Machida Zelvia vs Kyoto Sanga Live Stream, Predictions (May 07)

📊 Form Guide

Machida Zelvia

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Machida Zelvia will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 1-0 J1 League defeat last time out to Kashima Antlers.

In that match, Machida Zelvia had 43% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. On the other side, Kashima Antlers got 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Kyosuke Tagawa (39') was the scorer for Kashima Antlers.

A common trait of more recent Machida Zelvia games is the number of results with a nil in them.

From their prior sextet of clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a bet on "Both Teams to Score" would've been a loser. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen if that pattern will be replicated in this next game.

Analysis of their past results shows that Machida Zelvia:

• are unbeaten in the league by Kyoto Sanga in their last 2 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.

Kyoto Sanga

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Cerezo Osaka in J1 League action, Kyoto Sanga will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Kyoto Sanga had 52% possession and 22 shots at goal with 6 on target. For Kyoto Sanga, the goalscorers were Taichi Hara (12') and Temma Matsuda (14'). On the other side, Cerezo Osaka got 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Lucas Fernandes (18') and Motohiko Nakajima (65') scored for Cerezo Osaka.

The stats don’t lie, and Kyoto Sanga have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 9 goals in total. At the back, Kyoto Sanga have seen their frailties exposed.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels stretching back to 02/08/2020, neither club has come out on top overall with Machida Zelvia winning 3 of those games, Kyoto Sanga 3 and 0 being drawn in regulation time.

A combined total of 12 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 for Machida and 4 for Kyoto. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was J1 League match day 37 on 30/11/2024 when the final score was Machida Zelvia 1-0 Kyoto Sanga.

That time, Machida Zelvia managed 50% possession and 20 shots at goal with 4 on target.

Kyoto Sanga got 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. Gakuji Ota (67' Own goal) scored.

The match was refereed by Futoshi Nakamura.

ℹ️ Team News: Machida Zelvia

Looking at personnel, there is just the sole fitness concern for the Machida Zelvia manager Go Kuroda to be concerned with due to a largely intact squad. Takumi Narasaka (Cruciate ligament injury) misses out.

📋 Team News: Kyoto Sanga

Thanks to a mainly full-strength group of players, there’s only the one fitness problem for the Kyoto Sanga gaffer Kwi-jae Cho to contend with. Sung-yun Gu (Meniscus injury) won’t be in action.

🔮 Prediction

In our opinion, Kyoto Sanga will have to play well to see themselves scoring against this Machida Zelvia outfit who we think will manage to score & go ahead.

We’ve gone for a very competitive game with a 1-0 victory for Machida Zelvia at full-time.

Little in this one.

Victor Martins, 08:04 04/05/2025