ThespaKusatsu Gunma - Machida Zelvia in J2-League: Data, squad info, tables, tendencies and news. Read our broad preview!
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Machida Zelvia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither ThespaKusatsu nor Machida Zelvia 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.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats
ThespaKusatsu Gunma's struggle is real here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma with only 10 points collected from 12 J2-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-6. ThespaKusatsu Gunma has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Ōtsuki and the players.
In their previous game, the manager Ōtsuki led his ThespaKusatsu Gunma to a defeat away at Zweigen Kanazawa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma.
Preceding that match was the home game against Albirex Niigata that was lost 0-2.A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 12 latest league games reveals that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sanfrecce Hiroshima are coming to town in three days.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma have scored 10 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. ThespaKusatsu's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Machida Zelvia form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Machida Zelvia so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
Home advantage was not enough for Machida Zelvia in their previous game as they lost hosting Mito Hollyhock, 2-3. A huge disappointment for Machida in their last match (vs Mito Hollyhock). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-3 defeat.
A 2-3 loss hosting Vegalta Sendai before that.The attacking power of Machida Zelvia when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Machida have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
ThespaKusatsu Gunma and Machida Zelvia have met before this season: Machida Zelvia - ThespaKusatsu Gunma 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one ThespaKusatsu Gunma victory, four draws and five Machida Zelvia wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Hirato 7 goals | S. Ota 6 goals |  S. Hiramatsu 5 goals |
ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players
Machida Zelvia missing players
| ThespaKusatsu Gunma | Machida Zelvia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 33 |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 84% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| 44% | 42% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 55% | 72% |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 45% | 44% |
| 20% | 25% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | 24% |
| 20% | 25% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 45% | 52% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 32% |
| 48% | 58% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 24% |
| 5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.9 | 8 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 8.8 | 9.7 |
| 2.4 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 35% |
| 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
- Machida Zelvia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have the fewest points from losing position (1) in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 50 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 48 |
| 3 | Vegalta Sendai | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 47 |
| 4 | Fagiano Okayama | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | JEF United | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 37 |
| 7 | Oita Trinita | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Machida Zelvia | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 36 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Roasso Kumamoto | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | Montedio Yamagata | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 33 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 33 |
| 14 | Tokushima Vortis | 25 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -2 | 31 |
| 16 | Ventforet Kofu | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 30 |
| 17 | Blaublitz Akita | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 28 |
| 18 | Tochigi | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 27 |
| 19 | Grulla Morioka | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -20 | 26 |
| 20 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 23 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -16 | 22 |
| 22 | Ryūkyū | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -19 | 18 |
