AFC Women's Champions League - Final - How they stack up: Tokyo Verdy Beleza (JPN) v Naegohyang Women’s FC (PRK)

Suwon: Nothing will be left to chance when Tokyo Verdy Beleza and Naegohyang Women’s FC face off in the AFC Women’s Champions League 2025/26™ final on Saturday.

Tokyo Verdy’s Naoki Kusunose and his Naegohyang counterpart Ri Yu Il will no doubt be pouring over footage to find the margins to achieve victory as the-AFC.com takes a look at how these two teams have played in their run to the final.

Main threats

Tokyo Verdy have scored 13 goals with Naegohyang two behind from the five matches each played enroute to the final. Yuzuho Shiokoshi leads the way for the Japan side with three goals, all of which have come from inside the box. Similarly, Kim Kyong Yong also has three goals to her name for the DPR Korea outfit, all of which were also scored from inside the box.

Build up play

Both teams play a similar style of possessional football with the tendency to work the ball to the sides to put in crosses, with Naegohyang having made 106 open play crosses while Tokyo Verdy have eight fewer. Naegohyang's Ri Myong Gum - with 21 crosses - has produced the most while Nanami Kitamura (15) has the highest number for Tokyo Verdy.

Mixing things up

Neither Naegohyang nor Tokyo Verdy are adverse to pumping the long pass forward when the situation requires. Naegohyang produced more with 266 long passes, 47% of which were successful while Tokyo Verdy made 233 long passes with a 41% success rate. Defenders Rin Sin Ok and Mayo Doko lead the way for execution of the long passes, completing 20 and 18 for Naegohyang and Tokyo Verdy respectively.

Perfect at the back

Tokyo Verdy have an unblemished record of clean sheets heading into the final, with their dominant display also meaning there were only 17 shots faced with only five of those on target. Naegohyang, meanwhile, have conceded five goals with each one of those coming from inside the box and have allowed 43 shots, 13 of which were on target.

Keeping it tight

Naegohyang's high intensity game, a staple style of teams from DPR Korea, means they conceded significantly more fouls compared to Tokyo Verdy, their tally of 56 three times more than their Japanese opponents. Ri Myong Gum conceded the highest with nine fouls, giving Kusunose the potential option of targeting the Naegohyang right-back in Saturday’s showdown.

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