Buckle up for a show! Today's starring roles are Machida Zelvia and Vegalta Sendai, 3 points is the prize and 90 minutes the length.
- Machida Zelvia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Vegalta Sendai have the most scored goals (41) in J2-League
This looks to be an entertaining game with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Machida Zelvia form and stats
25 points is a decent return from 12 J2-League games here at Machida Gion Stadium for Machida Zelvia. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.
A strong away win for Machida Zelvia against Ryukyu the last match, as Takahashi were on target.
Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Zweigen Kanazawa.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Machida Zelvia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Low on goals? In this club's last 16 league matches, 12 have had two goals or less.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Mito Hollyhock are coming to town in four days.
Machida have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Machida Gion Stadium with 19 goals in 12 league matches. Machida Zelvia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Machida Gion Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches.
Vegalta Sendai form and stats
6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Vegalta Sendai playing as the away team in the J2-League this season.
Vegalta Sendai's last game was the home draw against Montedio Yamagata (1-1).
We have checked recent matches where Vegalta have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 9 defeats.
A new game in only four days for Vegalta Sendai, the J2-League home match versus Ventforet Kofu. Busy days.
Vegalta Sendai have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 21 goals from 10 away matches. In the opposite end, Vegalta have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the participants played each other previously this season; Vegalta Sendai - Machida Zelvia 0-3.Top Goalscorers
  C. Togashi 6 goals | M. Nakayama 6 goals |  T. Hirato 5 goals |
Machida Zelvia missing players
Vegalta Sendai missing players
| Machida Zelvia | Vegalta Sendai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 29 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 21 | 41 |
| 22 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 31 |
| 91% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 70% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 39% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 70% | 65% |
| 17% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 43% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 26% |
| 48% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 70% | 61% |
| 35% | 42% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 30% |
| 26% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 10% | 22% |
| 5 | 4.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 10.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.6 | 10 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 35% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 45% | 38% |
| 6 | 6.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
- All of Vegalta Sendai's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Machida Zelvia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Vegalta Sendai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vegalta Sendai have the most matches over the total-line (10) in J2-League
- Vegalta Sendai have the most scored goals (41) in J2-League
- Vegalta Sendai have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in J2-League
- Vegalta Sendai 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 | Yokohama | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 46 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 45 |
| 3 | Vegalta Sendai | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 41 |
| 4 | Fagiano Okayama | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | Machida Zelvia | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 35 |
| 7 | JEF United | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 34 |
| 8 | Montedio Yamagata | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | Roasso Kumamoto | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 18 | -3 | 31 |
| 12 | Mito Hollyhock | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 13 | Ventforet Kofu | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 14 | Tokyo Verdy | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 29 |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 23 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 16 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -3 | 27 |
| 17 | Blaublitz Akita | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -10 | 27 |
| 18 | Tochigi | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 24 |
| 19 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 23 |
| 20 | Grulla Morioka | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -20 | 23 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 22 |
| 22 | Ryukyu | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -19 | 15 |
