This match features two teams living in the basement of the J2-League, Machida Zelvia holding 15th place and Fagiano Okayama lying 17th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Machida Zelvia form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J2-League this season. Machida Zelvia, who have the most clean sheets (7) in J2-League, have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 2 losses from their games here at Machida Stadium.
The Machida goalkeeper Yota Akimoto is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the J2-League.
A strong away win for Machida against Renofa Yamaguchi the last match, as I. Oda and T. Hirato were on target. In the match before that, Machida Zelvia hosted Júbilo Iwata and drew the game 0-0.
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 13 games. Machida Zelvia has won five of these, drawn five and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Machida Zelvia as they are travelling to their away game against Ehime in the J2-League. That match is three days after this one.
Machida Zelvia aren't scoring a lot here at Machida Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. Machida are not conceding a lot of goals here at Machida Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Fagiano Okayama form and stats
Playing away, Fagiano Okayama have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the J2-League this season.
The attacking players of Fagiano Okayama have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 184 minutes.
Fagiano failed to get anything from their last game, a J2-League home match vs ThespaKusatsu Gunma (placed 21st) that ended with defeat 0-1. Before that, Fagiano travelled to Tokushima Vortis and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Fagiano Okayama playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were four Fagiano wins, four draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Matsumoto Yamaga in just three days.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Fagiano Okayama as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Machida Zelvia won two, Fagiano Okayama won two and six draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Lee 18 goals |
Machida Zelvia missing players
Fagiano Okayama missing players
| Machida Zelvia | Fagiano Okayama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 79% | 57% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 93% |
| 57% | 43% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 57% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 29% |
| 50% | 71% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | 4.4 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 103 | 48 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 38 | 120 |
| 36 | 17 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 13 | 40 |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 32% |
- Fagiano Okayama have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Machida Zelvia has the most clean sheets (7)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 27 |
| 4 | Júbilo Iwata | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Omiya Ardija | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | JEF United | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Montedio Yamagata | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 17 |
| 15 | Machida Zelvia | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 16 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 20 | Ehime | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 12 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -16 | 12 |
| 22 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 11 |