Another action-packed fixture in J2-League as Machida Zelvia welcome Ryūkyū

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sun 29.September
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Machida Athletic Stadium (10328 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 19th and the visitors in 16th place.

Machida Zelvia and Ryūkyū 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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Machida Zelvia form and stats

Machida Zelvia's struggle is real here at Machida Athletic Stadium with only 14 points collected from 16 J2-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-8-6. 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 13 attempts. The last victory here came in the Ehime match.

The points were shared in Machida Zelvia's previous game, also at home. Visiting Yokohama (placed 5th) travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Kyoto Sanga.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Machida Zelvia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won 0 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

The Machida Zelvia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 16 matches. Machida Zelvia have conceded 26 from these games.

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Ryūkyū form and stats

Ryūkyū, who have the most conceded goals (65) in J2-League, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the J2-League, after 1-4-10 (15 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Ryūkyū have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Omiya Ardija game.

There were no winners in Ryūkyū's previous match, a J2-League home game that ended 3-3 vs Montedio Yamagata (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Zweigen Kanazawa that ended 2-2.

Ryūkyū are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of three matches.

Ryūkyū are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). The Ryūkyū manager Y. Higuchi has some worries about the defense as 37 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Ryūkyū - Machida Zelvia 1-1, played this season. As for the last one game between these two teams, there's 0 Machida Zelvia victories, 1 draw and 0 Ryūkyū wins. 0 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Uejo
10 goals
F. Romero
8 goals
C. Togashi
4 goals

Machida Zelvia missing players

Ryūkyū missing players

Machida Zelvia Ryūkyū
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 3 15 33
7 2 1 Won W 0 1 9
12 8 2 Drew D 0 4 9
14 6 1 Lost L 3 10 15
30 16 4 Scored S 1 17 47
49 26 5 Conceded C 4 37 65
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 80% 88%
39% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 67% 64%
18% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 53% 42%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 21%
42% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 73% 73%
21% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
42% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 27% 18%
 
6.3 5.6 6.8 Corners For (avg) C F 4.7 4.7 4.4
5.3 4.8 3.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.7 4.7 5.1
1.2 1 0.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Machida Zelvia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ryūkyū have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ryūkyū have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Ryūkyū have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ryūkyū haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Machida Zelvia
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
25-08-19 J2 Fagiano Okayama 0 - 3 Machida Zelvia
01-09-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 1 - 1 JEF United
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 07:00 Ryūkyū
05-10-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 09:00 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
Ryūkyū
All Emperor Cup J3-League J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
24-08-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 6 - 1 Ryūkyū
31-08-19 J2 Ryūkyū 1 - 2 Gifu
07-09-19 J2 Ryūkyū 2 - 1 Kagoshima United
14-09-19 J2 Zweigen Kanazawa 2 - 2 Ryūkyū
23-09-19 J2 Ryūkyū 3 - 3 Montedio Yamagata
29-09-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 07:00 Ryūkyū
05-10-19 J2 Avispa Fukuoka 07:05 Ryūkyū
12-10-19 J2 Ryūkyū 09:00 Tokyo Verdy
20-10-19 J2 Tochigi 05:00 Ryūkyū
27-10-19 J2 Ryūkyū 04:00 Omiya Ardija

  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 34 20 9 5 56 26 17 11 4 2 32 12 17 9 5 3 24 14 30 69
2 Omiya Ardija 34 16 12 6 47 30 17 11 5 1 33 14 17 5 7 5 14 16 17 60
3 Montedio Yamagata 33 16 10 7 44 27 16 9 3 4 18 9 17 7 7 3 26 18 17 58
4 Kyoto Sanga 34 16 10 8 48 36 17 9 6 2 27 15 17 7 4 6 21 21 12 58
5 Yokohama 33 16 9 8 53 33 16 8 4 4 31 19 17 8 5 4 22 14 20 57
6 Mito Hollyhock 34 15 12 7 43 27 16 8 6 2 25 12 18 7 6 5 18 15 16 57
7 Tokushima Vortis 34 15 9 10 47 38 17 9 5 3 29 17 17 6 4 7 18 21 9 54
8 Fagiano Okayama 33 15 8 10 42 40 17 9 4 4 22 19 16 6 4 6 20 21 2 53
9 Ventforet Kofu 33 14 9 10 49 33 17 7 4 6 20 16 16 7 5 4 29 17 16 51
10 Zweigen Kanazawa 34 12 14 8 44 34 17 6 9 2 22 14 17 6 5 6 22 20 10 50
11 V-Varen Nagasaki 34 15 5 14 47 45 17 8 2 7 21 23 17 7 3 7 26 22 2 50
12 Albirex Niigata 34 12 10 12 54 45 17 8 2 7 27 20 17 4 8 5 27 25 9 46
13 Tokyo Verdy 34 11 12 11 44 48 17 7 7 3 28 22 17 4 5 8 16 26 -4 45
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 34 11 6 17 46 58 17 6 3 8 25 27 17 5 3 9 21 31 -12 39
15 Ehime 34 11 5 18 41 48 18 7 3 8 21 20 16 4 2 10 20 28 -7 38
16 Ryūkyū 33 9 9 15 47 65 18 8 5 5 30 28 15 1 4 10 17 37 -18 36
17 JEF United 33 8 11 14 39 51 16 5 4 7 23 29 17 3 7 7 16 22 -12 35
18 Avispa Fukuoka 34 9 8 17 33 48 16 2 5 9 12 23 18 7 3 8 21 25 -15 35
19 Machida Zelvia 33 7 12 14 30 49 16 2 8 6 16 26 17 5 4 8 14 23 -19 33
20 Kagoshima United 33 9 3 21 37 61 17 7 0 10 21 27 16 2 3 11 16 34 -24 30
21 Tochigi 34 5 13 16 27 47 17 3 7 7 12 18 17 2 6 9 15 29 -20 28
22 Gifu 32 6 6 20 27 56 16 3 5 8 14 26 16 3 1 12 13 30 -29 24

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