Machida Zelvia will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Tokushima Vortis.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Machida and Tokushima Vortis.
Machida Zelvia form and stats
1-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Machida Zelvia so far this season.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 183 minutes without scoring a league goal. S. Scepovic was the last player to find the net.
Machida Zelvia's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus JEF United (placed 13th). Heartbreak before that as Machida lost 0-1 at Kyoto Sanga's place.
The manager R. Popović will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Giravanz Kitakyushu in only three days.
Machida has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. On the other hand, Machida Zelvia have conceded 5 goals.
Tokushima Vortis form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the J2-League away games so far for Tokushima Vortis, who have the most scored goals (20) in J2-League, with six points collected from three matches. Momentum is building for Tokushima in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Tokushima won their last game, 3-1 versus V-Varen Nagasaki played at home. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Montedio Yamagata.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Tokushima manager R. Rodríguez Suárez as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Ventforet Kofu.
Tokushima are a potent attacking force on the road with their 8 goals in 3 league games. Tokushima Vortis struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Machida-Tokushima Vortis H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Machida Zelvia three wins, Tokushima Vortis four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Kawata 14 goals |
Machida Zelvia missing players
Tokushima Vortis missing players
| Machida Zelvia | Tokushima Vortis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 80% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 78% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 56% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 44% |
| 10% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 11% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 44% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.7 | 3.6 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | 32 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 25 | 99 |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 39 |
| 29% | 31% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 51% |
- All of Tokushima Vortis's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Tokushima Vortis has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0)
- Tokushima Vortis has the most scored goals (20)
- Tokushima Vortis has the most scored goals in the first half (11)
- Tokushima Vortis has the the best goal difference (+10)
- Tokushima Vortis have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Tokushima Vortis have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Tokushima Vortis have scored more than double the goals of Machida Zelvia.
- Tokushima Vortis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tokushima Vortis is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 2 | Tokushima Vortis | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Omiya Ardija | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Kyoto Sanga | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Jubilo Iwata | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | Albirex Niigata | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Ventforet Kofu | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Tochigi | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | Machida Zelvia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | JEF United | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | Mito Hollyhock | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Fagiano Okayama | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 12 |
| 16 | Tokyo Verdy | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 17 | Ryukyu | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 19 | Ehime | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 8 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 21 | Montedio Yamagata | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -15 | 6 |