Tokyo Verdy 1-0 Albirex Niigata · J1 League
Tokyo Verdy beat Albirex Niigata 1-0 in the J1 League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Tokyo Verdy and Albirex Niigata met in the J1 League at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday, 18 October 2025.
Goalscorers
Tokyo Verdy: H. Taniguchi 36'. Albirex Niigata did not score.
How the match went
Albirex Niigata saw more of the ball, 56% of it. Tokyo Verdy had 6 shots with 3 on target, Albirex Niigata 15 with 2 on target. There were 7 corners in total, 1 to Tokyo Verdy and 6 to Albirex Niigata. Tokyo Verdy conceded 7 fouls, Albirex Niigata 4.
Line-ups
Tokyo Verdy started in a 3-4-2-1: Matheus Vidotto, Kazuya Miyahara, Naoki Hayashi, Hiroto Taniguchi, Yosuke Uchida, Kosuke Saito, Koki Morita, Daiki Fukazawa, Yuya Fukuda, Yuta Arai, Itsuki Someno.
Albirex Niigata started in a 4-2-3-1: Ryuga Tashiro, Soya Fujiwara, Michael James Fitzgerald, Fumiya Hayakawa, Kento Hashimoto, Hiroto Uemura, Eiji Shirai, Takuya Shimamura, K. Taniguchi, Jin Okumura, Abdelrahman Boudah.
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Minute by minute
- 36'Goal! Tokyo Verdy 1-0 Albirex Niigata. H. Taniguchi (Tokyo Verdy) scores, assisted by I. Someno.
- 45'Half-time. Tokyo Verdy 1-0 Albirex Niigata.
- 90'Full-time. Tokyo Verdy 1-0 Albirex Niigata.
Full commentary (36 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Tokyo Verdy vs Albirex Niigata.
- 6'Attempt blocked. E. Shirai (Albirex Niigata), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 9'Attempt missed. D. Fukazawa (Tokyo Verdy), header. xG 0.04.
- 14'Attempt saved. I. Someno (Tokyo Verdy), header. xG 0.02.
- 26'Attempt missed. K. Taniguchi (Albirex Niigata), header from a set piece. xG 0.09.
- 27'Attempt missed. E. Shirai (Albirex Niigata), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 33'Attempt saved. K. Saito (Tokyo Verdy), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 33'Attempt blocked. Y. Fukuda (Tokyo Verdy), right-footed shot. xG 0.15.
- 36'Goal! Tokyo Verdy 1-0 Albirex Niigata. H. Taniguchi (Tokyo Verdy) scores, assisted by I. Someno.
- 39'Attempt blocked. Y. Fukuda (Tokyo Verdy), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.15.
- 41'Attempt blocked. J. Okumura (Albirex Niigata), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.03.
- 44'Attempt missed. M. J. Fitzgerald (Albirex Niigata), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 44'Attempt blocked. K. Hashimoto (Albirex Niigata), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 45'1 minute of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Tokyo Verdy 1-0 Albirex Niigata.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Albirex Niigata: J. Geria comes on for M. J. Fitzgerald.
- 46'Substitution, Albirex Niigata: M. Moraes comes on for K. Taniguchi.
- 47'Attempt blocked. S. Fujiwara (Albirex Niigata), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 52'Attempt blocked. A. Boudah (Albirex Niigata), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 53'Attempt missed. A. Boudah (Albirex Niigata), header. xG 0.07.
- 54'Substitution, Tokyo Verdy: Y. Matsuhashi comes on for Y. Fukuda.
- 58'Attempt missed. A. Boudah (Albirex Niigata), right-footed shot. xG 0.59.
- 59'Attempt blocked. M. Moraes (Albirex Niigata), left-footed shot. xG 0.15.
- 60'Attempt missed. A. Boudah (Albirex Niigata), header from a corner. xG 0.08.
- 69'Attempt saved. J. Okumura (Albirex Niigata), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.09.
- 72'Substitution, Tokyo Verdy: S. Teranuma comes on for I. Someno.
- 72'Substitution, Tokyo Verdy: S. Toyama comes on for Y. Arai.
- 73'Substitution, Albirex Niigata: M. Hasegawa comes on for H. Uemura.
- 73'Substitution, Albirex Niigata: Y. Wakatsuki comes on for A. Boudah.
- 82'Substitution, Tokyo Verdy: R. Hirakawa comes on for K. Morita.
- 82'Substitution, Albirex Niigata: Miguel comes on for J. Okumura.
- 88'Attempt blocked. M. Hasegawa (Albirex Niigata), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 90'Attempt saved. Y. Wakatsuki (Albirex Niigata), right-footed shot. xG 0.19.
- 90'3 minutes of added time.
- 90'Full-time. Tokyo Verdy 1-0 Albirex Niigata.