Evenly matched teams: Ventforet Kofu vs Machida Zelvia match preview

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 25.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium (15859 seats)

It's advantage Ventforet Kofu so far with their 7th position in the J2-League table, welcoming Machida Zelvia who are placed 14th.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Ventforet Kofu form and stats

Overall J2-League stats at home this season for Ventforet Kofu are 7-5-2 (wins-draw-losses).

No payout for Ventforet Kofu in their previous match, an away game at ThespaKusatsu Gunma that ended in defeat 0-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Tokushima Vortis and winning 1-0.

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

Ventforet Kofu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, Ventforet have conceded 14 goals.

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Machida Zelvia form and stats

As the visiting team in J2-League matches, Machida Zelvia have produced an overall stat of 4-3-6 so far.

The attacking players of Machida have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Machida Zelvia goalkeeper Yota Akimoto is eager to challenge this, with his 315 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Machida's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Avispa Fukuoka that finished 0-0. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to JEF United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Machida Zelvia playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were five Machida wins, two draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Machida as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Machida Zelvia have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Machida Zelvia - Ventforet 0-0, played this season. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Ventforet, four draws and one win for Machida Zelvia. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

VentforetL. dos Santos Gonzaga
L. dos Santos Gonzaga
7 goals
Machida ZelviaT. Hirato
T. Hirato
7 goals
Ventforet KofuS. Ota
S. Ota
6 goals

Ventforet Kofu missing players

Machida Zelvia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ventforet Kofu Machida Zelvia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 13 28
10 7 1 Won W 0 4 8
12 5 2 Drew D 0 3 12
6 2 1 Lost L 3 6 8
36 19 2 Scored S 2 11 29
32 14 2 Conceded C 8 18 30
86% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 79%
68% 64% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 68%
43% 36% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 32%
25% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 18%
14% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
57% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 38% 36%
32% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 43%
25% 29% 75% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.9 1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
227 129 31 Total Shots T S 22 94 221
99 62 15 Shots on Target S O 3 31 81
32% 31% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 35% 33%
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Machida Zelvia has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in J2-League
  • Machida Zelvia 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 Avispa Fukuoka 28 17 5 6 33 20 13 7 2 4 15 11 15 10 3 2 18 9 13 56
2 Tokushima Vortis 28 16 7 5 44 21 14 6 5 3 20 9 14 10 2 2 24 12 23 55
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 28 14 8 6 40 30 12 8 2 2 17 9 16 6 6 4 23 21 10 50
4 Giravanz Kitakyushu 28 14 5 9 39 31 14 8 3 3 20 14 14 6 2 6 19 17 8 47
5 Albirex Niigata 28 11 11 6 42 32 15 5 6 4 21 19 13 6 5 2 21 13 10 44
6 Montedio Yamagata 29 11 9 9 39 28 15 7 3 5 24 16 14 4 6 4 15 12 11 42
7 Ventforet Kofu 28 10 12 6 36 32 14 7 5 2 19 14 14 3 7 4 17 18 4 42
8 Kyoto Sanga 28 11 8 9 32 31 13 8 2 3 21 14 15 3 6 6 11 17 1 41
9 Tokyo Verdy 29 10 10 9 33 29 14 5 5 4 16 11 15 5 5 5 17 18 4 40
10 Jubilo Iwata 28 9 11 8 35 30 14 6 4 4 23 15 14 3 7 4 12 15 5 38
11 Tochigi 28 10 8 10 26 24 14 4 5 5 13 11 14 6 3 5 13 13 2 38
12 Zweigen Kanazawa 28 10 8 10 40 39 14 5 5 4 18 16 14 5 3 6 22 23 1 38
13 Mito Hollyhock 28 9 9 10 47 42 15 4 5 6 24 25 13 5 4 4 23 17 5 36
14 Machida Zelvia 28 8 12 8 29 30 15 4 9 2 18 12 13 4 3 6 11 18 -1 36
15 Fagiano Okayama 28 9 9 10 26 28 16 6 4 6 17 17 12 3 5 4 9 11 -2 36
16 JEF United 28 10 5 13 31 32 15 4 3 8 16 21 13 6 2 5 15 11 -1 35
17 Omiya Ardija 28 9 8 11 27 34 13 5 5 3 13 12 15 4 3 8 14 22 -7 35
18 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 28 9 2 17 22 44 15 4 1 10 10 26 13 5 1 7 12 18 -22 29
19 Ryukyu 28 7 6 15 36 48 13 3 4 6 19 20 15 4 2 9 17 28 -12 27
20 Matsumoto Yamaga 28 5 11 12 27 43 13 3 5 5 13 20 15 2 6 7 14 23 -16 26
21 Renofa Yamaguchi 28 7 5 16 32 50 13 5 1 7 16 20 15 2 4 9 16 30 -18 26
22 Ehime 28 5 7 16 25 43 15 2 4 9 12 24 13 3 3 7 13 19 -18 22

