Possible nail-biting contest in JEF United - Machida Zelvia game

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 29.June
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fukuda Denshi Arena (19781 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the J2-League, JEF United holding 15th place and Machida Zelvia lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

It's no vacation for neither JEF United nor Machida Zelvia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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JEF United form and stats

The story so far for JEF United at their home stadium (Fukuda Denshi Arena) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

The JEF United fans got no joy from their last match, a J2-League game also here at Fukuda Denshi Arena: A 1-2 defeat against Machida Zelvia. Heartbreak before that as JEF United lost 0-2 at Kashiwa Reysol's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with JEF United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with JEF United as a small favourite), we find nine games. JEF United has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.

JEF United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 13 goals in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the JEF United defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Machida Zelvia form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Machida Zelvia playing as the away team this season.

Machida Zelvia play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting JEF United. A draw for Machida Zelvia before that, at their own venue hosting Fagiano Okayama (1-1).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Machida Zelvia in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Machida Zelvia, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Machida Zelvia as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games. Machida Zelvia have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result JEF United - Machida Zelvia 1-2 entered in the official records. Last nine meetings between the teams: JEF United won 5, Machida Zelvia won 2 and 2 draws. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Funayama
8 goals
Kléber
5 goals
F. Romero
4 goals

JEF United missing players

Machida Zelvia missing players

JEF United Machida Zelvia
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played 3 10 20
5 3 2 Won 3 4 6
7 3 0 Drew 0 2 7
8 4 1 Lost 0 4 7
21 14 9 Scored 5 10 20
30 18 7 Conceded 1 13 27
80% 80% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
65% 70% 100% Over 1.5 67% 60% 65%
45% 60% 100% Over 2.5 33% 30% 35%
30% 40% 67% Over 3.5 0% 10% 20%
20% 40% 67% Over 4.5 0% 10% 5%
60% 70% 100% BTTS 33% 50% 50%
30% 30% 0% Clean Sheets 67% 20% 20%
30% 20% 0% Failed To Score 0% 30% 30%
 
5 6.5 7 Corners For (avg) 5 7.8 6.8
4.7 3.4 3 Corners Against (avg) 4.7 5.5 5.2
1.6 1.3 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.9 1.4
1 1 1 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • JEF United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • JEF United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Machida Zelvia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

JEF United
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
02-06-19 J2 JEF United 1 - 4 V-Varen Nagasaki
09-06-19 J2 Tochigi 0 - 0 JEF United
15-06-19 J2 JEF United 2 - 1 Kagoshima United
22-06-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 2 - 0 JEF United
29-06-19 J2 JEF United 1 - 2 Machida Zelvia
03-07-19 EC JEF United 10:00 Fagiano Okayama
07-07-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 09:00 JEF United
14-07-19 J2 Gifu 09:00 JEF United
20-07-19 J2 JEF United 09:00 Avispa Fukuoka
27-07-19 J2 JEF United 09:00 Yokohama
Machida Zelvia
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
02-06-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 2 - 2 Tochigi
08-06-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 1 - 0 Machida Zelvia
16-06-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 2 - 2 V-Varen Nagasaki
23-06-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 1 - 1 Fagiano Okayama
29-06-19 J2 JEF United 1 - 2 Machida Zelvia
03-07-19 EC Machida Zelvia 10:00 Kataller Toyama
07-07-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 10:00 Machida Zelvia
14-07-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 09:00 Avispa Fukuoka
21-07-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 09:00 Tokushima Vortis
27-07-19 J2 Tokyo Verdy 10:00 Machida Zelvia

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Montedio Yamagata 18 10 6 2 22 11 9 6 2 1 10 4 9 4 4 1 12 7 11 36
2 Omiya Ardija 18 9 7 2 24 15 9 5 3 1 15 10 9 4 4 1 9 5 9 34
3 Mito Hollyhock 18 9 6 3 19 9 8 3 4 1 10 5 10 6 2 2 9 4 10 33
4 Ventforet Kofu 18 8 6 4 26 16 9 4 2 3 12 10 9 4 4 1 14 6 10 30
5 Kyoto Sanga 18 8 6 4 25 18 9 4 3 2 10 7 9 4 3 2 15 11 7 30
6 V-Varen Nagasaki 17 8 3 6 23 18 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 5 1 3 14 9 5 27
7 Kashiwa Reysol 17 7 6 4 14 11 8 4 3 1 7 2 9 3 3 3 7 9 3 27
8 Fagiano Okayama 18 7 6 5 22 20 10 5 4 1 14 10 8 2 2 4 8 10 2 27
9 Zweigen Kanazawa 18 6 8 4 22 13 8 3 4 1 9 3 10 3 4 3 13 10 9 26
10 Ryūkyū 18 6 7 5 25 22 9 5 4 0 15 8 9 1 3 5 10 14 3 25
11 Tokushima Vortis 18 6 6 6 19 19 8 4 3 1 9 6 10 2 3 5 10 13 0 24
12 Tokyo Verdy 18 6 6 6 24 25 10 4 4 2 15 14 8 2 2 4 9 11 -1 24
13 Albirex Niigata 18 6 5 7 25 22 8 3 1 4 9 9 10 3 4 3 16 13 3 23
14 Yokohama 18 6 4 8 20 22 9 3 2 4 12 13 9 3 2 4 8 9 -2 22
15 JEF United 18 5 7 6 20 26 9 3 3 3 13 16 9 2 4 3 7 10 -6 22
16 Machida Zelvia 17 5 5 7 15 23 8 2 3 3 7 11 9 3 2 4 8 12 -8 20
17 Ehime 18 5 4 9 16 21 11 4 2 5 11 12 7 1 2 4 5 9 -5 19
18 Kagoshima United 18 5 2 11 16 22 10 4 0 6 11 15 8 1 2 5 5 7 -6 17
19 Renofa Yamaguchi 18 4 5 9 23 31 9 1 2 6 10 18 9 3 3 3 13 13 -8 17
20 Tochigi 18 3 8 7 14 22 9 1 5 3 5 8 9 2 3 4 9 14 -8 17
21 Avispa Fukuoka 17 4 4 9 15 25 8 1 2 5 3 10 9 3 2 4 12 15 -10 16
22 Gifu 18 3 3 12 14 32 10 3 2 5 11 16 8 0 1 7 3 16 -18 12

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