1 Machida Zelvia
Fagiano Okayama 0-0 Yokohama FC

Rearranged From MD17
Wednesday, 20th June
Albirex Niigata 1-5 Ventforet Kofu

Next Game for Tokyo Verdy – Saturday, 23rd June – Home v Tochigi SC, 6pm

Matchday 19 2018 Season Preview – Tokyo Verdy v Kyoto Sanga

Matchday 19 2018 Season Preview – Tokyo Verdy v Kyoto Sanga

Verdy’s 20th game of the 2018 season is at Home to Kyoto Sanga at Ajinomoto Stadium. It’s another double header at home with this Saturday, its Kyoto Sanga up first at Ajinomoto Stadium, after having a bit of a bad patch in May – now the month of June has been a lot better by getting back to winning ways after the cup win over Toyama and then the win over Niigata and the 2 draws against Ehime and Yokohama has pulled Verdy up the table, Kyoto have not had a great start to their 2018 season with them currently sitting in the bottom 3 of the league with only 4 wins from their 18 league games, now onto the head to head between the 2 clubs – it’s 1 win each between Verdy and Kyoto, Verdy did win the 2017 Season Away game with a 1-0 win with Alan Pinheiro the goal scorer to get those 3 points, let’s hope Verdy can continue their decent run and get something from this game. LET’S FIGHT TOWARDS VICTORY.

Last Game –
Tokyo Verdy’s XI
v Niigata (Sat 10th June)
Kamifukumoto

Tamura-Ibayashi-Hatanaka-Narawa

Uchida-Watanabe-Kajikawa

Fujimoto-Sato-Vieira

Bench – Shibasaki, S Hayashi, Taira, Lee, Hashimoto, R Hayashi, Mori

Subs – Douglas Vieira Off, Ryohei Hayashi On (17’) – Yuhei Sato Off, Yong Jick Lee On (70’) – Kota Watanabe Off, Hideo Hashimoto On (85’)

Last 5 Results – Tokyo Verdy and Kyoto Sanga (League/Cup – This Season)

Tokyo Verdy – L D D W W
Kyoto Sanga – W L W L L

Look At Our Opponents –
Let’s have a look at Kyoto Sanga’s last league game at Home to Matsumoto Yamaga at Nishikyogoku Stadium.

GK – Wakahara
DF – Tanaka (Off, 48’)
DF – Honda
DF – Someya (On, 70’)
DF – Masukawa
DF – Ishibitsu
MF – Sento
MF – Koyamatsu
MF – Fukuoka (Off, 84’)
FW – Escudero
FW – Iwasaki

Subs
GK – Shimizu
DF – Muta (On, 70’)
DF – Iwase
MF – Mochizuki
MF – Shigehiro
FW – Ono (On, 48’)
FW – Renzo Lopez (On, 84’)

Data – For Kyoto v Yamaga
Shots – 5
Free Kicks – 7
Corner Kicks – 3
Penalties – 0
Cards – 0 Yellow/0 Red

Top Goal scorer – Renzo Lopez – 4 Goals (16 Games Played)

Here are the Matchday 19 Fixtures of the 2018 Season –

Saturday, 16th June
Mito Hollyhock v Omiya Ardija
JEF United Chiba v Ehime FC
Tokyo Verdy v Kyoto Sanga
Ventforet Kofu v Montedio Yamagata
Matsumoto Yamaga v Oita Trinita
Avispa Fukuoka v Albirex Niigata
Zweigen Kanazawa v Tochigi SC
Tokushima Vortis v Renofa Yamaguchi
Roasso Kumamoto v Kamatamare Sanuki

Sunday, 17th June
FC Gifu v Machida Zelvia
Fagiano Okayama v Yokohama FC

Come on Verdy!

