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

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 29.November
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Machida Stadium

This match features two teams living in the basement of the J2-League, Machida Zelvia holding 18th place and ThespaKusatsu Gunma lying 20th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals (29) in J2-League

It's no vacation for neither Machida Zelvia nor ThespaKusatsu Gunma as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Machida Zelvia form and stats

Machida Zelvia have collected 24 points from their J2-League home games so far after 5-9-4.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. O. Yuki was the last player to find the net.

No payout for Machida in their previous match, an away game at Tokushima Vortis that ended in defeat 0-3. Before that, Machida Zelvia played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Omiya Ardija.

This is expected to be a close game, with Machida Zelvia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Machida Zelvia as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Machida has won five of these, drawn five and lost three.

The manager R. Popović will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Montedio Yamagata in only three days.

The Machida fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 18 matches. Machida have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats

Playing away, ThespaKusatsu Gunma, who have the fewest scored goals (29) in J2-League, have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 9 defeats in the J2-League this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J2-League home defeat versus Omiya Ardija with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result ThespaKusatsu Gunma won their away game at Ehime. The scoreline was 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with ThespaKusatsu Gunma playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were zero ThespaKusatsu wins, zero draws and four defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Matsumoto Yamaga in just three days.

The attacking power of ThespaKusatsu when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 17 league matches away. As opposed to that, ThespaKusatsu have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the ThespaKusatsu Gunma - Machida 0-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Machida, three draws and one win for ThespaKusatsu Gunma. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

MachidaT. Hirato
T. Hirato
7 goals
ThespaKusatsu GunmaT. Tanaka
T. Tanaka
7 goals
ThespaKusatsu GunmaG. Omae
G. Omae
6 goals

Machida Zelvia missing players

ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Machida Zelvia ThespaKusatsu Gunma
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 17 36
9 5 3 Won W 3 6 10
13 9 1 Drew D 1 2 3
14 4 2 Lost L 2 9 23
34 21 11 Scored S 4 15 29
43 16 8 Conceded C 4 23 59
81% 72% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
67% 61% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 59% 61%
39% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 35% 47%
17% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 28%
6% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
39% 39% 67% BTTS BTTS 17% 41% 42%
39% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 24% 19%
42% 39% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 41% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 0.9 0.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 9.4 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.9 9.3
3 3.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.7 3.1
31% 30% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 24% 26%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals (29) in J2-League
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in J2-League
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the the worst goal difference (-30) in J2-League
  • ThespaKusatsu Gunma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  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 36 22 8 6 58 27 18 9 6 3 28 10 18 13 2 3 30 17 31 74
2 Avispa Fukuoka 36 21 7 8 42 26 17 9 3 5 20 14 19 12 4 3 22 12 16 70
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 36 19 10 7 56 35 17 11 3 3 30 13 19 8 7 4 26 22 21 67
4 Giravanz Kitakyushu 36 17 7 12 51 40 18 10 3 5 25 18 18 7 4 7 26 22 11 58
5 Ventforet Kofu 35 14 15 6 45 36 18 10 6 2 25 16 17 4 9 4 20 20 9 57
6 Albirex Niigata 36 14 14 8 50 42 19 6 7 6 24 26 17 8 7 2 26 16 8 56
7 Montedio Yamagata 36 14 10 12 52 37 19 9 3 7 31 20 17 5 7 5 21 17 15 52
8 Tokyo Verdy 36 13 13 10 46 38 18 6 7 5 22 17 18 7 6 5 24 21 8 52
9 Júbilo Iwata 36 12 15 9 48 39 19 9 6 4 33 19 17 3 9 5 15 20 9 51
10 Kyoto Sanga 36 14 9 13 43 40 18 11 3 4 30 18 18 3 6 9 13 22 3 51
11 Mito Hollyhock 36 13 10 13 63 56 18 5 6 7 28 29 18 8 4 6 35 27 7 49
12 Tochigi 36 13 10 13 32 32 17 5 6 6 15 14 19 8 4 7 17 18 0 49
13 Omiya Ardija 36 12 10 14 34 43 18 6 7 5 15 17 18 6 3 9 19 26 -9 46
14 JEF United 36 13 6 17 42 46 18 4 4 10 18 28 18 9 2 7 24 18 -4 45
15 Fagiano Okayama 36 11 11 14 34 42 20 8 5 7 24 23 16 3 6 7 10 19 -8 44
16 Zweigen Kanazawa 36 11 10 15 47 56 19 6 6 7 23 26 17 5 4 8 24 30 -9 43
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 36 10 13 13 37 49 17 5 6 6 18 24 19 5 7 7 19 25 -12 43
18 Machida Zelvia 36 9 13 14 34 43 18 5 9 4 21 16 18 4 4 10 13 27 -9 40
19 Ryukyu 36 11 7 18 45 57 16 5 5 6 23 22 20 6 2 12 22 35 -12 40
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 36 10 3 23 29 59 19 4 1 14 14 36 17 6 2 9 15 23 -30 33
21 Ehime 35 7 9 19 33 51 17 2 4 11 12 26 18 5 5 8 21 25 -18 30
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 36 7 6 23 37 64 17 5 2 10 19 28 19 2 4 13 18 36 -27 27

