Matchday 33 2019 Season Review – Omiya Ardija 2-0 Tokyo Verdy

Matchday 33 2019 Season Review – Omiya Ardija 2-0 Tokyo Verdy

Verdy fell to a 2-0 defeat to playoff chasing Omiya Ardija, it was 1 goal each half for Omiya to clinch 3 points in their quest for either a automatic place or playoff’s as the points between 2nd and 11th are only 8 points and Verdy are still within a chance of the playoff’s still, to the game itself, very early on in the game, it was a free kick for Omiya, free kick taken by Ippei Shinozuka, it was swung in, the Omiya player Robin Simovic got his head onto the ball and headed it towards goal but Naoto Kamifukumoto got his knees to save the ball and then the ball came out and Hiroyuki Komoto who got a chance but Kamifukumoto was in the way again as the ball came off his chest and went out for a corner, it was another corner later on from the other side of the pitch, the ball somehow found Shinozuka at the near post and it went into the back of the net to make it 1-0 to Omiya, then a few minutes later it was a great chance for Verdy, the ball found Klebinho, his shot was saved by Takashi Kasahara and went out for a Verdy corner – great chance by Klebinho, now into the second half, Omiya were on the attack again and it was Akinari Kawazura who had his shot in the box but Kamifukumoto got a touch to the ball and went out for a Omiya corner, but Omiya had another corner and they made it 2-0 after the ball came into the box and Kamifukumoto went for the ball but the ball went past him and it found Juanma Delgado, his shot deflected off to Noriyoshi Sakai who put the ball into the back of the net to make it 2-0 but after 4 minutes of injury time, the ref blew his full time whistle and Omiya took all 3 points.

Nack5 Stadium, Attendance – 8,408

Tokyo Verdy Team – Kamifukumoto, Koike, Kondo, Uchida, Narwa, Klebinho, Yamamoto, Kajikawa, Inoue, Leandro, Paraiba

Tokyo Verdy Subs – Shibasaki, Lee, Wakasa, Arai, Morita, Tamura, Kang

Omiya Ardija Team – Kasahara, Kushibiki, Komoto, Kawazura, Kojima, Mikado, Shinozuka, Barada, Okunuki

Omiya Ardija Subs – Kato, Kikuchi, Babunski, Oyama, Ishikawa, Delgado, Tomiyama

Match Highlights – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63sLKCJyh6k

Match Statistics and Info
22’ GOAL – Omiya – Number 18 – Ippei Shinozuka
30’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Jailton Paraiba
36’ – Sub – Verdy – Leandro Off, Mizuki Arai On
65’ – Sub – Omiya – Robin Simovic Off, Juanma Delgado On
74’ – Sub – Verdy – Shion Inoue Off, Koki Morita On
76’ GOAL – Omiya – Number 20 – Noriyoshi Sakai
78’ – Sub – Omiya – Kanji Okunuki Off, Toshiki Ishikawa On
84’ – Sub – Verdy – Junki Koike Off, Soo ll Kang On
90’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Naoya Kondo
90’ +1’ – Yellow Card – Omiya – Yuta Mikado

Shots – Omiya 12 – Tokyo Verdy 7
FK – Omiya 10 – Tokyo Verdy 16
CK – Omiya 9 – Tokyo Verdy 10
PK – Omiya 0 – Tokyo Verdy 0
Cards – Omiya 1/0 – Tokyo Verdy 2/0

Matchday 33 Results –

Saturday, 21st September
Avispa Fukuoka 1-1 Faginao Okayama
Ventforet Kofu 1-1 Albirex Niigata
V-Varen Nagasaki 1-0 Kyoto Sanga
Zweigen Kanazawa 1-0 Renofa Yamaguchi

Sunday, 22nd September
Mito Hollyhock 1-0 FC Gifu
JEF United Chiba 1-1 Tokushima Vortis
Kashiwa Reysol 2-1 Ehime FC
FC Machida Zelvia 0-0 Yokohama FC
Tochigi SC 3-1 Kagoshima Vortis
Omiya Ardija 2-0 Tokyo Verdy

Monday, 23rd September
FC Ryukyu 3-3 Montedio Yamagata

Next Game for Tokyo Verdy – Sunday, 28th September – Away v Kashiwa Reysol, 3pm

Matchday 33 2019 Season Preview – Omiya Ardija v Tokyo Verdy

Matchday 33 2019 Season Preview – Omiya Ardija v Tokyo Verdy

Verdy’s 34th game of the 2019 season is Away to Omiya Ardija at Nack 5 Stadium. Verdy are on the road again for the second time with a very tough game against playoff chasing Omiya Ardija, Verdy are currently on a triple away block when last weekend, Verdy drew 1-1 with Albirex Niigata, while 24 hours later, Omiya Ardija travelled to fellow playoff chasers Yokohama FC but it finished 0-0 (see Look At Our Opponents below), Omiya are around the playoff zone at the moment, they are in the final playoff spot with Okayama and Kofu behind them, hoping they slip up while Verdy are currently 12th place and are still within a chance of making the playoff’s with 10 games to go, in the head to head between the 2 teams this season is a 0-0 draw at Ajinomoto Stadium on Matchday 19 but Verdy did win 2 of the 3 games they did play against Omiya with 1 being a home game and one away in the playoff game. Fingers crossed Verdy can get something from this game. LET’S FIGHT TOWARDS VICTORY.

