The visiting Kyoto Sanga side should be favourites in this visit to Machida Zelvia, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their 25 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Machida Zelvia form and stats
When playing at home in the J2-League, Machida Zelvia have managed 3 wins, 8 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 13 games. Machida Zelvia has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.
The spoils were shared in Machida's previous game, also at home. Visiting Zweigen Kanazawa (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Albirex Niigata.
Machida salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Zweigen Kanazawa, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in T. Hirato equalizing.
The manager R. Popović will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to JEF United in only three days.
Machida has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. From these home matches, Machida have conceded only 12 goals.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
Playing away, Kyoto Sanga have won 3 games, drawn 6 and suffered 5 defeats in the J2-League this season.
Kyoto Sanga might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Albirex Niigata proved too strong as Kyoto slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Kyōto Nishikyogoku Stadium. Preceding that game was the away victory against Júbilo Iwata with the score of 2-1.
After this away game Kyoto return home for a J2-League game against Renofa Yamaguchi. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Kyoto Sanga have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Kyoto Sanga - Machida 1-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Machida victories, three draws and five 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
  P. Utaka 18 goals |   T. Hirato 6 goals |  M. Ando 4 goals |
Machida Zelvia missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Machida Zelvia | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 26 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 31 |
| 30 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| 84% | 69% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 79% | 88% |
| 72% | 62% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 68% |
| 32% | 23% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 32% |
| 20% | 23% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 20% |
| 8% | 15% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 12% |
| 40% | 38% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 44% |
| 36% | 46% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 40% | 46% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 200 | 110 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 132 | 265 |
| 70 | 42 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 40 | 95 |
| 34% | 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 28% | 33% |
- Kyoto Sanga has the most points from losing position (14) in J2-League
- Machida Zelvia has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in J2-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tokushima Vortis | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 51 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 |
| 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 46 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Kyoto Sanga | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 38 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Omiya Ardija | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | Montedio Yamagata | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 32 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 15 | Fagiano Okayama | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 31 |
| 16 | Machida Zelvia | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 31 |
| 17 | JEF United | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | -3 | 30 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -10 | 24 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 24 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -14 | 23 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -23 | 23 |
| 22 | Ehime | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -9 | 22 |