Machida Zelvia vs Shonan Bellmare Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 25)

📏 Form Guide

Machida Zelvia

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Machida Zelvia will be looking for an improved result here following the 1-0 J1 League defeat in their last game at the hands of Vissel Kobe.

In that game, Machida Zelvia managed 34% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Machida Zelvia was Daihachi Okamura (62' Own goal). For their opponents, Vissel Kobe had 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

Go Kuroda's Machida Zelvia have scored 6 times over their past 6 outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that they have conceded in that time is 7.

Ahead of this meeting, Machida Zelvia have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

Shonan Bellmare

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After a losing effort in their last game against Kashiwa Reysol in J1 League competition, Shonan Bellmare and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Shonan Bellmare managed 51% possession and 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Kashiwa Reysol got 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Yuki Kakita (48') scored for Kashiwa Reysol.

It is worth noting that Shonan Bellmare have made hard work of scoring goals over their last 6 clashes, contributing the poor return of just 4. In those matches, Shonan have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 10.

Ahead of this clash, Shonan Bellmare are without an away win for the past 5 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head clashes dating back to 08/04/2012 shows that Machida Zelvia have won 0 of these games & Shonan Bellmare 3, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

A sum of 8 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 1 from Machida and 7 netted by Shonan. That is an average goals per game value of 1.33.

The last league match featuring these sides was J1 League match day 26 on 11/08/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Machida Zelvia 0-1 Shonan Bellmare.

On that occasion, Machida Zelvia had 52% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

For their opponents, Shonan Bellmare got 8 shots on goal with 4 on target. Masaki Ikeda (48') was the scorer.

The referee was Masuya Ueda.

🗞️ Team News: Machida Zelvia

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the sole fitness concern for the Machida Zelvia manager Go Kuroda to be concerned with from of an almost fully healthy group. Takumi Narasaka (Cruciate ligament injury) misses out.

🗞️ Team News: Shonan Bellmare

Shonan Bellmare manager Satoshi Yamaguchi has multiple availability issues to deal with. Sena Ishibashi (Ankle ligament tear), Kanaru Matsumoto (Cruciate ligament injury), Taiyo Hiraoka (Hamstring injury), Soki Tamura (Thigh problems), Zé Ricardo (Inflammation in the knee) and Tatsunari Nagai (Calf injury) can’t be considered.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Shonan Bellmare may not find it easy to score against this Machida Zelvia side who we think might well manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We’re therefore expecting a hard-fought 1-0 winning score for Machida Zelvia after 90 minutes.

It should be a good one.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Turning to the betting odds in the 90 minute result market, backing Machida Zelvia is available for 2.05, backing the draw is 3.25 and putting your money on the winning team to be Shonan Bellmare can get you 3.9. These are the top returns on offer at the current time.

Lucas Pereira, 11:02 21/04/2025