Kagoshima United enter this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 J2 League draw against Ehime FC.
For Kagoshima United, the goalscorers were Masayoshi Endo (60\') and Hiroya Nodake (97\'). Taiga Ishiura (25\') and Riki Matsuda (49\') scored for Ehime FC.
Kagoshima United have been quite ineffective in attack in recent times. Their goals record equals just 2 versus opposing sides over their last six outings. In those games, Kagoshima United have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 12.
In their last game, Tokyo Verdy drew 2-2 in the J1 League match with FC Tokyo.
In that game, Tokyo Verdy had 52% possession and 11 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Tokyo Verdy, goals were scored by Tomoya Miki (28\') and Itsuki Someno (34\'). At the other end, FC Tokyo got 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Keita Endo (68\', 94\') was the scorer for FC Tokyo.
In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 clashes featuring Tokyo Verdy, a minimum of three goals have gone in. The average number of goals per game in that spell is 3.33, with the number of goals averaged by Tokyo Verdy working out to 1.67. That being said, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend will continue on in this game.
Head to head
The previous league fixture between the two was J2 League match day 27 on 11/08/2019 when the final score was Tokyo Verdy 3-3 Kagoshima United.
The referee was Atsushi Kamimura.
Team News: Kagoshima United
The Kagoshima United manager Yasuaki Oshima has no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match with a fully injury-free group ready to go.
Team News: Tokyo Verdy
Due to a mostly available squad, there is only the one fitness worry for the Tokyo Verdy manager Hiroshi Jofuku to contend with. Ryosuke Shirai (Metatarsal fracture) won’t be playing here.
Prediction
In our view, Kagoshima United may not find it easy to break down this Tokyo Verdy side who we reckon should score at least once to put them ahead.
We’ve gone for a good battle with a 0-1 advantage for Tokyo Verdy at the end of the 90 minutes. We’ll see what happens.