Table
  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 36 22 8 6 58 27 18 9 6 3 28 10 18 13 2 3 30 17 31 74
2 Avispa Fukuoka 36 21 7 8 42 26 17 9 3 5 20 14 19 12 4 3 22 12 16 70
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 36 19 10 7 56 35 17 11 3 3 30 13 19 8 7 4 26 22 21 67
4 Giravanz Kitakyushu 36 17 7 12 51 40 18 10 3 5 25 18 18 7 4 7 26 22 11 58
5 Ventforet Kofu 35 14 15 6 45 36 18 10 6 2 25 16 17 4 9 4 20 20 9 57
6 Albirex Niigata 36 14 14 8 50 42 19 6 7 6 24 26 17 8 7 2 26 16 8 56
7 Montedio Yamagata 36 14 10 12 52 37 19 9 3 7 31 20 17 5 7 5 21 17 15 52
8 Tokyo Verdy 36 13 13 10 46 38 18 6 7 5 22 17 18 7 6 5 24 21 8 52
9 Júbilo Iwata 36 12 15 9 48 39 19 9 6 4 33 19 17 3 9 5 15 20 9 51
10 Kyoto Sanga 36 14 9 13 43 40 18 11 3 4 30 18 18 3 6 9 13 22 3 51
11 Mito Hollyhock 36 13 10 13 63 56 18 5 6 7 28 29 18 8 4 6 35 27 7 49
12 Tochigi 36 13 10 13 32 32 17 5 6 6 15 14 19 8 4 7 17 18 0 49
13 Omiya Ardija 36 12 10 14 34 43 18 6 7 5 15 17 18 6 3 9 19 26 -9 46
14 JEF United 36 13 6 17 42 46 18 4 4 10 18 28 18 9 2 7 24 18 -4 45
15 Fagiano Okayama 36 11 11 14 34 42 20 8 5 7 24 23 16 3 6 7 10 19 -8 44
16 Zweigen Kanazawa 36 11 10 15 47 56 19 6 6 7 23 26 17 5 4 8 24 30 -9 43
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 36 10 13 13 37 49 17 5 6 6 18 24 19 5 7 7 19 25 -12 43
18 Machida Zelvia 36 9 13 14 34 43 18 5 9 4 21 16 18 4 4 10 13 27 -9 40
19 Ryukyu 36 11 7 18 45 57 16 5 5 6 23 22 20 6 2 12 22 35 -12 40
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 36 10 3 23 29 59 19 4 1 14 14 36 17 6 2 9 15 23 -30 33
21 Ehime 35 7 9 19 33 51 17 2 4 11 12 26 18 5 5 8 21 25 -18 30
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 36 7 6 23 37 64 17 5 2 10 19 28 19 2 4 13 18 36 -27 27

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