A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Machida Zelvia fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and Renofa Yamaguchi's 20th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Machida Zelvia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Renofa Yamaguchi have the fewest scored goals (6) in J2-League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Machida Zelvia form and stats
When playing at home in the J2-League, Machida Zelvia have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Machida, as their goalkeeper Koki Fukui has completely shut out the opponents for 339 minutes in the J2-League.
A strong away win for Machida against Omiya Ardija the last match, as Y. Nakashima were on target. Before that, Machida Zelvia had a home game versus Ryukyu which ended with a victory 3-0.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Machida handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, four draws and two defeats.
The manager R. Popović will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fagiano Okayama in only three days.
Machida has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Machida have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Renofa Yamaguchi form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in J2-League, on their J2-League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Yamaguchi are looking to quickly end their 236 minutes long goal drought in the J2-League.
Renofa Yamaguchi failed to get anything from their last game, a J2-League home match vs Kyoto Sanga (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-2. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Giravanz Kitakyushu that ended 0-0.
We have checked recent matches where Renofa Yamaguchi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were two victories, two draws and 13 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Yamaguchi, the J2-League home match versus JEF United. Busy days.
The visiting Yamaguchi have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. As for defending, Yamaguchi rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - zero - four (Machida wins - draws - Renofa Yamaguchi wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Nakashima 4 goals | A. Hasegawa 3 goals | T. Hirato 2 goals |
Machida Zelvia missing players
Renofa Yamaguchi missing players
| Machida Zelvia | Renofa Yamaguchi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 40% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 40% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6 | 0.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 8.6 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 27% | 19% |
- Machida Zelvia have scored more than double the goals of Renofa Yamaguchi.
- Machida Zelvia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Renofa Yamaguchi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Renofa Yamaguchi have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in J2-League
- Renofa Yamaguchi have the fewest scored goals (6) 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 | Albirex Niigata | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 26 |
| 2 | Ryukyu | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Kyoto Sanga | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 4 | Jubilo Iwata | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Machida Zelvia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Blaublitz Akita | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 14 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Mito Hollyhock | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Fagiano Okayama | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | JEF United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Tokyo Verdy | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 11 |
| 15 | Montedio Yamagata | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Sagamihara | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 17 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 18 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 10 |
| 19 | Ehime | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 22 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 8 |