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

Sun 16th Feb, 05:00 BST, Machida Athletic Stadium, Tokyo

Sunday morning sees Go Kuroda’s Machida Zelvia and Michael Skibbe’s Sanfrecce Hiroshima go up against one another in a J-League battle at the Machida Athletic Stadium. Statistics for our tip of are shown below, including head-to-head history. Changing the market using the tabs below changes all stats and the odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers, making it easier than ever to find the right bet for you.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest we don't have an obvious winner here, but good reason to think Machida and Hiroshima will score 2 or more goals between them. Goals have flowed freely when they've gone head-to-head historically, and neither Go Kuroda or Michael Skibbe has served up too many 0-0s lately either. The bookmakers are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with best odds of 1.33 equating to approximately a 74% probability.

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
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 45% chance of Hiroshima coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Machida
30%
12/5
6%
21/10
5%
Draw
26%
12/521/10
Hiroshima
45%
11/10
5%
11/10
2%
Draw 1-1
12%
11/25/1
Hiroshima 1-0
11%
13/211/2
Hiroshima 2-1
9%
8/17/1
Machida 1-0
8%
17/215/2
Hiroshima 2-0
8%
9/18/1
Draw 0-0
7%
8/1
5%
7/1
Machida 2-1
7%
11/19/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/111/1
Machida 2-0
5%
16/1
13%
12/1
Hiroshima 3-1
4%
18/112/1
Hiroshima 3-0
4%
20/114/1
Machida 3-1
3%
28/1
12%
18/1
10%
Hiroshima 3-2
3%
28/120/1
Machida 3-2
2%
33/122/1
12%
Machida 3-0
2%
33/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
21/2019/20
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
3/47/10
Home 1st Goal
45%
7/5
1%
-
Away 1st Goal
51%
4/6
3%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
8/1
5%
-
BTTS - Yes
53%
4/55/6
BTTS - No
47%
19/2017/20
BTTS - Home Win
14%
6/1
8%
5/1
8%
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/217/5
BTTS - Away Win
20%
15/410/3
3%
Home/draw
55%
7/10
2%
4/6
2%
Away/draw
70%
3/10
4%
3/10
Home/away
74%
3/103/10
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
1/33/10
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
9/42/1
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
11/423/10
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
1/41/4
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
7/15/1
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/121/14
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
16/111/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/401/150
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/161/20
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/1
5%
13/2
Home DNB
48%
11/8
6%
11/8
1%
Away DNB
63%
8/15
3%
8/15
2%
Machida win to nil
16%
9/2-
Hiroshima win to nil
24%
5/2
7%
-
Machida / Machida
15%
9/217/4
5%
Machida / Hiroshima
3%
25/120/1
Machida / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / Machida
11%
6/16/1
Draw / Hiroshima
16%
4/1
9%
4/1
Draw / Draw
17%
4/118/5
Hiroshima / Machida
3%
33/125/1
Hiroshima / Hiroshima
23%
13/512/5
3%
Hiroshima / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Win / draw / win J-League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Machida
Hiroshima
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cerezo110033 
Aug 16
Apr 29
Apr 6
Aug 31
2
Kashiwa000000 
May 17
Dec 6
Mar 16
Sep 23
3
Shonan000000 
Apr 25
Jun 14
Dec 6
May 7
4
Yokohama000000 
Sep 13
Mar 8
Mar 2
Jun 22
5
Tokyo Verdy000000 
Feb 26
Jul 20
May 17
Aug 23
6
Yokohama FM000000 
May 31
Aug 23
Feb 23
Oct 25
7
Avispa000000 
Oct 18
Mar 29
May 3
Sep 27
8
Tokyo000000 
Nov 9
Feb 22
Oct 18
May 25
9
Kyoto Sanga000000 
May 7
Sep 23
Sep 13
Mar 29
10
Albirex000000 
Mar 15
Jun 29
Apr 29
Jul 20
11
Shimizu000000 
Jul 5
May 11
Aug 10
Feb 26
12
Kashima000000 
Jun 21
May 3
Apr 2
Jun 14
13
Vissel Kobe000000 
Aug 10
Apr 20
Aug 20
Jul 2
14
Kawasaki000000 
Apr 6
Aug 31
May 31
Nov 30
15
Fagiano000000 
Sep 27
May 25
Apr 12
Jul 5
16
Nagoya000000 
Nov 30
Mar 2
Jun 28
Apr 20
17
Machida Home000000 
-
-
Oct 4
Feb 16
18
Hiroshima Away000000 
Feb 16
Oct 4
-
-
19
Urawa Reds000000 
Apr 13
Oct 25
Nov 8
Apr 25
20
Gamba Osaka1001-30 
Aug 20
Apr 2
Aug 16
May 11
Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League
Relegation
Relegation
Afc Champions League
Win / draw / win form
3
Hiroshima have lost 3 consecutive away league games
Machida
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
Hiroshima
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
D
3
Lost
5
Goal Statistics
Machida Hiroshima
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Machida will score no more than 1 goal
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Hiroshima will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+2
Machida’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-2
Hiroshima’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season
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Machida
PG (predicted goals)
Hiroshima
1.1
1.5
Attack rating
%
better
MAC
HIR
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
MAC
HIR
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Machida J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Tani GLK
-
T Morita GLK
-
Z. Kaung GLK
-
Y Arai GLK
-
A Burns GLK
-
I Dresevic DEF
-
T Narasaka DEF
-
J. Cha DEF
-
D Okamura DEF
-
H Nakamura  DEF
-
R Kikuchi DEF
-
Y Nakayama  DEF
-
H. Mochizuki DEF
-
G Shoji  DEF
-
K Hayashi DEF
-
R Shirasaki MID
-
B Vásquez MID
-
C. Mayaka MID
-
T Takasaki MID
-
K Sento MID
-
H Shimoda MID
-
D Takahashi MID
-
K Higuchi MID
-
H Mae MID
-
T Numata FWD
-
S Oh FWD
-
T Nishimura FWD
-
Y Nakashima FWD
-
Y Soma FWD
-
S Fujio FWD
-
K. Kuwayama FWD
-
M Duke FWD
-
S Na FWD
-
Erik FWD
-
Hiroshima J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M. Jeong GLK
-
G Kawanami GLK
-
Y Tanaka GLK
-
K Osako GLK
-
N Arai DEF
-
S Nakano DEF
-
H Araki  DEF
-
O Iyoha DEF
-
T Shiotani DEF
-
T Yamasaki DEF
-
S Sasaki DEF
-
D Suga MID
-
S Higashi MID
-
M Mitsuta MID
-
H Kawabe MID
-
H Matsumoto MID
-
M Ohara MID
-
T Arslan MID
-
M Júnior MID
-
S Koshimichi MID
-
Y Chajima MID
-
Y Nakajima MID
-
T Semba MID
-
S Inoue MID
-
S Tanaka MID
-
A. Inoue FWD
-
R Germain FWD
-
M Kato FWD
-