Machida Zelvia will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Kyoto Sanga.
- Machida Zelvia have yet to win a game at home.
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.
Machida Zelvia form and stats
Machida Zelvia have played three J2-League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Machida's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Zweigen Kanazawa (placed 3rd). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Ventforet Kofu.
Machida are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Machida Zelvia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
Kyoto Sanga have six points from their first three away games in the J2-League, meaning two victories and a loss.
Impressive finishing from S. Fukuoka secured the home win 2-1 against JEF United in their previous game. Prior to that match, the Kyoto Sanga manager K. Cho faced defeat when travelling to Blaublitz Akita and losing 0-1.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager K. Cho when S. Fukuoka scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 56th minute.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kyoto have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. It's not easy to score on Kyoto Sanga as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Machida victories, three draws and four Kyoto Sanga wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Nakashima 3 goals |   P. Utaka 3 goals | N. Misawa 2 goals |
Machida Zelvia missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Machida Zelvia | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 8.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 14.3 | 14.2 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 28% |
- Machida Zelvia have yet to win a game at home.
- 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 | Albirex Niigata | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 16 |
| 2 | Ryūkyū | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Jubilo Iwata | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Blaublitz Akita | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Omiya Ardija | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Machida Zelvia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 15 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Montedio Yamagata | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 18 | Sagamihara | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 20 | JEF United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 21 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Ehime | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 2 |