Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: FC Tokyo (11th, 50 pts) held a 26-point advantage over Albirex Niigata (20th, 24 pts). FC Tokyo had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall.
Albirex Niigata had gone 15 games without a win. The five-game form split read 8/15 points for FC Tokyo against 2/15 for Albirex Niigata.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — FC Tokyo 8, draws 0, Albirex Niigata 1, at 3.44 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 78% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 56%.
Goal scorers
FC Tokyo: Keita Endo (45') · Albirex Niigata: Matheus Moraes (9')