Last Game –
Tokyo Verdy’s XI
v Niigata (Sat 14th Sept)
Kamifukumoto

Klebinho-Kondo-Uchida-Narawa

Yamamoto-Sato-Kajikawa

Paraiba-Leandro-Inoue

Bench – Shibasaki, Wakasa, Arai, Koike, Kawano, Fujita, Kang

Subs – Rihito Yamamoto Off, Junki Koike On (64’) – Klebinho Off, Hiroki Kawano On (76’) – Ryota Kajikawa Off, Joeru Chima Fujita On (86’)

Last 5 Results – Tokyo Verdy and Omiya Ardija (League – This Season)

Tokyo Verdy – D W L W D
Omiya Ardija – W L L D D

Look At Our Opponents –
Let’s have a look at Omiya Ardija’s last game in the League Away to Yokohama FC at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium. It was a 0-0 draw between the 2 playoff chasing teams in Omiya and Yokohama with other teams behind both of them – Yokohama had 14 shots compared to 8 shots for Omiya but it was points shared.

(3-6-1 Formation)
GK – Kasahara
DF – Kushibiki
DF – Komoto
DF – Kawazura
MF – Ishikawa
MF – Mikado
MF – Shinozuka
MF – Barada (Off, 82’)
MF – Okunuki (Off, 69’)
MF – Sakai
FW – Delgado (Off, 62’)

Subs
GK – Kato
DF – Kikuchi
MF – Babunski (On, 69’)
MF – Kojima
FW – Tomiyama (On, 82’)
FW – Yoshinaga
FW – Simovic (On, 62’)

Data – For Omiya Ardija v Yokohama FC (Away)
Shots – 8
Free Kicks – 8
Corner Kicks – 3
Penalties – 0
Cards – 1 Yellow/0 Red – Ippei Shinozuka (38’)

Top Goalscorer – Juanma Delgado – 10 Goals (From 30 Games)

Here are the Matchday 33 Fixtures of the 2019 Season –

Saturday, 21st September
Avispa Fukuoka v Faginao Okayama
Ventforet Kofu v Albirex Niigata
V-Varen Nagasaki v Kyoto Sanga
Zweigen Kanazawa v Renofa Yamaguchi
FC Ryukyu P-P Montedio Yamagata – Switched to Mon 23/9

Sunday, 22nd September
Mito Hollyhock v FC Gifu
JEF United Chiba v Tokushima Vortis
Kashiwa Reysol v Ehime FC
FC Machida Zelvia v Yokohama FC
Tochigi SC v Kagoshima Vortis
Omiya Ardija v Tokyo Verdy

Come on Verdy!

Matchday 19 2019 Season Review – Tokyo Verdy 0-0 Omiya Ardija

Matchday 19 2019 Season Review – Tokyo Verdy 0-0 Omiya Ardija

Verdy sealed a point against Omiya Ardija last weekend and kept another clean sheet against Omiya who are still in the top 2 and kept Verdy in touching distance of the play-offs after this result, to the game itself, it was Verdy who had the first chance of the game when a cross into the box from Ryota Kajikawa which deflected off a Omiya Defender and then Takuya Nagata had a chance but put it over the bar, Verdy had another good chance when Yuhei Sato shot from about 30/35 yards out and Hitoshi Shiota in the Omiya goal saved to put it out for a corner, Omiya had the next chance when Kanji Okunuki tried to thread the ball around the Verdy defenders but put his shot into the side netting, now into the second half, Omiya probably had the best chance to score – it was a low cross in from the left found the foot of Masato Kojima but Tomohiro Taira seemed to have took the sting off the ball and Naoto Kamifukumoto saved it, Omiya went very close again when a cross into the box found Toshiki Ishikawa – if he got the right touch on the ball, it could have been a goal, Omiya got the last chance of the game when Akimi Barada was in space while Kamifukumoto was rushing out of his goal but Barada chipped the ball over the bar but the final score was a 0-0 and a point for both teams.

