Albirex Niigata vs Tokyo Verdy — J2 League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 105+ matches
Albirex Niigata41%
Tokyo Verdy33%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Albirex Niigata creates 13% more chances
Season form · 105 home / 130 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under51
- Over49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes53
- No47
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Albirex Niigata ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Albirex Niigata at home — creates 1.52, concedes 1.08 · 105 matches
Tokyo Verdy away — creates 1.38, concedes 1.25 · 130 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Albirex Niigata attack 1.52 + Tokyo Verdy defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 1.39
Tokyo Verdy attack 1.38 + Albirex Niigata defence 1.08 → ÷2 → 1.23
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 41%?"
Albirex Niigata at 41% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 41% does not mean "Albirex Niigata will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Albirex Niigata host Tokyo Verdy on Sunday, 8 May 2022 at 05:00. The match is part of the J2 League 2018/2019 season.
J2 League: Albirex Niigata 4–3 Tokyo Verdy
Albirex Niigata beat Tokyo Verdy 4-3 in J2 League on May 8, 2022.
Goals: Y. Takagi (27'), E. Matsuda (30'), M. Fitzgerald (35'), M. Arai (50'), B. Vásquez (58', 65'), K. Yamura (88').
The match was played at Denka Big Swan Stadium in Niigata.