Yokohama F. Marinos vs Tokyo Verdy Prediction: We Are Betting On Yokohama's Home Dominance

The Fulies of Yokohama Marinos who seemed to have hit a snag this season will play for three points at home against Tokyo Verdy, holding into hopes of a complete turnaround after a rather rough season. The bleeding hosts would fight to the last straw against an ambitious visiting outfit, and since the die has been cast, all the visitors can hope for, to return to winning, are defensive mistakes by the hosts.

Recent Two Meetings:

Yokohama F.Marinos 1- 2 Tokyo Verdy

Tokyo Verdy 1 - 2 Yokohama F.Marinos

Yokohama F. Marinos (19th)

Recent Form: D-D-W-L-L

The Fulies were caught up in their tracks last week in the 2-0 away game against Nagoya Grampus. While the first half failed to produce goals, the second half saw the hosts seize dominance with a stellar clean-sheet performance by full-time.

Steve Holland, coach of the Mitsuzawa giants, fielded a 4-4-1-1 formation against Nagoya’s 3-4-1-2. The attacking style of play ruined the team whose instructions were defensiveness and counterattacks. While most of their counterplays were effectively nullified, the team also struggled with coordination between the midfield and defenses, with errors in width and inverted runs. The wingers were repeatedly caught in the offside trap, or on the overlap.

With so many adjustments to be made by the team’s administration in so little time, a stalemate looks like the best option for this team against Tokyo Verdy, ambitious visitors who would do anything to avoid a loss.

They are booked against Kawasaki Frontale next week, and since the visitors are the obvious favorites, anything less than a win here could plunge them towards the relegation quarters.

Next Opponents: Gamba Osaka

Tokyo Verdy (15th):

Recent Cup Form: L-D-W-D-D

Refusing to emerge second best in the recently concluded 2-2 Tokyo prefectural derby match against FC Tokyo, Tokyo Verdy exited the contests satisfied with a point despite failing to effectively create a new impression against the opponents who were picked as the obvious favorites.

Generally, they showed brilliance against the opposition, holding a 2-1 scoreline till the 89th minute when the visitors tipped the scales through a long pass that was converted with a header; giving them the unbeaten status in four recent league appearances.

Away from home, they have only lost to Kashima Antlers, current leaders of the league in four games, winning once and sharing the spoils on two occasions.

They will be paired against close-knitted rivals, Vissel Kobe next week. The game looks to be even-steven and while goals should be anticipated,

Next Opponent: Vissel Kobe

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Expert Betting Tips

While the last two games between the sides have produced goals on each end, I must juxtapose the current performances of both sides. Yokohama, though generally weakened on all fronts, has kept a decent performance at the Nissan grounds, staying unbeaten with one win and three stalemates; scoring at least a goal in three of four games.

The visitors have shown themselves to punch above their weights and while they hold the existing mantle of victory against Yokohama, more than two goals have not been recorded in Yokohama’s home turf since the inception of the season.

The top tips for me are a stalemate between the sides, less than three goals, and a probable BTTS.

From the bookmakers, they are available at:

+ Under 2.5 goals at 1.88 odds from 1xbet

+ BTTS at 1.70 odds from Betway.

+ Full Time Draw at 3.55 odds from Bet365