Ajinomoto Stadium, Attendance – 5,886

Tokyo Verdy Team – Kamifukumoto, Wakasa, Lee, Taira, Koike, Inoue, Fujimoto, Nagata, Kajikawa, Sato, Hayashi

Tokyo Verdy Subs – Shibasaki, Kondo, Yamamoto, Tamura, Uchida, Hanato, Walmerson

Omiya Ardija Team – Shiota, Okui, Hatao, Kikuchi, Kawazura, Ishikawa, Mikado, Kojima, Okunuki, Delgado, Yoshinaga

Omiya Ardija Subs – Kato, Takayama, Babunski, Ono, Barada, Omae, Simovic

Match Highlights – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLL52IDm2zE

Match Statistics and Info
18’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Yong Jick Lee
57’ – Sub – Omiya – Kanji Okunuki Off, David Babunski On
67’ – Sub – Omiya – Juanma Delgado Off, Robin Simovic On
70’ – Sub – Verdy – Ryohei Hayashi Off, Jin Hanato On
76’ – Sub – Verdy – Takuya Nagata Off, Rihito Yamamoto On
78’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Jin Hanato
82’ – Sub – Omiya – Shoi Yoshinaga Off, Akimi Barada On
87’ – Sub – Verdy – Yuhei Sato Off, Walmerson On

Shots – Tokyo Verdy 4 – Omiya 8
FK – Tokyo Verdy 15 – Omiya 14
CK – Tokyo Verdy 1 – Omiya 4
PK – Tokyo Verdy 0 – Omiya 0
Cards – Tokyo Verdy 2/0 – Omiya 0/0

Matchday 19 Results –

Saturday, 22nd June
Mito Hollyhock 1-1 Yokohama FC
Zweigen Kanazawa 2-1 Albirex Niigata
Tokushima Vortis 2-1 Avispa Fukuoka
V-Varen Nagasaki 1-2 Montedio Yamagata
FC Ryukyu 2-5 Ventforet Kofu
Kashiwa Reysol 2-0 JEF United Chiba
Tokyo Verdy 0-0 Omiya Ardija
Renofa Yamaguchi 4-0 FC Gifu
Ehime FC 0-2 Kyoto Sanga
Kagoshima United 2-0 Tochigi SC

Sunday, 23rd June
FC Machida Zelvia 1-1 Fagiano Okayama

Next Game for Tokyo Verdy – Sunday, 30th June – Away v FC Gifu, 7pm

Matchday 19 2019 Season Preview – Tokyo Verdy v Omiya Ardija

Matchday 19 2019 Season Preview – Tokyo Verdy v Omiya Ardija

Verdy’s 19th game of the 2019 season is at Home to Omiya Ardija at Ajinomoto Stadium. Verdy return to Ajinomoto on the back of a victory over Ventforet Kofu and go into Saturday’s game with much happier vibes after the 2 results before that were not great, but Verdy will want to try and keep that winning run going with the visit of Omiya Ardija who won 2-1 with the injury time winner over FC Gifu (see Look At Our Opponents below) which sees the Squirrels in the top 2 and in automatic position after 18 games gone while Verdy kept up with teams around them with the 2-0 win over Kofu and are not far off and see themselves in 12th place (6 Wins/6 Draws/6 Loses), the head to head between the 2 sides from last season was Omiya and Verdy faced each other 3 times rather than the normal 2 – In Matchday 28 of the 2018 Season with Omiya winning 2-0 at home with Simovic (49’) and Mateus (89’) scoring for the home side but in Matchday 27 it was Verdy who got the victory when Pinheiro (12’) and Vieira (45’ +3’) scored for Verdy and Mkado scored for the away side Omiya, Verdy got another win when Verdy won 1-0 in the 1st Round of the Play-Off’s where Verdy got to the final but missed out on getting promoted to J1, but Verdy started off the play off’s with the win over Omiya when Taira (71’) scored the only goal of the game, fingers crossed Verdy can get something from this game. LET’S FIGHT TOWARDS VICTORY.

Last Game –
Tokyo Verdy’s XI
v Kofu (Sat 15th June)
Kamifukumoto

Wakasa-Lee-Taira

Koike-Inoue-Fujimoto-Narawa-Kajikawa-Sato

Hayashi

Bench – Shibasaki, Anzai, Yamamoto, Uchida, Hanato, Kojic, Walmerson

Subs – Ryohei Hayashi Off, Jin Hanato On (71’) – Yuhei Sato Off, Rihito Yamamoto On (77’) – Ryota Kajikawa Off, Tatsuya Anzai On (88’)

Last 5 Results – Tokyo Verdy and Omiya Ardija (League – This Season)

Tokyo Verdy – W D L L W
Omiya Ardija – D D D W W

Look At Our Opponents –
Let’s have a look at Omiya Ardija’s last game in the League at Home to FC Gifu at Nack 5 Stadium. Omiya got themselves 3 points with a injury time winner from Yuta Mikado, it did start off so well for Omiya when they got themselves a early goal when Kanji Okunuki got the start the home team wanted but 15 minutes later FC Gifu got their equaliser when Yuya Yamagishi scored for the away side but it wasn’t till the second minute of injury time in the second half when Yuta Mikado scored Omiya’s second goal and clinched all 3 points.

