Machida Zelvia hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 30 points and a 16th position in the J2-League table. Visiting Zweigen Kanazawa holds 10th place with 34 pts.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Machida Zelvia form and stats
When playing at home in the J2-League, Machida Zelvia have managed 3 wins, 7 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 12 games. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Machida Stadium, but a victory now would be sweet for Machida.
In their previous game, the manager R. Popović led his Machida to a defeat in the J2-League match away at Albirex Niigata. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Machida Stadium. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Giravanz Kitakyushu that ended 1-1.
Machida were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Machida as they have a new game in only three days, a J2-League match thankfully also at home. Kyoto Sanga are visiting.
Machida has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Machida have conceded only 10 goals.
Zweigen Kanazawa form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the J2-League.
Kanazawa won their last game, 2-1 versus Ventforet Kofu played at home. Prior to that result Kanazawa won their away game at Matsumoto Yamaga. The scoreline was 1-0.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager M. Yanagishita when Lucão scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute.
After this away game Kanazawa return home for a J2-League game against Renofa Yamaguchi. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Zweigen Kanazawa are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 12 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Kanazawa have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Zweigen Kanazawa - Machida 1-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - four - two (Machida wins - draws - Zweigen Kanazawa wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Kato 9 goals | L. Meireles 8 goals |  T. Hirato 5 goals |
Machida Zelvia missing players
Zweigen Kanazawa missing players
| Machida Zelvia | Zweigen Kanazawa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 24 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | 34 |
| 28 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 32 |
| 83% | 67% | 25% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 88% |
| 71% | 58% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 58% | 46% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 42% | 25% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 33% | 21% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 50% | 54% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 33% | 29% |
| 42% | 50% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 25% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 186 | 96 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 65 | 139 | 281 |
| 65 | 37 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 45 | 90 |
| 34% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 44% | 38% |
- Machida Zelvia has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in J2-League
- Zweigen Kanazawa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 51 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 |
| 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 46 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Kyoto Sanga | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 38 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | Tokyo Verdy | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 35 |
| 9 | Mito Hollyhock | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 10 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Omiya Ardija | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | Montedio Yamagata | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 32 |
| 14 | Jubilo Iwata | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 15 | JEF United | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | -3 | 30 |
| 16 | Machida Zelvia | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 30 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 28 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -10 | 24 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 24 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -14 | 23 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -23 | 23 |
| 22 | Ehime | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -9 | 22 |