Renofa Yamaguchi vs Machida Zelvia Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Renofa Yamaguchi

DWLLWL

Renofa Yamaguchi will be hoping for a better result after the 3-2 J2 League loss in their previous game against Tochigi S.C.

For Renofa Yamaguchi, the goalscorers were Yuki Kusano (25') and Kota Kawano (86'). Yōhei Toyoda (4', 55') and Yasutaka Yanagi (73') scored for Tochigi S.C.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Renofa Yamaguchi haven’t conceded. The facts show that Renofa Yamaguchi have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 10 goals during that time. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Going into this encounter, Renofa Yamaguchi are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Machida Zelvia

WLDLWW

Machida Zelvia will go into this meeting following a 0-4 J2 League win as they beat Zweigen Kanazawa in their most recent outing.

For Machida Zelvia, the goals were scored by Kaishu Sano (11'), Yuki Nakashima (13'), Shusuke Ota (29') and Tae-Se Jong (88').

In their last half-dozen clashes, Machida Zelvia have bagged a tally of 11 goals. Machida Zelvia have also managed to score in every single one of those games. Over that period, they’ve seen 5 goals scored by their opponents.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their past head to head clashes going back to 17/10/2018 shows that Renofa Yamaguchi have won 2 of these games and Machida Zelvia 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

In all, 10 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 of them for Renofa and 5 being from Machida. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The previous league meeting between these sides was J2 League match day 11 on 02/05/2021 when the final score was Machida Zelvia 0-2 Renofa Yamaguchi.

The referee was Hirozaku Otsubo.

ℹ️ Team News: Renofa Yamaguchi

Regarding absentees, there’s just a single fitness concern for the Renofa Yamaguchi gaffer Susumu Watanabe to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Kentaro Seki (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury) won’t play. Riku Tanaka will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

📰 Team News: Machida Zelvia

Machida Zelvia manager Ranko Popović has to choose a team with limited availability. Shuta Doi (Thigh Muscle Strain) and Taiki Hirato (Hamstring Injury) are not ready for selection.

✨ Prediction

When taking everything into account, Renofa Yamaguchi might well have a job on their hands to score against this Machida Zelvia side who we reckon should get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

We’re therefore predicting a good battle with a 0-1 win for Machida Zelvia when the referee blows for full-time.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

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

Lucas Pereira, 23:28 06/09/2021