(4-4-2 Formation)
GK – Shiota
DF – Okui
DF – Hatao
DF – Kikuchi
DF – Kawazura
MF – Ishikawa
MF – Mikado
MF – Barada (Off, 63’)
MF – Okunuki (Off, 69’)
FW – Delgado
FW – Yoshinaga (Off, 69’)

Subs
GK – Kato
DF – Takayama
MF – Babunski (On, 69’)
MF – Kojima (On, 63’)
MF – Ono
FW – Omae (On, 69’)
FW – Simovic

Data – For Omiya Ardija v FC Gifu (Home)
Shots – 18
Free Kicks – 18
Corner Kicks – 9
Penalties – 0
Cards – 0 Yellow/0 Red

Top Goalscorer – Juanma Delgado – 7 Goals (18 Games)

Here are the Matchday 19 Fixtures of the 2019 Season –

Saturday, 22nd June
Mito Hollyhock v Yokohama FC
Zweigen Kanazawa v Albirex Niigata
Tokushima Vortis v Avispa Fukuoka
V-Varen Nagasaki v Montedio Yamagata
FC Ryukyu v Ventforet Kofu
Kashiwa Reysol v JEF United Chiba
Tokyo Verdy v Omiya Ardija
Renofa Yamaguchi v FC Gifu
Ehime FC v Kyoto Sanga
Kagoshima United v Tochigi SC

Sunday, 23rd June
FC Machida Zelvia v Fagiano Okayama

Come on Verdy!

Matchday 43 (Play Off 1st Round) 2018 Season Review – Omiya Ardija 0-1 Tokyo Verdy

Matchday 43 (1st Round Place Off) 2018 Season Review – Omiya Ardija 0-1 Tokyo Verdy

Verdy qualified for the Semi Final of the Play Off’s with a 1-0 win over Omiya Ardija when the only goal of the game came with 20 minutes to go of the game as Tomohiro Taira scored the goal to put the away side into the Semi final of the playoff’s and Verdy go onto face Yokohama FC at the weekend at the NHK Spring Stadium, to the game itself, from a Verdy corner, the ball was blocked and then the ball came back to the corner taker and then passed to Shion Inoue, his shot went well over the bar, then it was Yuhei Sato who had Verdy’s next chance – after some skill to get away from his defender, he had a shot which went wide, Omiya had a decent chance after a free kick and Verdy GK Naoto Kamifukumoto punched the ball away and the Omiya put in another cross into the box to Hiroto Hatao to have a shot but a Verdy Defender deflected it out for a corner but nothing came of it, into the second half, Tatsuya Uchida hit a shot that went well over the bar, but after this he was yellow carded and received a Red Card, seems a very harsh second yellow, but Verdy were down to 10 men for 30 minutes of the second half, with Verdy down to 10 men, Yuta Mikado got the ball off a Verdy player and then passed it to Mateus and he ran towards the Verdy goal but blasted his shot over the bar, Verdy got themselves a free kick on the left had side of the box, Sato took the free kick and then the ball found the head of Tomohiro Taira (seem liked he didn’t touch it but replays showed he did) and the ball went into the back of the net to make it 1-0 to Verdy with about 20 minutes to go, Taira put his body on the line went a attempted bicycle kick by Genki Omae, Omae hit Taira not meaning to but Taira got the header away and got a free kick for his troubles, Omiya were desperate to get the equaliser, a long cross into the box and Kamifukumoto came along way out of his goal to try and punch it away but the ball found Takamitsu Tomiyama and he headed the ball towards the goal but second half sub Masashi Wakasa cleared the ball away off the line somehow, it was heart in mouth moment for both set of fans when a ball into the box for Robin Simovic, he controlled it on his chest and swivelled his body and shot which a Verdy DF was behind him and he hit the post but that was the last action and the Verdy Management got into a huddle after the full time whistle while the Verdy players were so pleased and were highfiving and hugging each other, great result by everyone involved, while the Omiya players looked dejected, whatever happens next weekend with Yokohama, I would like to wish Omiya all the best for next season.

Nack5 Stadium, Attendance – 11,858

Tokyo Verdy Team – Kamifukumoto, Tamura, Ibayashi, Taira, Kagawa, Uchida, Inoue, Watanabe, Narawa, Sato, R Hayashi

Tokyo Verdy Subs – Shibasaki, Wakasa, Lee, Kajikawa, Leandro, Mori, Pinheiro

Omiya Ardija Team – Shiota, Sakai, Hatao, Kikuchi, Kawazura, Tomiyama, Oyama, Mikado, Barada, Mateus, Omae

Omiya Ardija Subs – Kasahara, Watabe, Komoto, Yokotani, Babunski, Okunuki, Simovic

Match Highlights – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy7ZGW0NNs4

Match Statistics and Info
18’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Tatsuya Uchida
59’ – 2nd Yellow Card/Red Card – Verdy – Tatsuya Uchida
64’ – Sub – Verdy – Kota Watanabe Off, Yong Jick Lee On
70’ – Yellow Card – Omiya – Noriyoshi Sakai
71’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 5 – Tomohiro Taira
71’– Sub – Verdy – Yuta Narawa Off, Leandro On
74’ – Sub – Verdy – Ryohei Hayashi Off, Masashi Wakasa On
76’ – Sub – Omiya – Takamitsu Tomiyama Off, Kanji Okunuki On
81’ – Sub – Omiya – Akimi Barada Off, Robin Simovic On
81’ – Sub – Omiya – Keisuke Oyama Off, Shigeru Yokotani On
90’ +3’ – Yellow Card – Omiya – Kosuke Kikuchi

