Tokyo Verdy 1969 vs Machida Zelvia, 2025 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Tokyo Verdy 1969

FT
0 - 1

Machida Zelvia

63': Ryuho Kikuchi

About

Tokyo Verdy 1969 are hosting Machida Zelvia at Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

60': Na Sang-Ho (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 60'
63': Ryuho Kikuchi (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 63'
69': Yuya Fukuda (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 69'
69': Ryosuke Shirai (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 69'
76': Yuta Nakayama (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 76'
77': Oh Se-Hun (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 77'
79': Soma Meshino (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 79'
90': Issei Kumatoriya (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 90'
90': Shuhei Kawasaki (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 90'
90'+3': Keiya Sento (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 93'
90'+3': Takaya Numata (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 93'
90'+6': Naoki Hayashi (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 96'

Statistics

ZEL		TYKV
13	Fouls	7
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
1	Corner Kicks	4
4	Saves	1
30.2	Possession	69.8
6	SHOTS	15
2	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
1	Blocked Shots	5
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Tokyo Stadium
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Attendance: 22,217

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Kashima Antlers	18	+20	45
2	FC Tokyo	18	+12	37
3	Machida Zelvia	18	+4	37
4	Kawasaki Frontale	18	-4	28

Full Table

Line-Ups

Tokyo Verdy 1969 (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Matheus Vidotto (GK)
23	Yuto Tsunashima
3	Hiroto Taniguchi
6	Kazuya Miyahara
16	Rei Hirakawa
7	Koki Morita
22	Hijiri Onaga
19	Yuan Matsuhashi
9	Itsuki Someno
40	Yuta Arai
8	Kosuke Saito

Tokyo Verdy 1969 Substitutes:

Soma Meshino, Yuya Nagasawa, Issei Kumatoriya, Naoki Hayashi, Ryosuke Shirai, Tetsuyuki Inami, Daiki Fukazawa, Shuhei Kawasaki, Yuya Fukuda.

Machida Zelvia (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Kosei Tani (GK)
4	Ryuho Kikuchi
3	Gen Shoji
50	Daihachi Okamura
18	Hokuto Shimoda
16	Hiroyuki Mae
26	Kotaro Hayashi
6	Henry Mochizuki
9	Shota Fujio
7	Yuki Soma
20	Takuma Nishimura

Machida Zelvia Substitutes:

Yuta Nakayama, Takaya Numata, Asahi Masuyama, Tatsuya Morita, Ryohei Shirasaki, Ibrahim Dresevic, Na Sang-Ho, Oh Se-Hun, Keiya Sento.

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