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Machida Zelvia v Vissel Kobe : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 10th Aug, 11:00 BST, Machida Athletic Stadium, Tokyo

Sunday morning sees Go Kuroda’s Machida Zelvia and Takayuki Yoshida’s Vissel Kobe go up against one another in a J-League battle at the Machida Athletic Stadium. We have predictions, tips, and the best odds and head-to-head statistics across every major market, all with the aim of helping you find a winning bet on this J-League clash.


Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's 79% chance of Machida and Vissel Kobe no more than 3 goals combined during this J-League clash according to our predictive algorithm and, in the absense of a strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's a great tip here. Our calculations are made based on 20-game form, historical head-to-head (H2H) statistics and the view of the betting market, and you can go with it at a best price of 1.20.

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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
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 39% chance of Vissel Kobe coming away with a win.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Machida
33%
7/4-
Draw
28%
21/10-
Vissel Kobe
39%
17/10-
Draw 1-1
13%
5/1-
Vissel Kobe 1-0
12%
13/2-
Machida 1-0
11%
13/2-
Draw 0-0
10%
13/2-
Vissel Kobe 2-1
8%
10/1-
Vissel Kobe 2-0
7%
11/1-
Machida 2-1
7%
10/1-
Machida 2-0
6%
11/1-
Draw 2-2
4%
16/1-
Vissel Kobe 3-1
3%
22/1-
Vissel Kobe 3-0
3%
25/1-
Machida 3-1
3%
25/1-
Machida 3-0
2%
28/1-
Vissel Kobe 3-2
2%
40/1-
Machida 3-2
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
41%
27/20-
Under 2.5 Goals
59%
4/7-
Home 1st Goal
46%
21/20-
Away 1st Goal
48%
1/1-
No 1st Goal
6%
13/2-
BTTS - Yes
47%
19/20-
BTTS - No
53%
4/5-
BTTS - Home Win
13%
11/2-
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/2-
BTTS - Away Win
16%
5/1-
Home/draw
61%
4/9-
Away/draw
67%
2/5-
Home/away
72%
4/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
68%
2/5-
Under 1.5 Goals
32%
7/4-
Over 3.5 Goals
21%
10/3-
Under 3.5 Goals
79%
1/5-
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
9/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
1/16-
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
20/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/66-
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/12-
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
13/2-
Home DNB
52%
5/6-
Away DNB
59%
5/6-
Machida win to nil
19%
10/3-
Vissel Kobe win to nil
24%
3/1-
Machida / Machida
19%
7/2-
Machida / Vissel Kobe
3%
28/1-
Machida / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Machida
14%
5/1-
Draw / Vissel Kobe
14%
5/1-
Draw / Draw
19%
7/2-
Vissel Kobe / Machida
2%
33/1-
Vissel Kobe / Vissel Kobe
19%
7/2-
Vissel Kobe / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Machida have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn zero and won 2. Machida have conceded 7 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Machida have played 11 games at home, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Vissel Kobe lay in 1st place on 46 points in the J-League league table having played 24 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below them in the table, winning 14, drawing 4 and losing 6 games. They have scored 34 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Vissel Kobe have conceded 22 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Vissel Kobe have played 12 away games, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Machida
Vissel Kobe
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Vissel Kobe2414461246 
Aug 10
l
 
1-0A
-
-
2
Kashima2414281244 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
Oct 18
l
 
1-0A
3
Kashiwa2412841044 
w
 
3-0F
Dec 6
Sep 13
w
 
1-3F
4
Kyoto Sanga2412661142 
l
 
1-2F
Sep 23
d
 
1-1A
Dec 6
5
Hiroshima2413381142 
l
 
1-2F
Oct 4
w
 
1-0F
Aug 20
6
Machida241248940 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Aug 10
7
Kawasaki2410861238 
d
 
2-2A
Aug 31
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2A
8
Urawa Reds241086838 
l
 
0-2A
Oct 25
d
 
0-00-0
Oct 4
9
Cerezo24978434 
Aug 16
w
 
1-2F
l
 
1-3F
Aug 23
10
Gamba Osaka2410410-234 
Aug 20
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-2F
Nov 8
11
Avispa24888-232 
Oct 18
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
12
Fagiano248610-230 
Sep 27
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
13
Shimizu248610-330 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
2-2F
Sep 27
l
 
3-2A
14
Tokyo248511-729 
Nov 9
w
 
0-1F
Nov 30
l
 
1-0A
15
Nagoya247710-528 
Nov 30
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
16
Tokyo Verdy247710-928 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
Sep 23
w
 
0-1F
17
Shonan246612-1724 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
18
Yokohama FM245613-921 
l
 
