Machida Zelvia vs Tochigi S.C. Prediction & Betting Tips

The J2 League match at Machida Stadium on Sunday will see home team Machida Zelvia playing Tochigi S.C..

To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Machida Zelvia v Tochigi S.C., scroll down including the latest game odds.

📏 Form Guide

Machida Zelvia DDDWDL

Machida Zelvia will be hoping to bounce back here after a 4-0 J2 League losing effort in their last game against Mito Hollyhock.

Kazuma Yamaguchi (10') and Yushi Yamaya (27') scored for Mito Hollyhock.

Over their prior six fixtures, Naoki Soma's Machida Zelvia have celebrated scoring a combined total of 5 times - an average number of goals per match equal to 0.83.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Machida Zelvia:

• have not lost a league tie with Tochigi S.C. in their last 2 matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches at home.
• are without a home win in the past 4 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Tochigi S.C. LLDWWL

Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Zweigen Kanazawa in J2 League competition, Tochigi S.C. and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Kyohei Sugiura (29') scored for Zweigen Kanazawa.

A tendency of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Tochigi S.C. has become fairly consistent of late. Checking on their last 6 meetings reveals that it has occurred 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal total of 4 and Tochigi have scored 3.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head clashes dating back to 15/04/2012 shows us that Machida Zelvia have won 0 of these and Tochigi S.C. 3, with the number of draws standing at 3.

A total of 9 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 2 for Machida and 7 coming from Tochigi. That’s an average goals per game of 1.5.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was J2 League match day 28 on 17/08/2019 when the final score was Tochigi S.C. 0-0 Machida Zelvia.

The referee was Koichiro Fukushima.

ℹ️ Team News: Machida Zelvia

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Machida Zelvia boss Naoki Soma to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed squad. Ryu Joseph Hashimura (Herniated Disc) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Tochigi S.C.

With a fully injury-free squad to pick from, Tochigi S.C. manager Kazuaki Tasaka doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this game.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Tochigi S.C. are certainly able to get a goal against this Machida Zelvia lineup, although that realistically won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We can see a 2-1 advantage for Machida Zelvia at the end of the match. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Andre Moura, 23:09 21/07/2020