Shots – Omiya 7 – Tokyo Verdy 7
FK – Omiya 11 – Tokyo Verdy 16
CK – Omiya 5 – Tokyo Verdy 3
PK – Omiya 0 – Tokyo Verdy 0
Cards – Omiya 2/0 – Tokyo Verdy 2/1

Next Game for Tokyo Verdy – Sunday, 2th December – Play Off Semi Final – Away v Yokohama FC, 1pm

Matchday 43 (Play Off 1st Round) 2018 Season Preview – Omiya Ardija v Tokyo Verdy

Matchday 43 (Play Off 1st Round) 2018 Season Preview – Omiya Ardija v Tokyo Verdy

Verdy’s 46th game of the 2018 season is Away to Omiya Ardija at Nack 5 Stadium. Verdy see themselves with a away game to Omiya Ardija in the Play Off 1st Round where whoever wins will play Yokohama FC in the Semi Final (because of Zelvia not having a J1 Licence – they can’t compete in the play off – they would have been facing Yokohama), Omiya can go through even if they draw the game as they finished above Verdy in J2 Table, in the last Matchday (42), Omiya came away from Okayama with a 1-0 win which put them in 5th place and qualifying for a playoff place while Verdy drew 1-1 with fellow Tokyo team Machida Zelvia to seal the final play off place while Avispa Fukuoka missed out by only a point, in the head to head between both teams for the 2018 Season, Omiya and Verdy won 1 home game against each other, Omiya won 2-0 with Simovic (49’) and Mateus (89’) getting the goals back in Matchday 11 (Sat 24th April) but Verdy won their home game on Matchday 27 (Sat 4th August) when they won 2-1 when Alan Pinheiro (12’) and Douglas Vieira (45’ +3’) scored for Verdy and Mikado (71’) scored the only goal for Omiya. Let’s hope it will be a good game and hope Verdy can get through to the Semi Final but it will be a very tough game, fingers crossed the lads can do it. LET’S FIGHT TOWARDS VICTORY.

Last Game –
Tokyo Verdy’s XI
v Machida Zelvia (Sat 17th November)
Kamifukumoto

Tamura-Ibayashi-Taira-Kagawa

Uchida-Inoue-Watanabe

Narawa-R Hayashi-Pinheiro

Bench – Shibasaki, S Hayashi, Wakasa, Sato, Lee, Kajikawa, Mori

Subs – Alan Pinheiro Off, Yong Jick Lee On (71’) – Kota Watanabe Off, Yuhei Sato On (86’)

Last 5 Results – Tokyo Verdy and Omiya Ardija (League/Cup – This Season)

Tokyo Verdy – W D L W D
Omiya Ardija – D L D W W

Look At Our Opponents –
Let’s have a look at Omiya Ardija’s last game in the League Away to Fagiano Okayama at City Light Stadium. Omiya’s win against Okayama sealed a playoff spot with the only goal came on the 67th minute when Kosuke Kikuchi put the ball into the back of the net to finish in the playoffs.

(4-4-2 Formation)
GK – Shiota
DF – Sakai
DF – Hatao
DF – Kikuchi
DF – Kawazura
MF – Shimada
MF – Oyama (Off, 84’)
MF – Mikado
MF – Barada
FW – Tomiyama (Off, 87’)
FW – Omae

Subs
GK – Kasahara
DF – Okui
DF – Komoto (On, 87’)
MF – Yokotani (On, 84’)
MF – Babunski
MF – Okunuki
FW – Simovic

Data – For Omiya v Okayama (Away)
Shots – 6
Free Kicks – 23
Corner Kicks – 1
Penalties – 0
Cards – 2 Yellow/1 Red – Shintaro Shimada

Leading Scorer – Genki Omae – 24 Goals (From 41 Games)

Here are the Play Off Fixtures –

1st Round
Sunday, 25th November
Omiya Ardija v Tokyo Verdy

2nd Round
Sunday, 2nd December
Yokohama FC v Omiya Ardija/Tokyo Verdy

Final
Saturday, 8th December
TBA v 16th Place J1 Team

Come on Verdy!

