Excitement is expected at Grenada National Stadium when Machida Zelvia challenge Tokyo Verdy in what promises to be a grand fixture. Check our preview!
- Machida Zelvia have the fewest conceded goals (15) in J2-League
- Tokyo Verdy have the most clean sheets (13) in J2-League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Machida Zelvia form and stats
29 points is a decent return from 12 J2-League games here at Grenada National Stadium for Machida Zelvia. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Fagiano Okayama game Machida Zelvia has been unbeatable here at Grenada National Stadium producing four straight wins.
Machida are returning here after visiting Oita Trinita and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Onaga, de Lima and Jang scored the goal(s). de Lima has scored in five games in a row. Impressive!
Ahead of that match, Machida Zelvia won a home game hosting Omiya Ardija (3-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Machida Zelvia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Machida Zelvia as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Machida Zelvia has won 6 of these, drawn 6 and lost 5.
Machida are traveling soon after this match as the Emperor Cup match at Yokohama F. Marinos awaits in three days.
The Machida Zelvia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 12 league matches. Machida Zelvia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Grenada National Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 12 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Tokyo Verdy form and stats
Tokyo Verdy's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Tokyo Verdy collect 27 points from their 12 away matches in the J2-League. 9 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats). Tokyo Verdy are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus V-Varen Nagasaki with 1-2 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Roasso Kumamoto with the score of 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Tokyo in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Tokyo Verdy, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Tokyo Verdy manager Jofuku as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Tokyo.
Tokyo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 12 games. Tokyo Verdy are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the squads faced each other earlier this season; Tokyo Verdy - Machida 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Machida Zelvia victories, four draws and two Tokyo Verdy wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Nascimento de Lima 14 goals |  S. Araki 5 goals | Y. Hirakawa 4 goals |
Machida Zelvia missing players
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| Machida Zelvia | Tokyo Verdy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 40 | 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 21 | 32 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 62% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 38% |
| 12% | 25% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 25% | 29% |
| 46% | 42% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 58% | 54% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 29% |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.7 | 11.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.3 | 9.2 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 48% | 48% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 43% | 35% |
| 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
- Machida Zelvia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Machida Zelvia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Machida Zelvia have the fewest conceded goals (15) in J2-League
- Machida Zelvia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in J2-League
- Machida Zelvia have the most points (29) at home in J2-League
- Tokyo Verdy have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Tokyo Verdy have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in J2-League
- Tokyo Verdy have the most clean sheets (13) in J2-League
- Tokyo Verdy have the most points (27) away in J2-League
- Tokyo Verdy have the the best goal difference (+15) away in J2-League
- Tokyo Verdy haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Machida Zelvia | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 25 | 53 |
| 2 | Tokyo Verdy | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 16 | 43 |
| 3 | Oita Trinita | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 42 |
| 4 | Júbilo Iwata | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 41 |
| 5 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 26 | 38 |
| 8 | Fujieda MYFC | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | -2 | 35 |
| 9 | Fagiano Okayama | 24 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 10 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | Montedio Yamagata | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 37 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 32 |
| 12 | Roasso Kumamoto | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -3 | 31 |
| 14 | Blaublitz Akita | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 31 |
| 15 | JEF United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 28 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -14 | 27 |
| 17 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -18 | 27 |
| 18 | Tokushima Vortis | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 26 |
| 19 | Tochigi | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 20 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 31 | -14 | 24 |
| 21 | Iwaki | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -18 | 24 |
| 22 | Omiya Ardija | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 23 | -21 | 17 |