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 Avispa Fukuoka 28 17 5 6 33 20 13 7 2 4 15 11 15 10 3 2 18 9 13 56
2 Tokushima Vortis 28 16 7 5 44 21 14 6 5 3 20 9 14 10 2 2 24 12 23 55
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 28 14 8 6 40 30 12 8 2 2 17 9 16 6 6 4 23 21 10 50
4 Giravanz Kitakyushu 28 14 5 9 39 31 14 8 3 3 20 14 14 6 2 6 19 17 8 47
5 Albirex Niigata 28 11 11 6 42 32 15 5 6 4 21 19 13 6 5 2 21 13 10 44
6 Montedio Yamagata 29 11 9 9 39 28 15 7 3 5 24 16 14 4 6 4 15 12 11 42
7 Ventforet Kofu 28 10 12 6 36 32 14 7 5 2 19 14 14 3 7 4 17 18 4 42
8 Kyoto Sanga 28 11 8 9 32 31 13 8 2 3 21 14 15 3 6 6 11 17 1 41
9 Tokyo Verdy 29 10 10 9 33 29 14 5 5 4 16 11 15 5 5 5 17 18 4 40
10 Jubilo Iwata 28 9 11 8 35 30 14 6 4 4 23 15 14 3 7 4 12 15 5 38
11 Tochigi 28 10 8 10 26 24 14 4 5 5 13 11 14 6 3 5 13 13 2 38
12 Zweigen Kanazawa 28 10 8 10 40 39 14 5 5 4 18 16 14 5 3 6 22 23 1 38
13 Mito Hollyhock 28 9 9 10 47 42 15 4 5 6 24 25 13 5 4 4 23 17 5 36
14 Machida Zelvia 28 8 12 8 29 30 15 4 9 2 18 12 13 4 3 6 11 18 -1 36
15 Fagiano Okayama 28 9 9 10 26 28 16 6 4 6 17 17 12 3 5 4 9 11 -2 36
16 JEF United 28 10 5 13 31 32 15 4 3 8 16 21 13 6 2 5 15 11 -1 35
17 Omiya Ardija 28 9 8 11 27 34 13 5 5 3 13 12 15 4 3 8 14 22 -7 35
18 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 28 9 2 17 22 44 15 4 1 10 10 26 13 5 1 7 12 18 -22 29
19 Ryukyu 28 7 6 15 36 48 13 3 4 6 19 20 15 4 2 9 17 28 -12 27
20 Matsumoto Yamaga 28 5 11 12 27 43 13 3 5 5 13 20 15 2 6 7 14 23 -16 26
21 Renofa Yamaguchi 28 7 5 16 32 50 13 5 1 7 16 20 15 2 4 9 16 30 -18 26
22 Ehime 28 5 7 16 25 43 15 2 4 9 12 24 13 3 3 7 13 19 -18 22

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