Match highlights
Tokyo Verdy vs Avispa Fukuoka highlights
How the goals came
10' Issei Kumatoriya opens the scoring for Tokyo Verdy → 56' Werik Popó equalises for Avispa Fukuoka → 74' Yuan Matsuhashi puts Tokyo Verdy ahead (the winner) → 90' Akifumi Teranuma extends Tokyo Verdy's lead. Full time: 3-1, Tokyo Verdy win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 4 goals came after half-time.
10' Issei Kumatoriya (Tokyo Verdy) 1-0
Tokyo Verdy opened the scoring at Ajinomoto Stadium in the 10th minute, Issei Kumatoriya breaking the 0-0 deadlock to make it 1-0. The hosts were ahead inside the opening quarter of an hour of this Meiji Yasuda J1 League meeting with Avispa Fukuoka on 24 October 2026.
56' Werik Popó (Avispa Fukuoka) 1-1
Eleven minutes into the second half, Avispa Fukuoka drew level. Welinton Popo scored in the 56th minute for 1-1, wiping out the advantage Tokyo Verdy had held since the 10th. The visitors had pulled the match back to even terms.
74' Yuan Matsuhashi (Tokyo Verdy) 2-1
The 1-1 scoreline lasted 18 minutes. In the 74th, Yuan Matsuhashi put Tokyo Verdy back in front at 2-1, and as the hosts never gave up the lead again, this proved to be the winning goal.
90' Akifumi Teranuma (Tokyo Verdy) 3-1
Akifumi Teranuma made it 3-1 in the 90th minute, widening a one-goal margin as the match ran down. The final score was 3-1: having been pegged back to 1-1, Tokyo Verdy added two more in front of 12,327 at Ajinomoto Stadium.
