Montedio Yamagata vs Machida Zelvia Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Montedio Yamagata

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Montedio Yamagata will be hoping to bounce back here following the 1-0 J2 League defeat last time out to Thespa Kusatsu.

Hayate Take (5') scored for Thespa Kusatsu.

Three or more goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Montedio Yamagata have been involved. Opposing sides scored 7 times in these games while Montedio Yamagata totted up 11. Regardless, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend might continue on in this upcoming game.

Their previous form shows that Montedio Yamagata:

• are unbeaten in the league by Machida Zelvia in their last 2 games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 6 home league matches.

Machida Zelvia

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Machida Zelvia head into the encounter following on from a 3-0 J2 League win versus Mito Hollyhock in their last match.

For Machida Zelvia, the goals were scored by Erik (14'), Daigo Takahashi (64') and Shunta Araki (76').

During their 6 most recent matches, Go Kuroda's Machida Zelvia have found the back of the net 9 times, yielding them a goals per game average of 1.5.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 04/07/2020 shows that Montedio Yamagata have won 2 of these & Machida Zelvia 1, with the number of drawn games being 3.

A combined sum of 18 goals were scored between them in these games, with 9 for Yamagata and 9 for Machida. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The last league match featuring these sides was J2 League match day 29 on 30/07/2022 which ended up with the score at Montedio Yamagata 1-0 Machida Zelvia.

The match was refereed by Shu Kawamata.

📋 Team News: Montedio Yamagata

Eisuke Fujishima (Cruciate Ligament Injury), Yuta Kumamoto (Calf Strain) and Takayuki Arakaki (Acromioclavicular Separation) won’t be available for Montedio Yamagata gaffer Peter Cklamovski.

🗞️ Team News: Machida Zelvia

Machida Zelvia boss Go Kuroda has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Hokuto Shimoda (Calf Strain), Koki Fukui (Fractured Finger), Yohei Okuyama (Hamstring Injury), Kazuma Yamaguchi (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Yuya Takazawa (Achilles tendon rupture) and Kai Miki (Thigh muscle rupture) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

⚡ Prediction

We are of the inclination to think that Machida Zelvia and Montedio Yamagata are both capable of scoring here.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a hard-fought 1-1 score draw at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 03:08 15/03/2023