The league table in J2-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Machida Zelvia leading Ehime by 13 points. Match preview to follow:
- Machida Zelvia have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in J2-League
- Ehime have won significantly more corners away than at home.
Machida Zelvia and Ehime should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Ehime when visiting Machida as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Machida Zelvia form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J2-League this season. Machida Zelvia have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Machida Gion Stadium. Machida are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Machida Gion Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
A strong away win for Machida against ThespaKusatsu Gunma the last match, as K. Sano were on target.
Ahead of that match, Machida lost 0-2 at home to Blaublitz Akita.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Machida Zelvia matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, zero draws and two defeats (from two games).
Machida aren't scoring a lot here at Machida Gion Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. On the other hand, Machida Zelvia have conceded 11 goals.
Ehime form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Two travels in a row for Ehime, whose manager N. Saneyoshi could celebrate last time after the J2-League win against Giravanz Kitakyushu.
A loss against Zweigen Kanazawa was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Ehime playing away, we found eleven games. Results were one away win, five draws and five home wins.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ehime have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Ehime have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Machida Zelvia-Ehime H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Machida five wins, Ehime four wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Fujimoto 6 goals |  Y. Nakashima 5 goals | A. Hasegawa 5 goals |
Machida Zelvia missing players
Ehime missing players
| Machida Zelvia | Ehime | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 26 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 19 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 68% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 74% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 53% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 32% | 56% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 0.9 | 1.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 7.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.2 | 7.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | 37% |
- Ehime have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Ehime haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Machida Zelvia have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in J2-League
- Machida Zelvia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kyoto Sanga | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | Júbilo Iwata | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 41 |
| 3 | Albirex Niigata | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 22 | 40 |
| 4 | Ryūkyū | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| 7 | Machida Zelvia | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 31 |
| 8 | Montedio Yamagata | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 30 |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 25 |
| 11 | Fagiano Okayama | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | JEF United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | -1 | 24 |
| 14 | Blaublitz Akita | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 16 | Tochigi | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -14 | 19 |
| 18 | Ehime | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -11 | 18 |
| 19 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
| 20 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 17 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 13 |
| 22 | Sagamihara | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -18 | 11 |