The J2 League clash at Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium on Sunday will see home team FC Ryukyu play Machida Zelvia.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for FC Ryukyu v Machida Zelvia - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
FC Ryukyu
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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
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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.
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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.
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Team News: FC Ryukyu
Yuki Kusano (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury) and Kosuke Inose (Shoulder Injury) are not available for FC Ryukyu boss Tetsuhiro Kina.
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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.
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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
⚽️ 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.