Machida Zelvia vs Kashiwa Reysol Live Stream, Predictions (May 17)

📊 Form Guide

Machida Zelvia

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Machida Zelvia prepare for this match after a 2-2 J1 League draw against Shimizu S-Pulse.

In that game, Machida Zelvia managed 39% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Machida Zelvia, the goalscorers were Takuma Nishimura (21') and Kotaro Hayashi (66'). For their opponents, Shimizu S-Pulse had 12 shots on goal with 4 of them 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 head into the match after a 0-2 J1 League win with the defeat of Yokohama F. Marinos in their most recent match.

In that game, Kashiwa Reysol had 50% possession and 19 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Kashiwa Reysol, goals were scored by Yoshio Koizumi (56') and Kosuke Kinoshita (90'). At the other end, Yokohama F. Marinos got 9 shots on goal with 1 of them 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 meeting between the two was J1 League match day 34 on 19/10/2024 when it finished Kashiwa Reysol 1-1 Machida Zelvia.

That day, Kashiwa Reysol managed 52% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Mao Hosoya (63').

At the other end, Machida Zelvia had 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Hokuto Shimoda (95') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Koei Koya.

📋 Team News: Machida Zelvia

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the lone fitness concern for the Machida Zelvia manager Go Kuroda to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group of players. Takumi Narasaka (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Kashiwa Reysol

Owing to an otherwise healthy group of players, there’s only the lone fitness issue for the Kashiwa Reysol manager Ricardo Rodríguez to contend with. Daiki Sugioka (Hamstring injury) won’t be playing here.

💡 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.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Checking on the latest odds for this match on the full-time result market, putting your money on Machida Zelvia is best priced at 2.4, going for a draw is 3 & betting on the winning team to be Kashiwa Reysol can get you 3.2. These are the best of the returns being offered at present.

Renata Leite, 06:10 15/05/2025