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

Sun 8th Nov, 05:00 BST, Machida Athletic Stadium, Tokyo

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are away from home on Sunday morning, as manager Bartosch Gaul takes his team to visit Machida Zelvia and Go Kuroda at the Machida Athletic Stadium in the J-League. Our predictions are based on extensive statistical analysis of both teams, across seventeen major markets. The data and the odds change with each market, and head-to-head stats are included for all.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Machida or Hiroshima are in a rich vein of form that would leave us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The statistics tell us that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 79% chance of two goals or more.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 38% chance of Hiroshima coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Machida 37%	2/1	-
Draw 25%	12/5	-
Hiroshima 38%	5/4	-
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	-
Hiroshima 2-1 8%	17/2	-
Machida 2-1 8%	10/1	-
Hiroshima 1-0 8%	8/1	-
Machida 1-0 8%	10/1	-
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	-
Hiroshima 2-0 6%	11/1	-
Machida 2-0 6%	14/1	-
Draw 0-0 6%	10/1	-
Hiroshima 3-1 4%	18/1	-
Machida 3-1 4%	22/1	-
Hiroshima 3-2 3%	25/1	-
Machida 3-2 3%	28/1	-
Hiroshima 3-0 3%	22/1	-
Machida 3-0 3%	28/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 55%	4/5 3%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 45%	1/1 3%	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	21/20	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	5/6	-
No 1st Goal 3%	10/1	-
BTTS - Yes 59%	4/6	-
BTTS - No 41%	11/10	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	9/2	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 20%	7/2	-
Home/draw 62%	4/7	-
Away/draw 63%	4/11	-
Home/away 75%	3/10	-
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	1/4	-
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	11/4	-
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	2/1	-
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	4/11	-
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	5/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	1/8	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	12/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/25	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/20	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	10/1	-
Home DNB 55%	11/10	-
Away DNB 55%	4/6	-
Machida win to nil 18%	9/2	-
Hiroshima win to nil 18%	10/3	-
Machida / Machida 17%	15/4	-
Machida / Hiroshima 4%	22/1	-
Machida / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Machida 13%	11/2	-
Draw / Hiroshima 14%	5/1	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	-
Hiroshima / Machida 3%	25/1	-
Hiroshima / Hiroshima 22%	11/4	-
Hiroshima / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win J-League table

Machida have played 12 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the J-League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 3 and lost 1 match. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Machida have outscored their opponents by 30 goals to 29 goals.

Home League Performance

Machida have played 5 games at home winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 11 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 7 goals at home.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Machida Hiroshima
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	JEF United	0	0	0	0	0	0	Feb 13	w 0-4F	w 3-0F	Apr 29
2	Kashima	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	Dec 13	-
3	Hiroshima	13	9	2	2	22	29	Nov 8	Apr 24	-	-
4	Kashiwa	0	0	0	0	0	0	l 2-4F	May 9	May 22	Nov 28
5	Kawasaki	0	0	0	0	0	0	w 2-1A	Feb 27	d 1-1F	Jun 6
6	Machida	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	Apr 24	Nov 8
7	Vissel Kobe	13	8	2	3	9	26	Apr 10	d 0-00-0	Dec 6	Apr 3
8	Mito	0	0	0	0	0	0	Mar 20	d 1-1A	May 29	w 0-3F
9	Tokyo	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	w 1-5A	Apr 16	Nov 25
10	Tokyo Verdy	0	0	0	0	0	0	Nov 29	Apr 3	Feb 20	w 0-2F
11	Urawa Reds	0	0	0	0	0	0	w 3-1F	Apr 29	May 3	w 1-4F
12	Fagiano	13	5	1	7	-6	16	Dec 6	May 22	Feb 13	l 3-2A
13	Yokohama FM	0	0	0	0	0	0	d 1-1A	Feb 20	Nov 21	Apr 10
14	Nagoya	13	4	2	7	-6	14	Mar 13	w 1-3F	w 3-0F	Dec 19
15	Cerezo	13	3	5	5	-10	14	Jun 6	Dec 12	w 6-1F	Mar 6
16	Shimizu	13	4	2	7	-12	14	Mar 6	w 0-5F	w 4-0F	Feb 27
17	Kyoto Sanga	13	3	4	6	-6	13	-	w 0-1F	w 3-0F	May 15
18	V-V Nagasaki	13	3	3	7	-5	12	Nov 21	May 29	May 9	l 4-0A
19	Gamba Osaka	13	2	6	5	-7	12	d 0-00-0	Dec 19	Mar 20	d 0-00-0
20	Avispa	13	2	1	10	-11	7	w 3-0F	Apr 17	Mar 10	w 0-1F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Machida	0 - 0	Gamba Osaka
Machida	3 - 0	Avispa
Machida	2 - 4	Kashiwa
Machida	1 - 1	Yokohama FM
Machida	2 - 1	Kawasaki
Machida	3 - 1	Urawa Reds
Machida	3 - 1	Ulsan
Machida	3 - 1	Nagoya
Machida	0 - 1	Tokyo
Machida	1 - 2	Melbourne City
Machida	0 - 0	Avispa
Machida	1 - 0	Fagiano
Machida	1 - 1	Seoul
Machida	1 - 1	Yokohama
Machida	3 - 1	Gamba Osaka
Machida	3 - 0	Cerezo
Machida	2 - 0	Vissel Kobe
Machida	3 - 0	Shimizu
Machida	2 - 1	Kashima
Machida	0 - 3	Yokohama FM

