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Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Machida Zelvia : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 28th Sep, 11:00 BST, EDION Stadium, Hiroshima

Michael Skibbe and Go Kuroda take on one another in the J-League on Saturday morning, as Sanfrecce Hiroshima face Machida Zelvia at the EDION Stadium. All of the important stats for the clash, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers across 17 of the biggest betting markets are covered in this preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make the most well-informed bet possible.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Hiroshima
31%
--
Draw
26%
--
Machida
43%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Machida 1-0
11%
--
Hiroshima 1-0
9%
--
Machida 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Machida 2-0
8%
--
Hiroshima 2-1
7%
--
Hiroshima 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Machida 3-1
4%
--
Machida 3-0
4%
--
Hiroshima 3-1
3%
--
Machida 3-2
2%
--
Hiroshima 3-0
2%
--
Hiroshima 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
47%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
53%
--
Home 1st Goal
45%
--
Away 1st Goal
50%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
14%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
19%
--
Home/draw
57%
--
Away/draw
69%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
49%
--
Away DNB
61%
--
Hiroshima win to nil
17%
--
Machida win to nil
24%
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Hiroshima have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 2nd position in the league. Hiroshima have won all their 1 games against teams above them in the table and kept zero clean sheets in those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

1 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost zero games, drawn zero and won 1. Hiroshima have conceded 1 goal, scored 2, scored in every game and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Hiroshima have played 15 games at home, winning 9, drawing 3 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 30 goals, conceded 16 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and scored in every home league game.

Machida lay in 1st place on 58 points in the J-League league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 30 games against teams below them in the table, winning 17, drawing 7 and losing 6 games. They have scored 46 goals and kept 15 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Machida have conceded 22 goals and have failed to score in 7 matches.

Away league performance

Machida have played 15 away games, winning 10, drawing 4 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.5 goals per away game.

Hiroshima
Won
Draw
Lost
Scores
Machida
HOME AWAY TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY
Sep 28
w
 
1-2F
 Machida Away3017762458 
-
-
-
-
 Hiroshima Home30151142556 
l
 
1-2A
Sep 28
l
 
1-3A
d
 
0-00-0
 Vissel Kobe3016771955 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-3A
d
 
2-2A
 Kashima2914781049 
w
 
1-0F
Dec 8
d
 
1-1A
Dec 8
 Gamba Osaka291397948 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-3A
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-1F
 Tokyo Verdy3011118-244 
w
 
5-0F
w
 
0-1F
Sep 22
l
 
3-2F
 Yokohama FM2912512541 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-3A
w
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1F
 Tokyo3011811-141 
Nov 9
w
 
1-2F
l
 
2-3A
w
 
1-2F
 Nagoya3012414-240 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
Nov 10
 Urawa Reds281099639 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
 Albirex3010911-339 
l
 
1-3A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
 Cerezo299119-338 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
 Avispa3091110-538 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-3F
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1A
 Kawasaki2991010337 
Oct 5
w
 
0-1F
Nov 3
w
 
0-5F
 Kyoto Sanga2910712-1137 
Nov 30
w
 
0-3F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
 Kashiwa298912-1033 
w
 
2-0F
Oct 19
w
 
2-0F
Oct 19
 Shonan308814-632 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
Oct 6
 Jubilo Iwata298714-1331 
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-0A
Dec 1
d
 
1-1A
 Sapporo306717-2325 
Sep 21
w
 
1-2F
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-4F
 Sagan Tosu307320-2224 
w
 
