Delightful dogfight as daring Machida Zelvia duel with determined JEF United

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 10.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Machida Gion Stadium

Most experts are most impressed by Machida Zelvia at this point, with their 6th position in the J2-League table and looking forward to facing JEF United (who are in 10th).

Insights:
  • Machida Zelvia have the most matches over the total-line (19) in J2-League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Machida Zelvia form and stats

Machida Zelvia have collected 22 points from their J2-League home games so far after 6-4-6.

The Machida fans got no joy from their last match, a J2-League game also here at Machida Gion Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Júbilo Iwata (placed 1st).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Tokyo Verdy with a 1-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Machida handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and two defeats.

Machida Zelvia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Machida Gion Stadium with 24 goals in 16 league matches. Machida Zelvia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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JEF United form and stats

Playing away, JEF United have won 6 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats in the J2-League this season.

JEF have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Shota Arai. It's been 270 minutes since they last conceded in J2-League.

JEF played 0-0 against Matsumoto Yamaga in their previous match.

Preceding that game was the away victory against ThespaKusatsu Gunma with the score of 1-0.

JEF United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, four draws and six defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

The attacking power of JEF when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's not easy to score on JEF United as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

JEF United - Machida 1-1 was the scoreline in these sides' previous H2H game, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Machida wins - draws - JEF United wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Machida ZelviaS. Ota
S. Ota
8 goals
JEF UnitedT. Miki
T. Miki
8 goals
MachidaT. Hirato
T. Hirato
7 goals

Machida Zelvia missing players

JEF United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Machida Zelvia JEF United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
16 6 1 Won W 0 6 11
7 4 3 Drew D 2 5 11
9 6 1 Lost L 3 5 10
51 24 6 Scored S 4 14 30
31 18 7 Conceded C 8 14 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 88%
72% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 50% 56%
50% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 19% 22%
19% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 12%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
47% 44% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 38% 41%
34% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 41%
19% 31% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 25% 31%
 
4.5 4.6 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.5 5
3.8 3.3 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 4.5 4.1
0.9 1.1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.3 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.9 9.1 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9.1 8.9
3.8 3.9 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.2
44% 41% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 26% 30%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Machida Zelvia have the most matches over the total-line (19) 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 Júbilo Iwata 32 21 6 5 57 33 16 11 2 3 29 19 16 10 4 2 28 14 24 69
2 Kyoto Sanga 32 20 7 5 50 26 16 10 4 2 30 16 16 10 3 3 20 10 24 67
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 32 17 7 8 49 35 16 8 5 3 27 17 16 9 2 5 22 18 14 58
4 Albirex Niigata 32 16 9 7 53 31 16 9 4 3 25 9 16 7 5 4 28 22 22 57
5 Ventforet Kofu 32 16 9 7 49 29 16 10 5 1 30 12 16 6 4 6 19 17 20 57
6 Machida Zelvia 32 16 7 9 51 31 16 6 4 6 24 18 16 10 3 3 27 13 20 55
7 Ryukyu 32 15 7 10 47 36 16 9 3 4 23 11 16 6 4 6 24 25 11 52
8 Montedio Yamagata 32 15 7 10 43 34 15 7 2 6 20 17 17 8 5 4 23 17 9 52
9 Mito Hollyhock 32 13 6 13 42 34 16 6 3 7 18 15 16 7 3 6 24 19 8 45
10 JEF United 32 11 11 10 30 29 16 5 6 5 16 15 16 6 5 5 14 14 1 44
11 Tokyo Verdy 32 12 7 13 44 51 15 8 1 6 24 20 17 4 6 7 20 31 -7 43
12 Blaublitz Akita 32 9 12 11 32 35 16 3 9 4 11 16 16 6 3 7 21 19 -3 39
13 Fagiano Okayama 32 9 11 12 25 27 16 4 3 9 10 14 16 5 8 3 15 13 -2 38
14 Omiya Ardija 32 7 12 13 37 40 15 4 4 7 19 19 17 3 8 6 18 21 -3 33
15 Tochigi 32 7 12 13 29 40 16 3 6 7 15 20 16 4 6 6 14 20 -11 33
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 32 8 9 15 28 43 16 4 5 7 14 19 16 4 4 8 14 24 -15 33
17 Renofa Yamaguchi 32 8 8 16 28 42 17 5 4 8 16 19 15 3 4 8 12 23 -14 32
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 32 8 7 17 29 45 17 4 5 8 15 23 15 4 2 9 14 22 -16 31
19 Matsumoto Yamaga 32 7 10 15 27 53 16 5 5 6 18 25 16 2 5 9 9 28 -26 31
20 Giravanz Kitakyushu 32 6 12 14 27 45 17 3 6 8 13 22 15 3 6 6 14 23 -18 30
21 Sagamihara 32 6 11 15 23 39 16 4 6 6 16 22 16 2 5 9 7 17 -16 29
22 Ehime 32 6 11 15 31 53 16 1 7 8 17 33 16 5 4 7 14 20 -22 29