Matchday 27 2018 Season Review – Tokyo Verdy 2-1 Omiya Ardija

Matchday 27 2018 Season Review – Tokyo Verdy 2-1 Omiya Ardija

Verdy sealed another 3 points with a 2-1 win over Omiya Ardija, that makes Verdy’s unbeaten run to 6 (cup/league) games which has pushed Verdy up to into the playoff zone, to the game itself, it was Verdy with the first goal of the game when a pass from Kanya Fujimoto to Kota Watanabe near the box, Watanabe got a cross into the box across the pitch and the ball found Alan Pinheiro in the right place at the right time and he put the ball into the back of the Omiya net to make it 1-0 after only 12 minutes and the Verdy players celebrated with a baby celebration, deep into injury time, Verdy doubled their lead after a little mix up by Jin Izumisawa, the ball went up into the air but the ball found the head of Douglas Vieira and Vieira’s header went over the Omiya GK and went into the back of the net to make it 2-0 – very strange how the goal came about but it was Verdy leading into half time, into the second half now, it wasn’t till 20 minutes to go till Omiya got a goal back when a through ball from a Omiya player to Mateus and he ran past the Verdy DF towards the goal and Naoto Kamifukumoto came out of his goal to try and get the ball off Mateus but Mateus passed it to Yuta Mikado who was up with him in the box and he put the ball into the back of the empty net to make it 2-1, then Omiya had a number of chances from a corner but Kamifukumoto held onto the ball and it finished up with Verdy winning in the end.

Ajinomoto Stadium, Attendance – 5,350

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

Tokyo Verdy Subs – Shibasaki, Taira, Sato, Lee, Inoue, R Hayashi, Izumisawa

Omiya Ardija Team – Kasahara, Sakai, Yamakoshi, Komoto, Kawazura, Shimada, Oyama, Mikado, Barada, Tomiyama, Omae

Omiya Ardija Subs – Shiota, Okui, Hatao, Mateus, Yokotani, Toscano, Simovic

Match Highlights – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl2Mn9LtGj0

Match Statistics and Info
12’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 7 – Alan Pinheiro
35’ – Sub – Verdy – Alan Pinheiro Off, Jin Izumisawa On
45’ +3’ GOAL – Verdy – Number 9 – Douglas Vieira
54’ – Sub – Omiya – Shintaro Shimada Off, Mateus On
58’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Kota Watanabe
68’ – Sub – Omiya – Keisuke Oyama Off, Marcelo Toscano On
71’ GOAL – Omiya – Number 7 – Yuta Mikado
75’ – Yellow Card – Omiya – Hiroyuki Komoto
81’ – Sub – Omiya – Akimi Barada Off, Shigeru Yokotani On
81’ – Sub – Verdy – Kota Watanabe Off, Yong Jick Lee On
83’ – Sub – Verdy – Douglas Vieira Off, Ryohei Hayashi On
90’ +2’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Yong Jick Lee

Shots – Tokyo Verdy 13 – Omiya 9
FK – Tokyo Verdy 11 – Omiya 7
CK – Tokyo Verdy 10 – Omiya 5
PK – Tokyo Verdy 0 – Omiya 0
Cards – Tokyo Verdy 2/0 – Omiya 1/0

Matchday 27 Results –

Saturday, 4th August
JEF United Chiba 2-3 Matsumoto Yamaga
Tokyo Verdy 2-1 Omiya Ardija
Yokohama FC 2-3 Machida Zelvia
Ventforet Kofu 1-2 Avispa Fukuoka
Kyoto Sanga 1-0 Montedio Yamagata
Tochigi SC 4-1 FC Gifu
Tokushima Vortis 1-0 Mito Hollyhock
Ehime FC 2-0 Renofa Yamaguchi

Sunday, 5th August
Fagiano Okayama 3-0 Kamatamare Sanuki
Roasso Kumamoto 0-1 Zweigen Kanazawa
Oita Trinita 4-0 Albirex Niigata

Next Game for Tokyo Verdy – Saturday, 11th August – Away v Montedio Yamagata, 6pm

Matchday 27 2018 Season Preview – Tokyo Verdy v Omiya Ardija

Matchday 27 2018 Season Preview – Tokyo Verdy v Omiya Ardija

Verdy’s 29th game of the 2018 season is at Home to Omiya Ardija at Ajinomoto Stadium. Verdy are back with a home game when they entertain Omiya Ardija at Ajinpmoto Stadium, after the 1-0 win over Kyoto, Verdy are on a good run at the moment with 4 games unbeaten in the league and go into a very tough game against Omiya Ardija who are only just a point behind in the table but have lost the last 3 out of the last 5 games (1 v Sendai in the Emperors Cup and 2 in the league against Tokushima and Yamaga), Omiya’s last game was a 2-1 victory over Roasso Kumamoto at the Nack 5 Stadium (see Look At Our Opponents below), the last time Verdy and Omiya faced off against each other was in Matchday 11 this season where Verdy travelled to Nack 5 Stadium but came away with a 2-0 defeat with Simovic (49’) and Mateus (89’) the goalscorers for Omiya, let’s hope Verdy can get something from this game, either a draw or even a win would be good, fingers crossed. LET’S FIGHT TOWARDS VICTORY.

