LiontipsMachida Zelvia vs Tokyo. Japan Championship Match Prediction and Bets
Command Analysis
Current form
Machida Zelvia failed to compete for the championship in their first season in J-League 1, but still had a more than successful season for a newcomer to the elite division. The team occupies the third line in the standings and is three points ahead of its closest competitor, Kashima. The hosts left the championship race after unsuccessful results in recent matches. The club from Machida lost to one of its main competitors, Hiroshima (0:2), and then lost to Kawasaki (1:4) and Sagan Tosu (1:2). They also failed to beat the outsiders of the division, Sapporo (0:0) and Kashiwa (1:1).
Disqualifications and injuries
The hosts will be without Takuya Yasui, Shunta Araki, Yuta Nakayama and Kai Shibato due to injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has not won a single game in its last five matches.
- The club has scored one goal in each of its last three matches
Estimated lineup : Tani - Hayashi, Dreshevich, Zhang, Sugioka - Soma, Shirasaki, Shimoda, Fujimoto - Na, Duke.
Current form
Tokyo once again occupies a place in the middle of the tournament table without much prospect of rising to the top three. The team currently occupies the seventh position and does not have many chances to improve this result, considering that there are only three matches left until the end of the championship. In recent matches, the team has played extremely unpredictably. First, there was a home draw with the last team in the league, Sagan Tosu (1:1), then an away victory over the championship leader, Kobe (2:0), and in the last round, the capital team lost to another middling team, Shonan (0:2).
Disqualifications and injuries
Teruhito Nakagawa will miss the upcoming fight due to a muscle injury.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has won only one of its last four matches.
- The last three away matches ended in victories for the Tokyo team
Probable lineup : Nozawa - Nagatomo, Ohka, Morishige, Nakamura - Ko, Higashi - Araki - Endo, Diego Oliveira, Everton Galdino
Trends
Bet Exact score 1:0
The hosts have won two of their last five games by that score.
7.50Bet At least one team will not score
This bet has played in the last two away matches
1.95Bet Number 1 in the final score
This pattern has worked in the hosts' last three matches
1.65Tip and bets
The hosts have failed to pick up three points in any of their last five matches, but it time to pull themselves together to win the fight for bronze medals. We believe that the newcomer to the J-1 League will be in the mood for the upcoming match and will be able to win at home against Tokyo, which no longer needs anything from this season. We suggest betting on the success of the home team.
Our prediction is a victory for Matida Zelvia at 1.77
Bet on total
The hosts need points to retain third place, so the club will probably try to play strictly in defense. The team has conceded only 31 goals this season, and only Gamba Osaka, which has the same result, can compete with the club from Machida in terms of reliability in defense. The visitors do not have much tournament motivation left, so it is unlikely that the capital team will be able to break through the opponent defense.
Our prediction is total under 2.5 goals at 1.93
Bet on corners
The teams are likely to play in a defensive style, so don't expect many corners from this match.
Our prediction is total under 9.5 corners for 1.88