3-1F
Nov 3
Win / draw / win form
10
Machida have not lost in 10 consecutive away league games
4
Machida have kept a clean sheet for 4 consecutive away league games
Hiroshima 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hiroshima3 - 2Tokyo
Hiroshima2 - 0Kashiwa
Hiroshima2 - 0Cerezo
Hiroshima1 - 0Avispa
Hiroshima1 - 3Vissel Kobe
Hiroshima1 - 1Albirex
Hiroshima4 - 1Tokyo Verdy
Hiroshima2 - 0Jubilo Iwata
Hiroshima1 - 3Kashima
Hiroshima2 - 3Nagoya
Hiroshima2 - 2Kawasaki
Hiroshima2 - 0Shonan
Hiroshima1 - 1Gamba Osaka
Hiroshima4 - 0Sagan Tosu
Hiroshima2 - 0Urawa Reds
Hiroshima3 - 0Gamba Osaka
Hiroshima0 - 0Cerezo
Hiroshima3 - 1Nagoya
Hiroshima2 - 0Vissel Kobe
Hiroshima3 - 2Kawasaki
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AHiroshima2 - 2Kashima
HHiroshima3 - 2Tokyo
HHiroshima2 - 0Kashiwa
AHiroshima2 - 1Nagoya
HHiroshima2 - 0Cerezo
AHiroshima1 - 0Tokyo Verdy
AHiroshima4 - 1Sagan Tosu
HHiroshima1 - 0Avispa
HHiroshima1 - 3Vissel Kobe
AHiroshima1 - 1Kawasaki
HHiroshima1 - 1Albirex
AHiroshima1 - 0Kashiwa
AHiroshima2 - 3Yokohama FM
HHiroshima4 - 1Tokyo Verdy
HHiroshima2 - 0Jubilo Iwata
AHiroshima1 - 1Cerezo
AHiroshima5 - 0Kyoto Sanga
HHiroshima1 - 3Kashima
HHiroshima2 - 3Nagoya
AHiroshima1 - 1Albirex
Machida 1ST
20 league games
Away
10
Overall
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
9
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
15
D
4
L
1
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Avispa0 - 3Machida
Albirex0 - 0Machida
Cerezo0 - 0Machida
Tokyo Verdy0 - 1Machida
Gamba Osaka1 - 3Machida
Vissel Kobe0 - 0Machida
Yokohama FM1 - 3Machida
Urawa Reds1 - 2Machida
Shonan0 - 0Machida
Kyoto Sanga0 - 3Machida
Jubilo Iwata2 - 0Machida
Tokyo1 - 2Machida
Kawasaki0 - 1Machida
Sapporo1 - 2Machida
Nagoya0 - 1Machida
Vegalta1 - 3Machida
Renofa0 - 2Machida
Roasso0 - 3Machida
Blaublitz1 - 2Machida
V-V Nagasaki0 - 6Machida
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
12
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMachida3 - 0Avispa
HMachida2 - 2Urawa Reds
AMachida0 - 0Albirex
HMachida4 - 0Jubilo Iwata
HMachida0 - 1Shonan
AMachida0 - 0Cerezo
HMachida1 - 2Yokohama FM
AMachida1 - 0Tokyo Verdy
HMachida1 - 0Nagoya
AMachida3 - 1Gamba Osaka
AMachida0 - 0Vissel Kobe
HMachida0 - 0Avispa
AMachida3 - 1Yokohama FM
HMachida1 - 3Albirex
AMachida2 - 1Urawa Reds
HMachida5 - 0Tokyo Verdy
HMachida2 - 1Cerezo
AMachida0 - 0Shonan
AMachida3 - 0Kyoto Sanga
HMachida2 - 0Kashiwa
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Goal Statistics
Hiroshima 2nd Machida 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Hiroshima will score no more than 1 goal
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Machida will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+18
Hiroshima have scored 18% more goals at home than predicted
+36
Machida have scored 36% more goals when away than predicted
2.1
average goals scored
1.9
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
0.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Hiroshima
PG (predicted goals)
Machida
1.2
1.4
Attack rating
21%
better
HIR
MAC
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Games scored29
23
Failed to score1
7
Scored first20
16
Goals scored55
46
Avg. goals scored1.8
1.5
Avg. shots per game14
9
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
17
Avg. XG for1.8
1.4
KickOff rating
+21%
Defence rating
HIR
MAC
18%
better
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Games conceded19
15
Clean sheets11
15
Conceded first9
9
Goals conceded30
22
Avg. goals conceded1
0.7
Avg. shots/game conceded8
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
10
Conversion rate against12%
10%
Avg. XG against1.1
0.9
KickOff rating
+18%

Hiroshima v Machida J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Hiroshima J-League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
30565
K OsakoN AraiS HigashiS Sasaki
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Osako GLK30
-
S Nakano DEF3043
2
-
S Higashi MID306
1
-
T Shiotani DEF291
2
-
M Kato FWD2944
-
S Sasaki DEF2821
5
-
M Mitsuta MID2833
2
-
T Matsumoto MID283
-
N Arai DEF2653
1
-
H Araki  DEF193
4
-
S Koshimichi MID181
-
P Sotiriou FWD1753
1
-
D Vieira FWD1621
2
-
T Shichi DEF112
1
-
M Júnior MID1121
1
-
Ezequiel FWD91
-
M Ohara MID8
-
Y Nakajima MID71
1
-
T Arslan MID65
-
H Kawabe MID51
2
-
A. Inoue FWD41
-
H Matsumoto MID3
-
O Iyoha DEF2
-
Y Kashiwa MID2
-
T Aoyama MID2
-
Y Chajima MID2
-
T Yamasaki DEF1
-
G Paciência FWD11
-
Machida J-League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
291046
K TaniS FujioJ SuzukiK Shibato
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Tani GLK29
1
1
K Fujimoto FWD2932
2
-
K Sento MID2811
5
-
K Hayashi DEF272
3
-
G Shoji  DEF2611
3
-
S Oh FWD2573
5
-
M Duke FWD254
1
-
S Fujio FWD24101
1
-
I Dresevic DEF232
4
-
H Shimoda MID2332
3
-
J Suzuki DEF2214
4
-
K Shibato MID221
6
-
S Araki FWD2112
1
-
S Na FWD2032
1
-
Erik FWD203
2
-
H. Mochizuki DEF192
1
-
J Min-gyu DEF121
1
-
B Vásquez MID121
1
-
T Yasui MID81
-
D Sugioka DEF61
-
R Shirasaki MID6
-
Y Nakayama  DEF41
-
Y Soma FWD3
1
-
K. Kuwayama FWD3
-
K Fukui GLK2
-
Y Nakashima FWD21
-
K. Ashibe MID1
-