Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Machida Zelvia in 10th and JEF United in 14th place.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Machida Zelvia form and stats
1 victory, 3 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Machida Zelvia have to build on here at Machida Stadium in the J2-League.
Machida are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Kyoto Sanga. A strong away win before that one, visiting Matsumoto Yamaga and winning 2-0.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Machida Zelvia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Machida as they have a new game in only three days, a J2-League match thankfully also at home. Tokushima Vortis are visiting.
The Machida fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Machida have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
JEF United form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the J2-League away games so far for JEF United with six points collected from three matches. It's a growing despair in JEF United as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
JEF United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. ThespaKusatsu Gunma proved too strong as JEF United slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Fukuda Denshi Arena. Prior to that match, the JEF manager J. Yoon faced defeat when travelling to Ventforet Kofu and losing 1-2.
JEF were so close to getting something from the game against ThespaKusatsu Gunma, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal five minutes into overtime.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by JEF United in our archives, and the results are: four wins for JEF United, two draws and seven defeats.
After this away game JEF return home for a J2-League game against Matsumoto Yamaga. That game is only three sleeps after this.
JEF United have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 6 goals from 3 away matches. JEF are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Machida-JEF United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Machida Zelvia two wins, JEF United five wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Laube Pinheiro 17 goals |  T. Funayama 12 goals |
Machida Zelvia missing players
JEF United missing players
| Machida Zelvia | JEF United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 78% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 38% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | 25 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 33 | 67 |
| 25 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 15 | 24 |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 40% | 38% |
- All of JEF United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- JEF United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- JEF United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Machida Zelvia have not yet lost a game at home.
- Machida Zelvia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Omiya Ardija | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Kyoto Sanga | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | Albirex Niigata | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Júbilo Iwata | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Machida Zelvia | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Mito Hollyhock | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Tokyo Verdy | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | JEF United | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Fagiano Okayama | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Tochigi | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 18 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 8 |
| 19 | Ehime | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 20 | Montedio Yamagata | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 21 | Ryūkyū | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -14 | 6 |