Matchday 18 2018 Season Review – Albirex Niigata 1-2 Tokyo Verdy

Matchday 18 2018 Season Review – Albirex Niigata 1-2 Tokyo Verdy

Verdy got themselves back to winning ways in the league with a 2-1 away win against Albirex Niigata, it was a big 3 points for Verdy after getting back to winning ways in the Emperors Cup game, let’s have a look at the game itself, it was Sachiro Toshima who was sprinting down the right wing, he passed it to ex Verdy player Yoshiaki Takagi and he passed it into the box for Masaru Kato to put away into the back of the net to make it 1-0 to Niigata, then it was a good chance for Niigata when a ball was chipped over the Verdy defence and then Arata Watanabe got the ball and he got a shot off after a struggle with a Verdy DF but Naoto Kamifukumoto was in the right place at the right time to save it, now into the second half, it was Verdy who equalised when some lovely play between 3 Verdy players came up with a goal for Verdy to equalise – Kota Watanabe who started the passing play, he put the ball into the back of the net to make it 1-1 but Verdy took the lead for the first time in the match when a long ball up field found the Niigata defence ball watching and Ryohei Hayashi ran past the Niigata and he was onside and he got the ball when the Niigata defence were catching up to him and R Hayashi put the ball past Alex Muralha in the Niigata goal to make it 2-1 to Verdy, there was a late chance for Niigata but Kamifukumoto got the all important save.

Denka Big Swan Stadium, Attendance – 14, 653

Tokyo Verdy Team – Kamifukumoto, Tamura, Ibayashi, Hatanaka, Narawa, Uchida, K Watanabe, Kajikawa, Fujimoto, Sato, Vieira

Tokyo Verdy Subs –Shibasaki, S Hayashi, Taira, Lee, Hashimoto, R Hayashi, Mori

Albirex Niigata Team – Muralha, Hara, Tomisawa, Song, Yasuda, Isomura, Kato, Toshima, Y Takagi, Thalles, A Watanabe

Albirex Niigata Subs – Otani, Hirose, Watanabe, Yanagi, Ogawa, Tanaka, Kawata

Match Highlights – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTc-CDdN1SI

Match Statistics and Info
17’ – Sub – Verdy – Douglas Vieira Off, Ryohei Hayashi On
23’ GOAL – Niigata – Number 10 – Masaru Kato
32’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Yuta Narawa
40’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Naoya Tamura
53’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 33 – Kota Watanabe
63’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 11 – Ryohei Hayashi
68’ – Sub – Niigata – Thalles Off, Atsushi Kawata On
70’ – Sub – Niigata – Ryota Isomura Off, Yoshizumi Ogawa On
70’ – Sub – Verdy – Yuhei Sato Off, Yong Jick Lee On
73’ – Yellow Card – Niigata – Yoshiaki Takagi
76’ – Sub – Niigata – Yoshiaki Takagi Off, Tatsuya Tanaka On
85’ – Sub – Verdy – Kota Watanabe Off, Hideo Hashimoto On

Shots – Niigata 11 – Tokyo Verdy 5
FK – Niigata 11 – Tokyo Verdy 12
CK – Niigata 3 – Tokyo Verdy 5
PK – Niigata 0 – Tokyo Verdy 0
Cards – Niigata 1/0 – Tokyo Verdy 2/0

Matchday 18 Results –

Saturday, 9th June
Kyoto Sanga 0-1 Matsumoto Yamaga
Renofa Yamaguchi 1-0 Fagiano Okayama

Sunday, 10th June
Montedio Yamagata 2-1 JEF United Chiba
Tochigi SC 1-2 Mito Hollyhock
Albirex Niigata 1-2 Tokyo Verdy
Kamatamare Sanuki 0-1 FC Gifu
Roasso Kumamoto 0-1 Avispa Fukuoka
Omiya Ardija 4-0 Yokohama FC
Tokushima Vortis 1-2 Machida Zelvia
Ehime FC 1-0 Oita Trinita

Next Game for Tokyo Verdy – Saturday, 16th June – Home v Kyoto Sanga, 6pm

Matchday 18 2018 Season Preview – Albirex Niigata v Tokyo Verdy

Matchday 18 2018 Season Preview – Albirex Niigata v Tokyo Verdy

Verdy’s 19th game of the 2018 season is Away to Albirex Niigata at Denka Big Swan Stadium. It’s back into the league for Verdy after the cup win against Kataller Toyama, this time it’s the second game of a double away games when Verdy visit the home of Albirex Niigata, Albirex Niigata’s last game was in the Emperors Cup against Kochi United when a much changed Niigata side went all the way to penalties and went through to the Third Round where they’ll play FC Tokyo Away at Ajinomoto Stadium, also I’ve put the team from the last league game when they played FC Gifu and lost 2-1, a different Verdy side won their second round game in injury time when they beat Kataller Toyama 3-2 after a late Yong Jick Lee goal sealed progression into the next round where they’ll face Kwansei Gakuin University away after Kwansei beat Gamba Osaka in Extra Time, the head to head between the 2 sides looks like this – it’s a short head to head between Verdy and Niigata – they’ve played 7 games against each other and Verdy have won 4 games and drawn 3 games over all, the last time they actually played each other was in the 2008 Season where the away game was drawn 0-0m, Verdy currently sit in 15th place while Niigata are only a point ahead in 13th place, let’s hope after the cup win that Verdy can get something from this game and climb up the table more. LET’S FIGHT TOWARDS VICTORY.

