📊 Form Guide

Machida Zelvia

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Machida Zelvia enter this fixture following a 2-2 J1 League drawn result vs Shimizu S-Pulse.

In that match, Machida Zelvia managed 39% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Machida Zelvia, the scorers were Takuma Nishimura (21') and Kotaro Hayashi (66'). Shimizu S-Pulse had 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. Koya Kitagawa (66') and Douglas Tanque (84') scored for Shimizu S-Pulse.

It’s been all too rare in recent times where Machida Zelvia have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Machida Zelvia have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals on the way.

Pre-game facts show that Machida Zelvia:

• have not been beaten in the league by Kashiwa Reysol in their last 2 games.
• are without a home win in the past 4 league games. Things will have to change soon.

Kashiwa Reysol

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Kashiwa Reysol will go into the encounter following a 0-2 J1 League win in the defeat of Yokohama F. Marinos in their previous game.

In that game, Kashiwa Reysol had 50% possession and 19 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Kashiwa Reysol, goals were scored by Yoshio Koizumi (55') and Kosuke Kinoshita (91'). At the other end, Yokohama F. Marinos got 9 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

For 5 of the past 6 clashes featuring Kashiwa Reysol, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game during that period works out to a meagre 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by Reysol equalling 1.5. That kind of trend won’t necessarily follow through into this match, however.

Going into this encounter, Kashiwa Reysol have not been beaten in their last 8 league matches away from home. Travelling very well.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league clash between these clubs was J1 League match day 34 on 19/10/2024 when it ended Kashiwa Reysol 1-1 Machida Zelvia.

That time, Kashiwa Reysol managed 52% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Mao Hosoya (63').

Machida Zelvia had 14 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Hokuto Shimoda (95') was the scorer.

The referee was Koei Koya.

ℹ️ Team News: Machida Zelvia

There is just the lone fitness concern for the Machida Zelvia boss Go Kuroda to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength group. Takumi Narasaka (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Kashiwa Reysol

Due to a mostly healthy squad, there’s just a single fitness worry for the Kashiwa Reysol manager Ricardo Rodríguez to contend with. Daiki Sugioka (Hamstring injury) misses out for this game.

✨ Prediction

For this match, we think that Kashiwa Reysol should get enough chances to score against this Machida Zelvia team, but that realistically won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We think that it’s going to be a close game with a 2-1 win for Machida Zelvia by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Should be an interesting one.

Renata Leite, 04:11 17/05/2025