⚽️ What was the score last time these teams met in this competition?

The previous league game featuring these clubs was J2 League match day 1 on 20/02/2022 and the score finished Machida Zelvia 0-0 FC Ryukyu. The referee was Takafumi Mikuriya.

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FC Ryukyu

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2022-06-26 09:30:00

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FC Ryukyu

DLDLLL 📉

FC Ryukyu will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 1-0 J2 League loss in their previous game against Fagiano Okayama.

Kiwara Miyazaki (93') scored for Fagiano Okayama.

It’s been seldom in recent games where FC Ryukyu have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that FC Ryukyu have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 12 goals along the way. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this next game, however.

Analysis of their past results shows that FC Ryukyu:

haven't been beaten in the league by Machida Zelvia in their previous 2 matches.
are without a home win in the past 3 league games.

Machida Zelvia

WLWLDW

Machida Zelvia go into this encounter following a 3-2 J2 League win to beat Zweigen Kanazawa in their most recent fixture.

For Machida Zelvia, the goals were scored by Shusuke Ota (8', 92') and Dudu (62'). Yōhei Toyoda (37') and Ryuhei Oishi (71') scored for Zweigen Kanazawa.

During their six most recent matches, Ranko Popović's Machida Zelvia have had reason to celebrate scoring 9 times, giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.5.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 29/09/2019 shows that FC Ryukyu have won 0 of these games & Machida Zelvia 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

A sum of 10 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 2 for Ryukyu and 8 coming from Machida. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was J2 League match day 1 on 20/02/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Machida Zelvia 0-0 FC Ryukyu.

The match was refereed by Takafumi Mikuriya.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Ryukyu

Yuki Kusano (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury) and Kosuke Inose (Shoulder Injury) are not available for FC Ryukyu boss Tetsuhiro Kina.

📰 Team News: Machida Zelvia

Thanks to a mainly healthy squad, there’s only the lone fitness issue for the Machida Zelvia boss Ranko Popović to contend with. Kai Miki (Hamstring Injury) won’t be in action.

✨ Prediction

We think that FC Ryukyu may well find it hard to find the net against this Machida Zelvia outfit who will likely score one, at least.

We’ve gone for a highly competitive game with a 0-1 winning margin for Machida Zelvia at full-time.

Expecting it to be tight.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 23:38 21/06/2022

Correct Score Prediction

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⚽️ Team Focus:
FC Ryukyu

Formed: 2003
Stadium: Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium (10,189)
Captain: Ryohei Okazaki
Chairman: Atsushi Ogawa
Manager: Tetsuhiro Kina
Competitions: J2 League position 22

🔑 Key Man: Katsuya Nakano

Mostly played in the Right Attacking Midfielder position, Katsuya Nakano was born in Nara, Japan. Having made a first senior appearance for FC Ryukyu in the 2022 season, the dangerous Midfielder has managed 4 league goals in the J2 League 2022 campaign to date in 22 appearances.

Head to head

Machida Zelvia	2022-02-20 05:00:00 0 - 0	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2021-10-30 09:30:00 0 - 0	Machida Zelvia
Machida Zelvia	2021-04-21 10:00:00 3 - 0	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2020-12-20 05:00:00 0 - 1	Machida Zelvia
Machida Zelvia	2020-09-06 10:00:00 4 - 2	FC Ryukyu
Machida Zelvia	2019-09-29 07:00:00 0 - 0	FC Ryukyu

J2 League Japan League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	+/-	Pts	Form
1	Albirex Niigata Albirex	22	13	6	3	21	45	WWDWW
2	Yokohama FC Yokohama	22	12	7	3	9	43	WWDDW
3	Vegalta Sendai Vegalta	23	12	4	7	9	40	DWLDL
4	Fagiano Okayama Okayama	21	9	8	4	9	35	DDWWW
5	Montedio Yamagata Yamagata	22	9	7	6	11	34	LWLDL
6	V-Varen Nagasaki V-Varen	22	10	4	8	4	34	LDWWW
7	Machida Zelvia Machida	22	9	6	7	6	33	LWLDW
8	JEF United Chiba JEF Utd	22	8	7	7	2	31	WWWDD
9	Roasso Kumamoto Roasso K	22	7	10	5	-2	31	WDDDD
10	Ventforet Kofu Kofu	22	7	9	6	0	30	DDLDW
11	Tokyo Verdy Tokyo Verdy	22	7	8	7	3	29	LDDDW
12	Oita Trinita Oita	22	7	8	7	3	29	DWWLD
13	Mito Hollyhock HollyHock	22	8	5	9	2	29	LLWWD
14	Zweigen Kanazawa Zweigen	22	7	7	8	-3	28	WWLDL
15	AFC Blaublitz Akita AFC Blaublitz Akita	22	7	5	10	-10	26	DLDLL
16	Tokushima Vortis Tokushima	22	4	13	5	5	25	DDDDL
17	Renofa Yamaguchi Yamaguchi	22	6	6	10	-4	24	LLWLL
18	Thespa Kusatsu Gunma	22	6	5	11	-7	23	LLLDL
19	Tochigi S.C. Tochigi	22	5	8	9	-8	23	WLLDD
20	Ōmiya Ardija Omiya	22	5	7	10	-12	22	WDLWD
21	Iwate Grulla Morioka Grulla Morioka	22	6	4	12	-20	22	LWDDW
22	FC Ryukyu Ryukyu	22	3	6	13	-18	15	LDLLL

