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Machida Zelvia v Gamba Osaka : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 20th Aug, 11:00 BST, Machida Athletic Stadium, Tokyo

It's an away trip for Daniel Poyatos Algaba's Gamba Osaka side on Wednesday morning, as they head to the Machida Athletic Stadium for a J-League showdown with Go Kuroda's Machida Zelvia. All of the important statistics for the encounter, including head-to-heads, predictions and the best odds across 17 of the biggest betting markets are covered in this in-depth preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make a smart bet.


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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

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Machida
43%
--
Draw
27%
--
Gamba Osaka
31%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Machida 1-0
11%
--
Gamba Osaka 1-0
9%
--
Machida 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Machida 2-0
8%
--
Gamba Osaka 2-1
7%
--
Gamba Osaka 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Machida 3-1
4%
--
Machida 3-0
4%
--
Gamba Osaka 3-1
3%
--
Machida 3-2
2%
--
Gamba Osaka 3-0
2%
--
Gamba Osaka 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
19%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
14%
--
Home/draw
69%
--
Away/draw
57%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
61%
--
Away DNB
49%
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Machida win to nil
24%
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Gamba Osaka win to nil
17%
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Machida have played 24 matches so far this season and lay in 7th place in the J-League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 4 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Machida have outscored their opponents by 34 goals to 29 goals.

Home League Performance

Machida have played 11 games at home winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 6 games. They have scored 13 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals at home.

Gamba Osaka are in 11th position in the J-League on 34 points having played 24 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 1 and won 5. Gamba Osaka have conceded 20 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Machida
Gamba Osaka
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Vissel Kobe2414461246 
Aug 10
l
 
1-0A
Nov 8
l
 
3-2A
2
Kashima2414281244 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
Oct 4
3
Kashiwa2412841044 
w
 
3-0F
Dec 6
Oct 18
l
 
1-0A
4
Kyoto Sanga2412661142 
l
 
1-2F
Sep 23
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-1A
5
Hiroshima2413381142 
l
 
1-2F
Oct 4
l
 
0-1A
Aug 16
6
Urawa Reds251186941 
l
 
0-2A
Oct 25
Sep 13
w
 
0-1F
7
Machida241248940 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
Aug 20
8
Kawasaki251087938 
d
 
2-2A
Aug 31
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2A
9
Avispa25988135 
Oct 18
d
 
2-2F
w
 
2-1F
Nov 30
10
Cerezo24978434 
Aug 16
w
 
1-2F
l
 
2-5A
w
 
0-1F
11
Gamba Osaka2410410-234 
Aug 20
w
 
0-1F
-
-
12
Tokyo Verdy258710-831 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
Dec 6
w
 
0-1F
13
Fagiano248610-230 
Sep 27
d
 
2-2A
Aug 10
l
 
2-0A
14
Shimizu248610-330 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
15
Tokyo248511-729 
Nov 9
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
16
Nagoya247710-528 
Nov 30
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
Oct 25
17
Shonan246612-1724 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
4-0F
Aug 31
18
Yokohama FM255614-1021 
l
 
0-3A
Aug 23
Sep 23
l
 
2-0A
19
Albirex244713-1719 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-4F
Sep 27
d
 