Last Game –
Tokyo Verdy’s XI
v Kyoto (Sun 29th July)
Kamifukumoto

Tamura-Ibayashi-Hatanaka-Narawa

Uchida-Watanabe-Inoue

Fujimoto-Pinheiro-Vieira

Bench – Shibasaki, Taira, Sato, Lee, Kajikawa, R Hayashi, Izumisawa

Subs – Shion Inoue Off, Ryota Kajikawa On (57’) – Naoya Tamura Off, Tomohiro Taira On (66’) – Kota Watanabe Off, Jin Izumisawa On (77’)

Last 5 Results – Tokyo Verdy and Omiya Ardija (League/Cup – This Season)

Tokyo Verdy – W W D W W
Omiya Ardija – L W L L W

Look At Our Opponents –
Let’s have a look at Omiya Ardija’s last game in the League at Home to Roasso Kumamoto at Nack 5 Stadium. Omiya came away from Nack 5 Stadium with a 2-1 win over Roasso Kumamoto, but it was Kumamoto scored first when Shun Ito scored with only 10 minutes gone but with less than 30 minutes to go, Noriyoshi Sakai and Genki Omae scored within 3 minutes of each other (67’ and 70’) which sealed all 3 points for Omiya.

(4-4-2 Formation)
GK – Kasahara
DF – Sakai
DF – Yamakoshi
DF – Komoto
DF – Kawazura
MF – Barada
MF – Dyama
MF – Mikado
MF – Mateus
FW – Simovic (Off, 60’)
FW – Omae (Off, 86’)

Subs
GK – Shiota
DF – Okui
DF – Takayama
MF – Yokotani
MF – Shimada
FW – Toscano (On, 86’)
FW – Tomiyama (On, 60’)

Data – For Omiya v Kumamoto
Shots – 10
Free Kicks – 13
Corner Kicks – 5
Penalties – 0
Cards – 2 Yellow/0 Red – Mateus and Komoto

Here are the Matchday 27 Fixtures–

Saturday, 4th August
JEF United Chiba v Matsumoto Yamaga
Tokyo Verdy v Omiya Ardija
Yokohama FC v Machida Zelvia
Ventforet Kofu v Avispa Fukuoka
Kyoto Sanga v Montedio Yamagata
Tochigi SC v FC Gifu
Tokushima Vortis v Mito Hollyhock
Ehime FC v Renofa Yamaguchi

Sunday, 5th August
Fagiano Okayama v Kamatamare Sanuki
Roasso Kumamoto v Zweigen Kanazawa
Oita Trinita v Albirex Niigata

Come on Verdy!

Matchday 11 2018 Season Review – Omiya Ardija 2-0 Tokyo Verdy

Matchday 11 2018 Season Review – Omiya Ardija 2-0 Tokyo Verdy

Verdy lost their first game of the J2 2018 Season as they lost 2-0 away to Omiya Ardija, every team in the league has at least lost one game, although it took Verdy till Matchday 11 to lose their first game, to the game itself, it was a good first chance for Verdy when a ball up field by Naoya Tamura found its way to Kota Watanabe and he backed healed it to Douglas Vieira – his shot was saved by Takashi Kasahara in the Omiya goal to go out for a corner, it was a great chance for Omiya – a quick free kick – a cross into the box from Akinari Kazazura found Genki Omae who shot towards goal and it was saved by Naoto Kamifukumoto in the Verdy goal and then the follow up chance from Shintaro Shimada was saved again by Kamifukumoto, Verdy had another good chance after a cross from the right hand side by Vieira – the cross found the head of Ryohei Hayashi who headed it towards goal but Kasahara saved it to keep it at 0-0, into the second half, it was Omiya who took the lead in the 49th minute when a through ball by Shintaro Shimada found Striker Robin Simovic and he went around Kamifukumoto and put it into the back of the empty net to make it 1-0 to Omiya, near the end of the game, it was the substitute Mateus who got the second goal, Mateus got the ball in midfield and he ran through the Verdy defence and he got into the box and put the ball past Kamifukumoto to make it 2-0. Shame to lose the unbeaten run but oh well, well done to Omiya.

NACK5 Stadium Omiya, Attendance – 9,927

Tokyo Verdy Team – Kamifukumoto, Tamura, Ibayashi, Hatanaka, Taira, Uchida, Inoue, Watanabe, R Hayashi, Narawa, Vieira

Tokyo Verdy Subs – Shibasaki, Wakasa, Sato, Kajikawa, Takai, Fujimoto, Pinheiro

Omiya Ardija Team – Kasahara, Sakai, Kikuchi, Komoto, Kawazura, Shimada, Oyama, Mikado, Okunuki, Simovic, Omae

Omiya Ardija Subs – Shiota, Yamakoshi, Mateus, Yokotani, Barada, Toscano, Tomiyama

Match Highlights – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCB-8cu8rhM

Match Statistics and Info
49’ GOAL – Omiya – Number 9 – Robin Simovic
58’ – Sub – Verdy – Ryohei Hayashi Off, Alan Pinheiro On
62’ – Sub – Verdy – Tomohiro Taira Off, Kanya Fujimoto On
64’ – Sub – Omiya – Kanji Okunuki Off, Mateus On
73’ – Yellow Card – Verdy – Yuta Narawa
75’ – Sub – Verdy – Alan Pinheiro Off, Kazuma Takai On
84’ – Sub – Omiya – Robin Simovic Off, Takamitsu Tomiyama On
89’ GOAL – Omiya – Number 16 – Mateus
90’ – Sub – Omiya – Keisuke Oyama Off, Akimi Barada On