0-3A
Aug 23
Aug 30
w
 
1-2F
19
Yokohama245415-1619 
Sep 13
w
 
0-2F
Aug 16
w
 
0-1F
20
Albirex244713-1719 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-4F
l
 
0-1A
Oct 25
Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
Machida have won 5 consecutive league games
3
Vissel Kobe have won 3 consecutive league games
5
Machida have not lost in 5 consecutive league games
7
Vissel Kobe have not lost in 7 consecutive league games
3
Machida have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive league games
Machida 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
5
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
Vissel Kobe 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Fagiano1 - 2Vissel Kobe
Avispa0 - 0Vissel Kobe
Kawasaki1 - 2Vissel Kobe
Kashiwa1 - 3Vissel Kobe
Shimizu3 - 2Vissel Kobe
Yokohama FM1 - 2Vissel Kobe
Tokyo1 - 0Vissel Kobe
Tokyo Verdy0 - 1Vissel Kobe
Yokohama0 - 1Vissel Kobe
Kashima1 - 0Vissel Kobe
Shonan1 - 2Vissel Kobe
Gwanju2 - 0Vissel Kobe
Nagoya2 - 2Vissel Kobe
Shanghai4 - 2Vissel Kobe
Pohang3 - 1Vissel Kobe
Kashiwa1 - 1Vissel Kobe
Tokyo Verdy1 - 1Vissel Kobe
Ulsan0 - 2Vissel Kobe
Kyoto Sanga2 - 3Vissel Kobe
Albirex2 - 3Vissel Kobe
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
14
D
1
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AVissel Kobe2 - 1Fagiano
HVissel Kobe4 - 0Shonan
HVissel Kobe1 - 0Hiroshima
AVissel Kobe0 - 0Avispa
AVissel Kobe2 - 1Kawasaki
HVissel Kobe2 - 1Nagoya
AVissel Kobe3 - 1Kashiwa
AVissel Kobe2 - 3Shimizu
AVissel Kobe2 - 1Yokohama FM
HVissel Kobe3 - 2Gamba Osaka
AVissel Kobe0 - 1Tokyo
HVissel Kobe1 - 3Cerezo
HVissel Kobe2 - 0Fagiano
HVissel Kobe1 - 0Machida
HVissel Kobe2 - 1Kawasaki
AVissel Kobe1 - 0Tokyo Verdy
HVissel Kobe0 - 1Albirex
AVissel Kobe1 - 0Yokohama
AVissel Kobe0 - 1Kashima
AVissel Kobe2 - 1Shonan
Goal Statistics

Vissel Kobe's defensive record is to be admired, T. Yoshida's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive J-League matches. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Machida Zelvia makes sense in this context.

Machida 6th Vissel Kobe 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Machida will score no more than 1 goal
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Vissel Kobe 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
+19
Vissel Kobe have scored 19% more goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season
Machida
PG (predicted goals)
Vissel Kobe
1.1
1.2
Attack rating
2%
better
MAC
VIS
view stats
Games scored18
18
Failed to score6
6
Scored first16
13
Goals scored34
34
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.4
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
14
Avg. XG for1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+2%
Defence rating
MAC
VIS
6%
better
view stats
Games conceded16
16
Clean sheets8
8
Conceded first8
9
Goals conceded25
22
Avg. goals conceded1
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded7
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against16%
13%
Avg. XG against1
1
KickOff rating
+6%

Machida v Vissel Kobe 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
-
D Okamura DEF2431
2
-
G Shoji  DEF24
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
-
Vissel Kobe J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24973
D MaekawaT MiyashiroD SasakiT Ogihara
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Maekawa GLK24
-
T Yamakawa DEF24
1
-
D Sasaki MID2447
-
T Ogihara MID2322
3
-
R Hirose DEF221
-
Thuler DEF2123
3
-
G Sakai DEF201
2
-
Y Ideguchi MID2012
-
T Miyashiro FWD2093
-
Y Kuwasaki MID19
1
-
Erik FWD1873
1
-
Y Osako FWD1741
-
K Yuruki FWD1621
1
-
Y Honda DEF144
2
-
N Iino DEF10
-
J Patric FWD10
1
-
K Yamauchi MID9
1
-
Klismahn MID8
1
-
H Ide MID8
1
-
T Iwanami DEF6
1
-
Y Muto FWD6
-
Caetano DEF3
-
K. Hamasaki MID3
-
M Hidaka MID3
1
-
R Matsuda DEF2
-
M Saito MID2
-
R Hashimoto MID1
-
R Komatsu FWD1
-
N Tominaga FWD1
-