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Machida	0 - 0	Gamba Osaka
A	Machida	0 - 0	Vissel Kobe
A	Machida	5 - 0	Shimizu
H	Machida	3 - 0	Avispa
A	Machida	1 - 0	Kyoto Sanga
H	Machida	2 - 4	Kashiwa
H	Machida	1 - 1	Yokohama FM
A	Machida	3 - 1	Nagoya
H	Machida	2 - 1	Kawasaki
A	Machida	1 - 1	Mito
H	Machida	3 - 1	Urawa Reds
A	Machida	4 - 0	JEF United
A	Machida	5 - 1	Tokyo
H	Machida	3 - 1	Ulsan
A	Machida	0 - 1	Kashiwa
H	Machida	3 - 1	Nagoya
A	Machida	3 - 1	Gangwon
H	Machida	0 - 1	Tokyo
H	Machida	1 - 2	Melbourne City
A	Machida	0 - 0	Urawa Reds

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mito	0 - 3	Hiroshima
V-V Nagasaki	4 - 0	Hiroshima
Tokyo Verdy	0 - 2	Hiroshima
Avispa	0 - 1	Hiroshima
Fagiano	3 - 2	Hiroshima
Gamba Osaka	0 - 0	Hiroshima
Urawa Reds	1 - 4	Hiroshima
Kawasaki	1 - 2	Hiroshima
Chengdu Rongcheng	1 - 1	Hiroshima
Yokohama FM	3 - 0	Hiroshima
Ulsan	1 - 0	Hiroshima
Avispa	1 - 2	Hiroshima
Kashiwa	0 - 0	Hiroshima
Melbourne City	0 - 2	Hiroshima
Cerezo	1 - 1	Hiroshima
Tokyo Verdy	0 - 3	Hiroshima
Albirex	0 - 2	Hiroshima
Fagiano	0 - 1	Hiroshima
Vissel Kobe	1 - 0	Hiroshima
Yokohama	0 - 4	Hiroshima

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

9 / 20

Clean sheets

11 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Hiroshima	3 - 0	Mito
H	Hiroshima	4 - 0	Shimizu
A	Hiroshima	0 - 4	V-V Nagasaki
H	Hiroshima	3 - 0	Kyoto Sanga
A	Hiroshima	2 - 0	Tokyo Verdy
A	Hiroshima	1 - 0	Avispa
H	Hiroshima	6 - 1	Cerezo
A	Hiroshima	2 - 3	Fagiano
H	Hiroshima	3 - 0	Nagoya
A	Hiroshima	0 - 0	Gamba Osaka
H	Hiroshima	1 - 1	Kawasaki
A	Hiroshima	4 - 1	Urawa Reds
H	Hiroshima	3 - 0	JEF United
H	Hiroshima	1 - 0	Shanghai
H	Hiroshima	2 - 1	Shonan
A	Hiroshima	2 - 1	Kawasaki
A	Hiroshima	1 - 1	Chengdu Rongcheng
H	Hiroshima	3 - 0	Urawa Reds
H	Hiroshima	1 - 0	Gangwon
A	Hiroshima	0 - 3	Yokohama FM

Goal Statistics

	Machida 5th	Hiroshima 2nd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 24% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Machida will score 1 or more goals	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	+10 Machida’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+2 Hiroshima’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	0.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2026/2027 season

MAC

HIR

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Games scored	11		11
Failed to score	2		2
Scored first	7		10
Goals scored	30		32
Avg. goals scored	2.3		2.5
Avg. shots per game	11		14
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	20		17
Avg. XG for	1.8		2.2
KickOff rating		+4%

MAC

HIR

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Games conceded	7		5
Clean sheets	6		8
Conceded first	4		2
Goals conceded	10		10
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	12		8
Conversion rate against	8%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.2		0.7
KickOff rating		+9%

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Machida J-League squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
13	5	4	3
K Tani	T Nishimura	Y Soma	T Akimoto

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Tani GLK	13			-
G Shoji DEF	13		1	1 -
H Mae MID	13	1	1	1 -
T Nishimura FWD	13	5		1 -
Y Soma FWD	13	3	4	-
T Akimoto DEF	12	2	2	2 1
H Nakamura DEF	12	2	1	1 -
D Okamura DEF	11	1	1	2 -
H. Mochizuki DEF	11	2	2	-
N Lavi MID	10	2		-
R Shirasaki MID	10	1		1 -
K Ogawa FWD	10	4		1 -
T Yengi FWD	10	3	1	1 -
M Duke FWD	10	1	2	-
H Shimoda MID	8			1
I Dresevic DEF	7			-
T Ouwejan DEF	6			-
Y Matsuo MID	6	1		-
F. Tokumura MID	4			-
R Kikuchi DEF	3			-
M Kim DEF	3			1 -
K Sento MID	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	15	4	7
T Nishimura	K Ogawa	Y Soma	Y Soma