Shots – Omiya 10 – Tokyo Verdy 8
FK – Omiya 10 – Tokyo Verdy 16
CK – Omiya 5 – Tokyo Verdy 5
PK – Omiya 0 – Tokyo Verdy 0
Cards – Omiya 0/0 – Tokyo Verdy 1/0

Matchday 11 Results –

Saturday, 28th April
Montedio Yamagata 0-1 Tochigi SC
Mito Hollyhock 1-2 Kyoto Sanga
Yokohama FC 1-0 Tokushima Vortis
Kamatamare Sanuki 1-1 Avispa Fukuoka
Oita Trinita 4-3 Machida Zelvia
FC Gifu 0-1 Zweigen Kanazawa
Renofa Yamaguchi 1-2 Albirex Niigata
Omiya Ardija 2-0 Tokyo Verdy
Ehime FC 1-1 Matsumoto Yamaga
Ventforet Kofu 1-1 JEF United Chiba
Fagiano Okayama 3-1 Roasso Kumamoto

Next Game for Tokyo Verdy – Thursday, 3rd May – Home v Machida Zelvia, 2pm

Matchday 11 2018 Season Preview – Omiya Ardija v Tokyo Verdy

Matchday 11 2018 Season Preview – Omiya Ardija v Tokyo Verdy

Verdy’s 11th game of the 2018 season is Away to Omiya Ardija at NACK5 Stadium. Verdy’s last game (In Matchday 10) was a big result with a 3-0 win over Mito Hollyhock, goals from Hatanaka, Vieira and Pinheiro sealed the 3 points and put Verdy into the play-off spot early days into the season, next game up for Verdy is a way game to Omiya Ardija, Omiya got relegated from J1 in the 2017 by finishing bottom of the league and came down to J2 with Niigata and Kofu (Verdy has already faced Kofu and drew 0-0), the last time these 2 teams faced each other was in the 2015 season where they faced each other 3 times – twice in the league and one in the Emperors Cup, in the league it’s one each with Verdy winning the away game 2-0 (Minami and Tamura scored) while Omiya winning their away game 1-0 (Tomiyama scored) with Omiya winning the Emperors Cup game 3-1 (Pinheiro scored for Verdy while Izumisawa and Watanabe scored for Omiya). Really hope the boys in green can keep up the good start to the season and hopefully get something from the game. LET’S FIGHT TOWARDS VICTORY.

Last Game –
Tokyo Verdy’s XI
v Mito (Sat 21st Apr)
Kamifukumoto

Tamura-Ibayashi-Hatanaka-Taira

Uchida-Watanabe-Inoue

R Hayashi-Narawa-Vieira

Bench – Shibasaki, Wakasa, Lee, Kajikawa, Takai, Fujimoto, Pinheiro

Subs – Ryohei Hayashi Off, Alan Pinheiro On (69’) – Shion Inoue Off, Ryota Kajikawa On (78’) – Kota Watanabe Off, Kanya Fujimoto (90’ +1’)

Last 5 Results – Tokyo Verdy and Omiya Ardija (League – This Season)

Tokyo Verdy – D W D D W
Omiya Ardija – W L L D W

Look At Our Opponents –
Let’s have a look at Omiya Ardija’s last league game Away to Albirex Niigata at Denka Big Swan Stadium. Omiya sealed a 1-0 win thanks to the only goal of the game at the start of the second half all thanks to the leading scorer Genki Omae scoring on the 48th minute and that sealed all 3 points.

GK – Kasahara
DF – Okui (Off, 90’ +2’)
DF – Kikuchi (Off, 73’)
DF – Komoto
DF – Kawazura
MF – Shimada
MF – Oyama
MF – Mikado
MF – Okunuki (Off, 70’)
FW – Simovic
FW – Omae

Subs
GK – Shiota
DF – Yam Akoshi (On, 90’ +2’)
MF – Mateus (On, 70’)
MF – Sakai (On, 73’)
MF – Barada
FW – Toscano
FW – Tomiyama

Data – For Omiya v Niigata
Shots – 14
Free Kicks – 17
Corner Kicks – 5
Penalties – 0
Cards – 3 Yellow/0 Red

Top Goal scorer – Genki Omae – 5 Goals (From 9 Games)

Here are the Matchday 11 Fixtures of the 2018 Season –

Saturday, 28th April
Montedio Yamagata v Tochigi SC
Mito Hollyhock v Kyoto Sanga
Yokohama FC v Tokushima Vortis
Kamatamare Sanuki v Avispa Fukuoka
Oita Trinita v Machida Zelvia
FC Gifu v Zweigen Kanazawa
Renofa Yamaguchi v Albirex Niigata
Omiya Ardija v Tokyo Verdy
Ehime FC v Matsumoto Yamaga
Ventforet Kofu v JEF United Chiba
Fagiano Okayama v Roasso Kumamoto

Come on Verdy!