Match Report
FC Tokyo, 11th with 50 points, sat 26 points above Albirex Niigata (20th, 24). FC Tokyo had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Against a league average of 1.2 goals per team per game, FC Tokyo ran at 1.08 scored and 1.26 conceded, Albirex Niigata at 0.95 and 1.76.
A win had eluded Albirex Niigata for 15 matches. The five-game form split read 8/15 points for FC Tokyo against 2/15 for Albirex Niigata.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 8 FC Tokyo wins, 1 for Albirex Niigata, 0 draws, at 3.44 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. 78% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 56%.
Ajinomoto Stadium in Chōfu staged the fixture, a ground that holds 50,100. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.
Goal scorers
FC Tokyo: Keita Endo (45') · Albirex Niigata: Matheus Moraes (9')