Last 6 for FC Ryukyu

Fagiano Okayama	2022-06-18 10:00:00 1 - 0	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2022-06-11 09:30:00 1 - 2	V-Varen Nagasaki
Montedio Yamagata	2022-06-05 05:00:00 4 - 0	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2022-05-29 09:30:00 3 - 3	Tokushima Vortis
Ōmiya Ardija	2022-05-25 10:00:00 1 - 0	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2022-05-21 10:00:00 1 - 1	Ventforet Kofu

Last 6 for Machida Zelvia

Machida Zelvia	2022-06-19 09:00:00 3 - 2	Zweigen Kanazawa
Machida Zelvia	2022-06-12 05:00:00 1 - 1	Roasso Kumamoto
Oita Trinita	2022-06-05 05:00:00 3 - 1	Machida Zelvia
Machida Zelvia	2022-05-29 05:00:00 2 - 0	Blaublitz Akita
Tochigi S.C.	2022-05-25 10:00:00 1 - 0	Machida Zelvia
Machida Zelvia	2022-05-22 05:00:00 2 - 0	Thespa Kusatsu

Last 6 home matches for FC Ryukyu

FC Ryukyu	2022-06-11 00:00:00 1 - 2	V-Varen Nagasaki
FC Ryukyu	2022-05-29 00:00:00 3 - 3	Tokushima Vortis
FC Ryukyu	2022-05-21 00:00:00 1 - 1	Ventforet Kofu
FC Ryukyu	2022-05-14 00:00:00 1 - 0	Tochigi S.C.
FC Ryukyu	2022-04-30 00:00:00 1 - 1	Albirex Niigata
FC Ryukyu	2022-04-27 00:00:00 1 - 1	Zweigen Kanazawa

Last 6 away matches for Machida Zelvia

Oita Trinita	2022-06-05 00:00:00 3 - 1	Machida Zelvia
Tochigi S.C.	2022-05-25 00:00:00 1 - 0	Machida Zelvia
Mito Hollyhock	2022-05-08 00:00:00 0 - 0	Machida Zelvia
Renofa Yamaguchi	2022-05-04 00:00:00 3 - 1	Machida Zelvia
Yokohama FC	2022-04-27 00:00:00 1 - 1	Machida Zelvia
Ventforet Kofu	2022-04-23 00:00:00 1 - 0	Machida Zelvia

FC Ryukyu average home statistics

Goals scored	1.3
Goals conceded	1.9
Time first goal scored	35
Time first goal conceded	39
Yellow cards	1.6
Red cards	0
Subs used	4.8
Biggest victory	1-0
Biggest defeat	5-2

Machida Zelvia average away statistics

Goals scored	0.9
Goals conceded	1.3
Time first goal scored	49
Time first goal conceded	29
Yellow cards	0.8
Red cards	0
Subs used	4.4
Biggest victory	3-0
Biggest defeat	3-1

FC Ryukyu leading goal scorers

Yuki Kusano	7
Katsuya Nakano	4
Ryunsuke Noda	3
Koki Kiyotake	2
Shinya Uehara	2

Machida Zelvia leading goal scorers

Taiki Hirato	5
Shusuke Ota	5
Tae-Se Jong	4
Dudu	3
Vinícius Araújo	2

FC Ryukyu fixtures

FC Ryukyu	2022-06-26 09:30:00	Machida Zelvia
Tokyo Verdy	2022-07-03 09:00:00	FC Ryukyu
Iwate Grulla Morioka	2022-07-06 09:00:00	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2022-07-10 10:00:00	Vegalta Sendai
FC Ryukyu	2022-07-17 09:30:00	Ōmiya Ardija
Tokushima Vortis	2022-07-23 09:00:00	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2022-07-30 09:30:00	Roasso Kumamoto
Ventforet Kofu	2022-08-06 09:00:00	FC Ryukyu
V-Varen Nagasaki	2022-08-13 10:00:00	FC Ryukyu
FC Ryukyu	2022-08-20 09:30:00	Montedio Yamagata

Machida Zelvia fixtures

FC Ryukyu	2022-06-26 09:30:00	Machida Zelvia
Machida Zelvia	2022-07-02 09:00:00	Vegalta Sendai
Machida Zelvia	2022-07-06 10:00:00	Mito Hollyhock
Thespa Kusatsu	2022-07-10 10:00:00	Machida Zelvia
Machida Zelvia	2022-07-17 09:00:00	V-Varen Nagasaki
Iwate Grulla Morioka	2022-07-23 09:00:00	Machida Zelvia
Montedio Yamagata	2022-07-30 10:00:00	Machida Zelvia
Machida Zelvia	2022-08-06 10:00:00	Oita Trinita
JEF United Chiba	2022-08-14 09:00:00	Machida Zelvia
Ōmiya Ardija	2022-08-20 10:00:00	Machida Zelvia

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