Preview

• Anticipation builds as Tochigi City prepare to host Ryūkyū at City Football Station on 2025-07-05 (kick-off 10:00 GMT), in week 22 of the 2025 J3 League.
• There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between N. Imaya and T. Hirakawa.
• Tochigi City currently rank 2nd (with 28 pts), versus Ryūkyū at 18th on 13 pts.
• There are no injury or suspension concerns for either Tochigi City or Ryūkyū.
• Tochigi City came off a win (2-1 vs Kagoshima United) and Ryūkyū also triumphed (1-0 vs Gifu).
• Both teams have been in great form: Tochigi City 3-0-2 and Ryūkyū 3-0-2 over their last 5 matches.
• No historical head-to-head exists for Tochigi City vs Ryūkyū according to our records.
• With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (6-2-0 vs 2-3-4) and scoring roughly 1.63-0.78 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

05/07/2025 09:00

City Football Station

N/A

J3 League

Team Kits

Events

12'		0 - 1	D. Takagi R. Araki
30'	R. Tosa
45'	G. Sekino M. Hiraoka	1 - 1
HT 1 - 1
52'	Y. Sato	2 - 1
56'		2 - 2	S. Hiramatsu
62'			S. Motegi S. Nagai
62'			K. Sota Y. Koki
62'			A. Ihara D. Takagi
66'	T. Mori R. Tosa
66'	A. Yoshida K. Saito
72'	P. Utaka H. Suzuki
77'	K. Konishi G. Sekino
77'	T. Oshima P. J. Tanaka
81'	T. Oshima	3 - 2
82'			M. Wade S. Iwamoto
90+1'			T. Einaga Y. Sato
90+4'			T. Einaga
90+5'	R. Okui

H2H

Standings

TotalHomeAway

Regular Season

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Osaka	14	10	1	3	21	11	10	31	W W W L W
2	Tochigi City	14	8	4	2	20	11	9	28	L W D W W
3	Giravanz Kitakyushu	14	7	3	4	14	8	6	24	D W W D L
4	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	14	6	6	2	18	13	5	24	D D W W D
5	Vanraure Hachinohe	14	7	3	4	15	10	5	24	W L D W W
6	Kagoshima United	14	6	5	3	25	16	9	23	L W W L D
7	Nara Club	14	5	5	4	16	15	1	20	L D L W W
8	Tochigi	14	5	4	5	8	8	0	19	W D W D L
9	Matsumoto Yamaga	14	5	4	5	14	17	-3	19	L W D L W
10	Fukushima United	14	5	4	5	25	30	-5	19	D L L W D
11	Zweigen Kanazawa	14	5	3	6	16	17	-1	18	L D L L L
12	Kamatamare Sanuki	14	4	4	6	12	14	-2	16	L W W L L
13	Nagano Parceiro	14	4	4	6	14	18	-4	16	W D D L D
14	Thespa Gunma	14	3	6	5	20	23	-3	15	D D W D L
15	Sagamihara	14	3	6	5	14	19	-5	15	D L W D D
16	Kochi United	14	3	5	6	22	26	-4	14	D D L L W
17	Gifu	14	3	5	6	15	20	-5	14	D L W D W
18	Ryukyu	14	3	4	7	11	15	-4	13	W L L L D
19	Gainare Tottori	14	3	4	7	9	15	-6	13	W L L W D
20	Azul Claro Numazu	14	1	8	5	10	13	-3	11	D D L L D

Promotion

Promotion Play-off

Possible Relegation Play-off

Possible Relegation