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Júbilo Iwata 32 21 6 5 57 33 16 11 2 3 29 19 16 10 4 2 28 14 24 69
2 Kyoto Sanga 32 20 7 5 50 26 16 10 4 2 30 16 16 10 3 3 20 10 24 67
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 32 17 7 8 49 35 16 8 5 3 27 17 16 9 2 5 22 18 14 58
4 Albirex Niigata 32 16 9 7 53 31 16 9 4 3 25 9 16 7 5 4 28 22 22 57
5 Ventforet Kofu 32 16 9 7 49 29 16 10 5 1 30 12 16 6 4 6 19 17 20 57
6 Machida Zelvia 32 16 7 9 51 31 16 6 4 6 24 18 16 10 3 3 27 13 20 55
7 Ryukyu 32 15 7 10 47 36 16 9 3 4 23 11 16 6 4 6 24 25 11 52
8 Montedio Yamagata 32 15 7 10 43 34 15 7 2 6 20 17 17 8 5 4 23 17 9 52
9 Mito Hollyhock 32 13 6 13 42 34 16 6 3 7 18 15 16 7 3 6 24 19 8 45
10 JEF United 32 11 11 10 30 29 16 5 6 5 16 15 16 6 5 5 14 14 1 44
11 Tokyo Verdy 32 12 7 13 44 51 15 8 1 6 24 20 17 4 6 7 20 31 -7 43
12 Blaublitz Akita 32 9 12 11 32 35 16 3 9 4 11 16 16 6 3 7 21 19 -3 39
13 Fagiano Okayama 32 9 11 12 25 27 16 4 3 9 10 14 16 5 8 3 15 13 -2 38
14 Omiya Ardija 32 7 12 13 37 40 15 4 4 7 19 19 17 3 8 6 18 21 -3 33
15 Tochigi 32 7 12 13 29 40 16 3 6 7 15 20 16 4 6 6 14 20 -11 33
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 32 8 9 15 28 43 16 4 5 7 14 19 16 4 4 8 14 24 -15 33
17 Renofa Yamaguchi 32 8 8 16 28 42 17 5 4 8 16 19 15 3 4 8 12 23 -14 32
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 32 8 7 17 29 45 17 4 5 8 15 23 15 4 2 9 14 22 -16 31
19 Matsumoto Yamaga 32 7 10 15 27 53 16 5 5 6 18 25 16 2 5 9 9 28 -26 31
20 Giravanz Kitakyushu 32 6 12 14 27 45 17 3 6 8 13 22 15 3 6 6 14 23 -18 30
21 Sagamihara 32 6 11 15 23 39 16 4 6 6 16 22 16 2 5 9 7 17 -16 29
22 Ehime 32 6 11 15 31 53 16 1 7 8 17 33 16 5 4 7 14 20 -22 29

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