Can Machida Zelvia beat Kagoshima United in Machida Athletic Stadium clash?

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sun 13.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Machida Athletic Stadium (10328 seats)

Machida Zelvia are welcoming Kagoshima United for another important game after their 2-3 result against 10th-placed V-Varen Nagasaki.

Machida Zelvia and Kagoshima United 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 Kagoshima United when visiting Machida Zelvia as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.

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Machida Zelvia form and stats

Machida Zelvia's struggle is real here at Machida Athletic Stadium with only 15 points collected from 17 J2-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-9-6. Machida Zelvia are slowly digging their own grave here at Machida Athletic Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in 14 attempts. The last victory here came in the Ehime match.

In their previous game, the manager N. Soma led his Machida Zelvia to a defeat in the J2-League match away at V-Varen Nagasaki. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Machida Athletic Stadium. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ryukyu that ended 0-0.

Machida Zelvia have scored 16 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot. Machida Zelvia have conceded 26 from these games.

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Kagoshima United form and stats

Kagoshima United, who have the most conceded goals (67) in J2-League, have only collected 9 points from their away games in the J2-League, after 2-3-12 (17 played). With the Kagoshima United losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Kagoshima United's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Kagoshima United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-6 to Albirex Niigata (placed 12th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Kyoto Sanga.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kagoshima United as they have only managed to score 16 times from 17 away games in the league. For Kagoshima United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Kagoshima United - Machida Zelvia 0-1 entered in the official records. Last one meeting between the teams: Machida Zelvia won 1, Kagoshima United won 0 and 0 draws. 0 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

F. Romero
8 goals
Han Yong-Thae
8 goals
T. Ushinohama
7 goals

Machida Zelvia missing players

Kagoshima United missing players

Machida Zelvia Kagoshima United
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
7 2 1 Won W 1 2 9
13 9 3 Drew D 1 3 3
15 6 1 Lost L 3 12 22
32 16 4 Scored S 6 16 37
52 26 5 Conceded C 7 40 67
91% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 94%
69% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 71%
40% 41% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 71% 65%
20% 29% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 35% 29%
11% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 21%
43% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 50%
23% 24% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 18% 15%
43% 41% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 41% 41%
 
6.1 5.5 6 Corners For (avg) C F 5.2 5.6 5.5
5.4 4.9 4.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.2 3.9 4.3
1.2 1 0.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.4 1.4
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
Key stats This season:
  • Kagoshima United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kagoshima United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Machida Zelvia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Machida Zelvia
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
07-09-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 1 - 1 Machida Zelvia
14-09-19 J2 Kyoto Sanga 2 - 0 Machida Zelvia
22-09-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 0 - 0 Yokohama
29-09-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 0 - 0 Ryukyu
05-10-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 3 - 2 Machida Zelvia
13-10-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 06:00 Kagoshima United
20-10-19 J2 Mito Hollyhock 05:00 Machida Zelvia
27-10-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 06:00 Gifu
03-11-19 J2 Ehime 06:00 Machida Zelvia
10-11-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 05:00 Renofa Yamaguchi
Kagoshima United
All Emperor Cup J3-League J2-League
All Home Away
07-09-19 J2 Ryukyu 2 - 1 Kagoshima United
15-09-19 J2 Kagoshima United 0 - 3 Montedio Yamagata
22-09-19 J2 Tochigi 3 - 1 Kagoshima United
28-09-19 J2 Kagoshima United 0 - 1 Kyoto Sanga
05-10-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 6 - 0 Kagoshima United
13-10-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 06:00 Kagoshima United
20-10-19 J2 Kagoshima United 04:00 Renofa Yamaguchi
27-10-19 J2 Ventforet Kofu 05:00 Kagoshima United
30-10-19 J2 Kagoshima United 10:00 Gifu
02-11-19 J2 Kagoshima United 06:00 Fagiano Okayama

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kashiwa Reysol 35 20 9 6 56 27 17 11 4 2 32 12 18 9 5 4 24 15 29 69
2 Omiya Ardija 35 17 12 6 50 32 17 11 5 1 33 14 18 6 7 5 17 18 18 63
3 Yokohama 35 17 10 8 55 34 17 9 4 4 32 19 18 8 6 4 23 15 21 61
4 Montedio Yamagata 35 17 10 8 48 29 17 9 3 5 18 10 18 8 7 3 30 19 19 61
5 Kyoto Sanga 35 16 11 8 50 38 18 9 7 2 29 17 17 7 4 6 21 21 12 59
6 Ventforet Kofu 35 16 9 10 53 35 17 7 4 6 20 16 18 9 5 4 33 19 18 57
7 Mito Hollyhock 35 15 12 8 45 30 17 8 6 3 27 15 18 7 6 5 18 15 15 57
8 Fagiano Okayama 35 16 9 10 44 41 18 9 5 4 22 19 17 7 4 6 22 22 3 57
9 Tokushima Vortis 35 15 10 10 48 39 17 9 5 3 29 17 18 6 5 7 19 22 9 55
10 V-Varen Nagasaki 35 16 5 14 50 47 18 9 2 7 24 25 17 7 3 7 26 22 3 53
11 Zweigen Kanazawa 35 12 14 9 46 37 18 6 9 3 24 17 17 6 5 6 22 20 9 50
12 Albirex Niigata 35 13 10 12 60 45 18 9 2 7 33 20 17 4 8 5 27 25 15 49
13 Tokyo Verdy 35 11 12 12 45 50 18 7 7 4 29 24 17 4 5 8 16 26 -5 45
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 35 11 7 17 47 59 17 6 3 8 25 27 18 5 4 9 22 32 -12 40
15 Ryūkyū 35 10 10 15 48 65 18 8 5 5 30 28 17 2 5 10 18 37 -17 40
16 Ehime 35 11 6 18 43 50 18 7 3 8 21 20 17 4 3 10 22 30 -7 39
17 JEF United 35 8 12 15 40 55 17 5 4 8 24 33 18 3 8 7 16 22 -15 36
18 Avispa Fukuoka 35 9 8 18 33 49 17 2 5 10 12 24 18 7 3 8 21 25 -16 35
19 Machida Zelvia 35 7 13 15 32 52 17 2 9 6 16 26 18 5 4 9 16 26 -20 34
20 Kagoshima United 34 9 3 22 37 67 17 7 0 10 21 27 17 2 3 12 16 40 -30 30
21 Tochigi 35 5 14 16 28 48 18 3 8 7 13 19 17 2 6 9 15 29 -20 29
22 Gifu 34 6 8 20 29 58 18 3 7 8 16 28 16 3 1 12 13 30 -29 26

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