3-3A
20
Yokohama255416-1719 
Sep 13
w
 
0-2F
Aug 23
d
 
1-1A
Afc Champions League
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Machida 7TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Machida3 - 0Shimizu
Machida2 - 1Kashima
Machida0 - 3Yokohama FM
Machida3 - 0Kashiwa
Machida1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
Machida0 - 1Shonan
Machida0 - 2Urawa Reds
Machida2 - 2Kawasaki
Machida1 - 0Albirex
Machida0 - 1Tokyo Verdy
Machida1 - 2Hiroshima
Machida1 - 0Kyoto Sanga
Machida3 - 0Tokyo
Machida1 - 4Kawasaki
Machida0 - 0Sapporo
Machida2 - 2Urawa Reds
Machida4 - 0Jubilo Iwata
Machida0 - 1Shonan
Machida1 - 2Yokohama FM
Machida1 - 0Nagoya
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMachida1 - 0Tokyo Verdy
HMachida3 - 0Shimizu
AMachida4 - 0Albirex
HMachida2 - 1Kashima
AMachida2 - 1Shonan
HMachida0 - 3Yokohama FM
AMachida2 - 2Fagiano
HMachida3 - 0Kashiwa
AMachida2 - 2Shimizu
HMachida1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
AMachida0 - 1Kashima
AMachida2 - 1Cerezo
HMachida0 - 1Shonan
AMachida0 - 1Vissel Kobe
HMachida0 - 2Urawa Reds
HMachida2 - 2Kawasaki
AMachida1 - 0Gamba Osaka
AMachida2 - 2Avispa
HMachida1 - 0Albirex
AMachida2 - 0Yokohama
Gamba Osaka 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cerezo0 - 1Gamba Osaka
Kyoto Sanga3 - 1Gamba Osaka
Shimizu0 - 0Gamba Osaka
Kawasaki2 - 2Gamba Osaka
Vissel Kobe3 - 2Gamba Osaka
Urawa Reds0 - 1Gamba Osaka
Tokyo3 - 0Gamba Osaka
Yokohama1 - 1Gamba Osaka
Kashiwa1 - 0Gamba Osaka
Albirex3 - 3Gamba Osaka
Yokohama FM2 - 0Gamba Osaka
Tokyo Verdy0 - 1Gamba Osaka
Fagiano2 - 0Gamba Osaka
Albirex0 - 1Gamba Osaka
Jubilo Iwata3 - 4Gamba Osaka
Kawasaki1 - 1Gamba Osaka
Cerezo1 - 0Gamba Osaka
Kyoto Sanga2 - 2Gamba Osaka
Vissel Kobe2 - 2Gamba Osaka
Kashiwa0 - 0Gamba Osaka
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HGamba Osaka2 - 1Kawasaki
AGamba Osaka1 - 0Cerezo
AGamba Osaka1 - 3Kyoto Sanga
HGamba Osaka2 - 0Tokyo
AGamba Osaka0 - 0Shimizu
HGamba Osaka0 - 1Kashima
AGamba Osaka2 - 2Kawasaki
AGamba Osaka2 - 3Vissel Kobe
HGamba Osaka0 - 1Hiroshima
AGamba Osaka1 - 0Urawa Reds
HGamba Osaka4 - 0Shonan
HGamba Osaka2 - 1Kyoto Sanga
AGamba Osaka0 - 3Tokyo
AGamba Osaka1 - 1Yokohama
HGamba Osaka2 - 0Nagoya
AGamba Osaka0 - 1Kashiwa
HGamba Osaka0 - 1Machida
AGamba Osaka3 - 3Albirex
AGamba Osaka0 - 2Yokohama FM
HGamba Osaka1 - 0Shimizu
Goal Statistics

Machida Zelvia's defensive record is very strong, G. Kuroda's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive J-League matches. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Gamba Osaka makes sense in this context.

Machida 7th Gamba Osaka 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Machida will score no more than 1 goal
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Gamba Osaka will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-9
Machida’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-2
Gamba Osaka’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season
Machida
PG (predicted goals)
Gamba Osaka
1.4
1.1
Attack rating
15%
better
MAC
GAM
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Games scored18
16
Failed to score6
8
Scored first16
9
Goals scored34
29
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
13
Avg. XG for1.5
1.4
KickOff rating
+15%
Defence rating
7%
better
MAC
GAM
view stats
Games conceded16
16
Clean sheets8
8
Conceded first8
14
Goals conceded25
31
Avg. goals conceded1
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded7
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against16%
13%
Avg. XG against1
1.3
KickOff rating
+7%

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

Machida J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24765
K TaniY SomaY SomaS Oh
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Tani GLK24
-
G Shoji  DEF24
2
-
D Okamura DEF2431
2
-
H Shimoda MID221
3
-
S Fujio FWD2212
3
-
K Hayashi DEF2121
3
-
I Dresevic DEF211
3
-
H Mae MID211
3
-
S Na FWD2142
3
-
Y Soma FWD2176
4
-
S Oh FWD211
5
-
T Nishimura FWD2063
2
-
Y Nakayama  DEF183
-
H. Mochizuki DEF181
1
-
K Sento MID181
-
R Shirasaki MID17
1
-
M Duke FWD151
-
K. Kuwayama FWD1411
1
-
T Numata FWD71
-
R Kikuchi DEF62
-
D Takahashi MID1
-
Gamba Osaka J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24565
J IchimoriR YamashitaJ AlanoT Suzuki
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Ichimori GLK241
1
-
K Kurokawa DEF2422
-
R Handa DEF2412
1
-
S Kurata MID224
2
-
T Suzuki MID22
4
1
S Nakatani DEF211
3
-
S Fukuoka DEF21
-
M Mitsuta MID21
1
-
R Yamashita FWD215
3
-
T Usami FWD2042
1
-
J Alano MID196
1
-
N Lavi MID1812
1
-
T Kishimoto DEF173
1
-
D Hümmet FWD1731
2
-
I Jebali FWD1752
3
-
R. Mito MID12
-
H Minamino FWD9
-
S Nakano DEF7
-
Welton FWD71
1
-
S Sasaki DEF6
-
S Toyama FWD5
-
S Abe MID4
1
-
R Meshino FWD41
-
G. Nawata FWD3
-
G Miura DEF2
-
K Okunuki FWD11
-