Balanced ball game between Machida Zelvia and V-Varen Nagasaki expected

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sun 16.June
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Machida Athletic Stadium (10328 seats)

The visiting V-Varen Nagasaki side should be favourites in this visit to Machida Zelvia, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither Machida Zelvia nor V-Varen Nagasaki 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.

It's quite the trip for V-Varen Nagasaki when visiting Machida Zelvia as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

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Machida Zelvia form and stats

2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Machida Zelvia have to build on here at Machida Athletic Stadium. The home fans are hungry for more even though Machida Zelvia have been steadily collecting points here at Machida Athletic Stadium through three straight draws.

The points were shared in Machida Zelvia's previous game, also at home. Visiting V-Varen Nagasaki travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Tokushima Vortis.

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 twelve games. Machida Zelvia has won 3 of these, drawn 7 and lost 2.

Machida Zelvia aren't scoring a lot here at Machida Athletic Stadium with only 7 goals from 8 games. Machida Zelvia have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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V-Varen Nagasaki form and stats

As the visiting team V-Varen Nagasaki have produced an overall stat of 5-1-3 so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Machida Zelvia in their previous outing. The J2-League match ended in a draw 2-2. Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Fagiano Okayama.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by V-Varen Nagasaki in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for V-Varen Nagasaki, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

V-Varen Nagasaki has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 14 goals from 9 games. 9 goals have been conceded by V-Varen Nagasaki in these games.

Head 2 Head

Machida Zelvia and V-Varen Nagasaki have met before this season: Machida Zelvia - V-Varen Nagasaki 2-2. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 1 - 3 - 1 (Machida Zelvia wins - draws - V-Varen Nagasaki wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

H. Goya
10 goals
C. Togashi
4 goals
Y. Kagawa
4 goals

Machida Zelvia missing players

V-Varen Nagasaki missing players

Machida Zelvia V-Varen Nagasaki
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
18 9 5 Played 5 10 18
5 2 0 Won 4 5 8
6 4 2 Drew 1 2 4
7 3 3 Lost 0 3 6
17 9 3 Scored 12 16 25
25 13 9 Conceded 2 11 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 80% 90% 89%
61% 67% 80% Over 1.5 60% 70% 56%
33% 44% 40% Over 2.5 60% 60% 50%
22% 33% 20% Over 3.5 60% 40% 39%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 20% 10% 17%
44% 44% 40% BTTS 40% 40% 39%
22% 22% 0% Clean Sheets 60% 40% 39%
33% 33% 60% Failed To Score 20% 30% 33%
 
6.7 5.4 4.2 Corners For (avg) 4.8 4.3 3.8
5.3 5.1 6.2 Corners Against (avg) 6.4 6.9 6.4
1.5 0.9 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 1.8 1.2
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Machida Zelvia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Machida Zelvia have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Machida Zelvia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • V-Varen Nagasaki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Machida Zelvia
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
19-05-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 2 - 2 Kyoto Sanga
26-05-19 J2 Gifu 1 - 2 Machida Zelvia
02-06-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 2 - 2 Tochigi
08-06-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 1 - 0 Machida Zelvia
16-06-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 2 - 2 V-Varen Nagasaki
23-06-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 09:00 Fagiano Okayama
29-06-19 J2 JEF United 09:00 Machida Zelvia
03-07-19 EC Machida Zelvia 10:00 Kataller Toyama
07-07-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 10:00 Machida Zelvia
14-07-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 09:00 Avispa Fukuoka
V-Varen Nagasaki
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup J2-League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
22-05-19 NC V-Varen Nagasaki 3 - 1 Yokohama F. Marinos
25-05-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 1 - 0 Tokushima Vortis
02-06-19 J2 JEF United 1 - 4 V-Varen Nagasaki
08-06-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 2 - 3 Fagiano Okayama
16-06-19 J2 Machida Zelvia 2 - 2 V-Varen Nagasaki
19-06-19 NC V-Varen Nagasaki 10:00 Gamba Osaka
22-06-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 09:00 Montedio Yamagata
26-06-19 NC Gamba Osaka 10:00 V-Varen Nagasaki
29-06-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 09:00 Ryūkyū
03-07-19 EC V-Varen Nagasaki 10:00 Kochi United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Montedio Yamagata 18 10 6 2 22 11 9 6 2 1 10 4 9 4 4 1 12 7 11 36
2 Omiya Ardija 18 9 7 2 24 15 9 5 3 1 15 10 9 4 4 1 9 5 9 34
3 Mito Hollyhock 18 9 6 3 19 9 8 3 4 1 10 5 10 6 2 2 9 4 10 33
4 Ventforet Kofu 18 8 6 4 26 16 9 4 2 3 12 10 9 4 4 1 14 6 10 30
5 Kyoto Sanga 18 8 6 4 25 18 9 4 3 2 10 7 9 4 3 2 15 11 7 30
6 V-Varen Nagasaki 17 8 3 6 23 18 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 5 1 3 14 9 5 27
7 Kashiwa Reysol 17 7 6 4 14 11 8 4 3 1 7 2 9 3 3 3 7 9 3 27
8 Fagiano Okayama 18 7 6 5 22 20 10 5 4 1 14 10 8 2 2 4 8 10 2 27
9 Zweigen Kanazawa 18 6 8 4 22 13 8 3 4 1 9 3 10 3 4 3 13 10 9 26
10 Ryūkyū 18 6 7 5 25 22 9 5 4 0 15 8 9 1 3 5 10 14 3 25
11 Tokushima Vortis 18 6 6 6 19 19 8 4 3 1 9 6 10 2 3 5 10 13 0 24
12 Tokyo Verdy 18 6 6 6 24 25 10 4 4 2 15 14 8 2 2 4 9 11 -1 24
13 Albirex Niigata 18 6 5 7 25 22 8 3 1 4 9 9 10 3 4 3 16 13 3 23
14 Yokohama 18 6 4 8 20 22 9 3 2 4 12 13 9 3 2 4 8 9 -2 22
15 JEF United 18 5 7 6 20 26 9 3 3 3 13 16 9 2 4 3 7 10 -6 22
16 Machida Zelvia 17 5 5 7 15 23 8 2 3 3 7 11 9 3 2 4 8 12 -8 20
17 Ehime 18 5 4 9 16 21 11 4 2 5 11 12 7 1 2 4 5 9 -5 19
18 Kagoshima United 18 5 2 11 16 22 10 4 0 6 11 15 8 1 2 5 5 7 -6 17
19 Renofa Yamaguchi 18 4 5 9 23 31 9 1 2 6 10 18 9 3 3 3 13 13 -8 17
20 Tochigi 18 3 8 7 14 22 9 1 5 3 5 8 9 2 3 4 9 14 -8 17
21 Avispa Fukuoka 17 4 4 9 15 25 8 1 2 5 3 10 9 3 2 4 12 15 -10 16
22 Gifu 18 3 3 12 14 32 10 3 2 5 11 16 8 0 1 7 3 16 -18 12

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