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Nishimura FWD	5	12
K Ogawa FWD	4	15
Y Soma FWD	3	10	4	7
T Yengi FWD	3	9	1	1
T Akimoto DEF	2	5	2	3
H Nakamura DEF	2	3	1	3
H. Mochizuki DEF	2	3	2	5
N Lavi MID	2	3
H Mae MID	1	1	1	2
D Okamura DEF	1	3	1	1
R Shirasaki MID	1	4
M Duke FWD	1	3	2
Y Matsuo MID	1	1		1
G Shoji DEF		3	1	4
H Shimoda MID				4
T Ouwejan DEF		2		1
R Kikuchi DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
647	22	69
H Mae	T Akimoto	T Akimoto

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
H Mae MID	647	19	39
G Shoji DEF	612	20	44
D Okamura DEF	496	14	42
K Tani GLK	476	1	6
N Lavi MID	472	14	27
T Akimoto DEF	442	22	69
Y Soma FWD	434	1	34
T Ouwejan DEF	341	7	17
H. Mochizuki DEF	265	13	57
H Nakamura DEF	221	13	47
R Shirasaki MID	203	4	12
T Nishimura FWD	176	3	28
K Ogawa FWD	139	7	53
T Yengi FWD	137	5	49
I Dresevic DEF	122	2	7
R Kikuchi DEF	109	5	21
M Kim DEF	104	4	14
H Shimoda MID	101	1	5
M Duke FWD	94	1	27
K Sento MID	84	2	2
Y Matsuo MID	34		7
F. Tokumura MID	14		1

Hiroshima J-League squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
13	10	4	2
S Nakano	A Suzuki	S Higashi	A Suzuki

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Arai DEF	13		1	-
S Nakano DEF	13	3	2	-
H Araki DEF	13			1 -
S Higashi MID	13	1	4	-
T Matsumoto MID	13	2	2	1 -
A Suzuki FWD	13	10	4	2 -
H Kawabe MID	12	1	1	1 -
M Kato FWD	12	3	3	1 -
Y Nakajima MID	11		1	2 -
T Kawamura MID	11	1		-
S Ayukawa FWD	10	3	1	-
S Haller FWD	9	3	1	1 1
S Sasaki DEF	8			1 -
K Osako GLK	7			-
D Suga MID	7	2	2	1 -
I Ouchi GLK	6			-
K Ju-Sung DEF	6			1 -
S. Kobayashi MID	5		1	-
S Koshimichi MID	5			-
T Asano FWD	5	1	1	-
T Shiotani DEF	3	1	1	1 -
T Yamasaki DEF	3			-
N Maeda FWD	3			-
R. Noguchi MID	2			-
K Yengi FWD	2		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	22	4	4
A Suzuki	A Suzuki	S Higashi	S Nakano

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Suzuki FWD	10	22	4	2
S Nakano DEF	3	7	2	4
M Kato FWD	3	15	3	3
S Ayukawa FWD	3	8	1	1
S Haller FWD	3	4	1	1
T Matsumoto MID	2	4	2	3
D Suga MID	2	4	2	1
S Higashi MID	1	3	4	4
H Kawabe MID	1	3	1	1
T Kawamura MID	1	4
T Asano FWD	1	1	1	1
T Shiotani DEF	1	1	1
N Arai DEF		5	1	1
H Araki DEF		2
Y Nakajima MID			1	1
S Sasaki DEF		5		1
K Ju-Sung DEF		1
S. Kobayashi MID		1	1	1
S Koshimichi MID				1
N Maeda FWD				1
K Yengi FWD		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
834	25	93
H Araki	S Nakano	H Araki

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
H Araki DEF	834	19	93
S Nakano DEF	814	25	65
H Kawabe MID	758	23	42
N Arai DEF	723	18	51
S Higashi MID	685	3	13
S Sasaki DEF	607	12	39
Y Nakajima MID	490	23	41
T Matsumoto MID	378	5	20
A Suzuki FWD	376	9	38
K Ju-Sung DEF	303	9	28
M Kato FWD	228	9	34
S Haller FWD	220	5	42
K Osako GLK	214		1
D Suga MID	196	4	24
I Ouchi GLK	192
S Ayukawa FWD	165	1	11
T Shiotani DEF	113	4	9
T Kawamura MID	92	3	12
T Asano FWD	74	3	9
S. Kobayashi MID	53	1	5
S Koshimichi MID	47	1	8
N Maeda FWD	25	1	4
T Yamasaki DEF	24	1	1
R. Noguchi MID	21	1	1
K Yengi FWD	16	1	3

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Machida have played 12 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the J-League league table.

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