Kashiwa Reysol
- Ricardo Rodriguez’s Kashiwa Reysol side play a fast, attacking brand of soccer with wing-backs driving forward, creating overloads on the flanks and playing quick passing combinations to get the ball in behind opponents.
- Mao Hosoya is their pressing and finishing talisman, Yusuke Segawa is their goalscorer and Yusei Yamanouchi and Yoshio Koizumi are both capable of creating chances or scoring them if the occasion arises.
FC Tokyo
- Rikizo Matsuhashi’s FC Tokyo have played a more controlled and structured game this season, playing with a four-back and building up in an organised fashion.
- Double pivots have allowed Tokyo’s defenders, Sei Muroya and Alexander Scholz, to play with freedom and make runs from deep, creating good numbers in the final third when Tokyo have the ball, and allowing them to press high and recover if they do not.
- Marcelo Ryan has been on a hot streak recently with a goal and an assist in their most recent 5-2 rout of Mito Hollyhock.
Head-to-Head
- Kashiwa Reysol have won three of their last four meetings with FC Tokyo.
- FC Tokyo are on a winning streak with some impressive recent performances.
Kashiwa Reysol
Mao Hosoya is their pressing and finishing talisman, Yusuke Segawa is their goalscorer and Yusei Yamanouchi and Yoshio Koizumi are both capable of creating chances or scoring them if the occasion arises.
FC Tokyo
- Marcelo Ryan has been on a hot streak recently with a goal and an assist in their most recent 5-2 rout of Mito Hollyhock.
- Double pivots have allowed Tokyo’s defenders, Sei Muroya and Alexander Scholz, to play with freedom and make runs from deep, creating good numbers in the final third when Tokyo have the ball, and allowing them to press high and recover if they do not.
Betting Insights
- FC Tokyo are the slight favorites at 2.96 with Kashiwa Reysol 2.31 and the draw 3.38 for this game.
- Tokyo have better momentum, but Kashiwa’s home advantage and recent record in the game makes it a tough matchup to predict.
- A win for Tokyo will put them firmly in the top two of the East division while a home victory could reignite Kashiwa’s playoff dream.
- Tokyo have been scoring for fun and have some solid attacking players while Kashiwa are always up for a game and have a talented and energetic frontline.
- There are a lot of goals in both teams’ recent games, so I am taking the Over 2.5 goals market at 1.95.