Last Game –
Tokyo Verdy’s XI
v Toyama (Wed 6th June)
Shibasaki

Wakasa-Taira-Nagata

Sawai-S Hayashi-Lee-Hashimoto

R Hayashi-Martinez-Takai

Bench – Takeda, Hatanaka, Sugajima, Morita, Kajikawa, Mori, Vieira

Subs – Naoto Sawai Off, Shunsuke Mori On (58’) – Kazuma Takai Off, Hiroki Sugajima On (58’) – Carlos Martinez Off, Ryota Kajikawa On (76’)

Last 5 Results – Tokyo Verdy and Albirex Niigata (League/Cup – This Season)

Tokyo Verdy – L L D D W
Albirex Niigata – W L D L W

Look At Our Opponents –
Let’s have a look at Albirex Niigata’s cup game at Home to Kochi United in the Emperors Cup 2nd Round at Denka Big Swan Stadium. In normal time it was a 0-0 draw, in extra time it was still goalless, so it went into a penalty shootout with Niigata coming out on top by 5 penalties to 3.

GK – Otani
DF – Hirose
DF – Kawaguchi
DF – Watanabe (Off, 106’)
DF – Obu
MF – Watanabe (Off, 91’)
MF – Yanagi
MF – Toshima
MF – Sakai
FW – Thalles (Off, 80’)
FW – Bruno Meneghel (Off, 27’)

Subs
GK – Taguchi
DF – Hasegawa (On, 106’)
DF – Okamoto
DF – Song
MF – Kato (On, 80’)
MF – Hara (On, 91’)
FW – Kawata (On, 27’)

Data – For Niigata v Kochi
Shots – 18
Free Kicks – 18
Corner Kicks – 16
Penalties – 0 (In Normal Time)
Cards – 1 Yellow/0 Red

Top Goal scorer – Arata Watanabe – 5 Goals (From 14 Games)

Last League Game – v FC Gifu – Lost 1-2 – Niigata went down by 2 goals to 1 against FC Gifu away – it started off so well for Niigata when Arata Watanabe scored very early on in the game in the 10th minute but Gifu got back on level terms on the 33rd minute when Koya Kazama got the first goal but into the second half, with about a hour gone Gifu took the lead when Kyogo Furuhashi put the ball into the back of the net for Gifu’s second goal and it finished 2-1 to Gifu.

GK – Otani
DF – Hara
DF – Tomisaw
DF – Hirose
DF – Yasuda
MF – Isomura (Off, 79’)
MF – Kato
MF – Toshima
MF – Y Takagi (Off, 67’)
FW – Yano (Off, 57’)
FW – Watanabe

Subs
GK – Otani
DF – Watanabe
DF – Song
MF – Yanagi
FW – Thalles (On, 67’)
FW – Tanaka (On, 79’)
FW – Kawata (On, 57’)

Data – For Niigata v Gifu
Shots – 13
Free Kicks – 12
Corner Kicks – 6
Penalties – 0
Cards – 1 Yellow/0 Red

Here are the Matchday 18 Fixtures of the 2018 Season –

Saturday, 9th June
Kyoto Sanga v Matsumoto Yamaga
Renofa Yamaguchi v Fagiano Okayama

Sunday, 10th June
Montedio Yamagata v JEF United Chiba
Tochigi SC v Mito Hollyhock
Albirex Niigata v Tokyo Verdy
Kamatamare Sanuki v FC Gifu
Roasso Kumamoto v Avispa Fukuoka
Omiya Ardija v Yokohama FC
Tokushima Vortis v Machida Zelvia
Ehime FC v Oita Trinita

Wednesday, 4th July
Ventforet Kofu v Zweigen Kanazawa

Come on Verdy!