Down To Ten
FC Tokyo
FC Tokyo played the closing 22 minutes a man down after a 68′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 68′
- Player
- Takahiro Ko
J1 League · Matchday 8FC Tokyo
K. Tawaratsumida 56'
1 – 0
FT
HT 0–0
Nagoya Grampus
J1 League
Matchday 8FC Tokyo1–0Nagoya Grampus
0.85
Expected goals
0.84
56′68′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: TOK 0.85, NG 0.84.
Match report
FC Tokyo 1-0 Nagoya Grampus
FC Tokyo edged out Nagoya Grampus 1-0 at National Olympic Stadium in J1 League. Tawaratsumida opened the scoring for FC Tokyo on 56'.
Expected goals finished FC Tokyo 0.85, Nagoya Grampus 0.84. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Nagoya Grampus held 62.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Ko was sent off on 68', leaving FC Tokyo 22 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. FC Tokyo graded out for counter-punch — 38.0% possession and 0.85 expected goals. Nagoya Grampus graded out for passive possession — 62.0% possession and 0.84 expected goals.
Tomoki Takamine came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Nagoya Grampus from 2 key passes, 1 shot and 4 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 31 fouls between them and 5 yellow cards, with FC Tokyo conceding the most free-kicks (19).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
38%Possession62%
9Shots14
0.85xG0.84
What the numbers say
6 readsCounter-Punch
FC Tokyo
FC Tokyo were happy without the ball and still created more — 0.85 xG from 38.0% possession.
- Possession
- 38.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.85
- Opponent xG
- 0.84
Passive Possession
Nagoya Grampus
Nagoya Grampus controlled the ball without ever turning it into danger — territory, not threat.
- Possession
- 62.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.84
- On target
- 2
- xG per 100 passes
- 0.15
Shooting From Range
Nagoya Grampus
Nagoya Grampus could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 64% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 9 of 14
- Share
- 64%
- xG per shot
- 0.06
Timeline
Takahiro Ko
Foul
🟨7'
Half-time
K. Tawaratsumida — assist: K. Bangnagande
⚽56'
M. Nagakura ↑ K. Tawaratsumida ↓
🔄58'
Kein Sato
Foul
🟨61'
🔄61'
Mateus ↑ Y. Yamagishi ↓
Takahiro Ko
Foul
🟨68'
Takahiro Ko
Foul
🟥68'
K. Hashimoto ↑ Marcelo Ryan ↓
🔄70'
🔄75'
T. Morishima ↑ T. Uchida ↓
🔄75'
H. Koda ↑ R. Izumi ↓
M. Morishige ↑ K. Bangnagande ↓
🔄77'
H. Ishihara ↑ K. Sato ↓
🔄77'
🔄79'
T. Koyamatsu ↑ Y. Kimura ↓
Kento Hashimoto
Foul
🟨90+3'
🟨90+5'
Katsuhiro Nakayama
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueNational Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
RefereeCésar Ramos Palazuelos, Mexico
CompetitionJ1 League
Season2027
RoundMatchday 8
StatusMatch Finished