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

Sun 20th Apr, 06:00 BST, NOEVIR Stadium Kobe, Kobe

the NOEVIR Stadium Kobe crowd welcome Machida Zelvia's travelling contingent on Sunday morning, as Takayuki Yoshida's Vissel Kobe face Go Kuroda's team in the J-League. We've got predictions, tips, and the best odds and head-to-head statistics across all the main betting markets, so there's nowhere better to prepare J-League clash.

Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

A real chess match could be in store as Vissel Kobe and Machida go head-to-head, with hardly anything between the sides in terms of who could claim victory. The statistics do not provide any proper confidence in that regard, but they are pointing strongly towards there being 2 goals or fewer in the fixture. It's a prediction which is available at best priced odds of 1.70 with the bookies, so we're making under 2.5 goals our tip of the day on this one.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 43% chance of Machida coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Vissel Kobe 26%	27/20 4%	-
Draw 31%	2/1 8%	-
Machida 43%	9/4 2%	-
Machida 1-0 16%	13/2 17%	-
Draw 0-0 14%	11/2 24%	-
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1	-
Vissel Kobe 1-0 12%	5/1 20%	-
Machida 2-0 9%	14/1	-
Machida 2-1 7%	12/1 8%	-
Vissel Kobe 2-1 5%	9/1 5%	-
Vissel Kobe 2-0 5%	9/1	-
Machida 3-0 4%	33/1	-
Draw 2-2 3%	18/1 27%	-
Machida 3-1 3%	33/1 31%	-
Vissel Kobe 3-1 1%	22/1 21%	-
Vissel Kobe 3-0 1%	22/1 10%	-
Machida 3-2 1%	40/1 21%	-
Machida 4-0 1%	80/1 21%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 31%	8/5 24%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 69%	19/40 13%	-
Home 1st Goal 40%	5/6 6%	-
Away 1st Goal 50%	7/5 1%	-
No 1st Goal 10%	11/2 24%	-
BTTS - Yes 38%	11/10 10%	-
BTTS - No 62%	4/6 13%	-
BTTS - Home Win 8%	5/1 20%	-
BTTS - Draw 16%	15/4 6%	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	7/1 23%	-
Home/draw 57%	4/11	-
Away/draw 74%	8/15 6%	-
Home/away 69%	4/11 2%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 58%	1/2 13%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 42%	6/4 23%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 13%	9/2 47%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 87%	1/7 9%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 5%	12/1 63%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 95%	1/25 4%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 1%	25/1 37%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 99%	1/100 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 86%	1/9 4%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 14%	11/2 24%	-
Home DNB 47%	8/13	-
Away DNB 65%	6/5	-
Vissel Kobe win to nil 18%	5/2 7%	-
Machida win to nil 30%	4/1 9%	-
Vissel Kobe / Vissel Kobe 21%	3/1 7%	-
Vissel Kobe / Machida 2%	33/1	-
Vissel Kobe / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Vissel Kobe 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Machida 13%	11/2 7%	-
Draw / Draw 21%	3/1 16%	-
Machida / Vissel Kobe 2%	33/1 31%	-
Machida / Machida 15%	9/2	-
Machida / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win J-League table

Vissel Kobe have played 10 matches so far this season and are in 11th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 2 and won 1. Vissel Kobe have conceded 4 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Vissel Kobe have played 5 games at home, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 3 goals, conceded 4 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Machida lay in 7th place on 17 points in the J-League league table having played 10 matches. Machida are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 7 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Machida have conceded 4 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Machida have played 5 away games, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.6 goals per away game.

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	Vissel Kobe Machida
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Kyoto Sanga	12	6	3	3	3	21	d 1-1A	Dec 6	May 7	Sep 23
2	Avispa	10	6	1	3	3	19	l 0-1A	Jun 28	Oct 18	d 2-2F
3	Kawasaki	11	4	5	2	8	17	w 2-1F	Jun 21	d 2-2A	Aug 31
4	Fagiano	10	5	2	3	4	17	May 3	Jul 20	Sep 27	May 25
5	Kashiwa	10	4	5	1	3	17	Sep 13	May 31	May 17	Dec 6
6	Hiroshima	9	5	2	2	3	17	Jul 2	Aug 20	l 1-2F	Oct 4
7	Machida Away	10	5	2	3	2	17	Apr 20	Aug 10	-	-
8	Kashima	10	5	1	4	6	16	Oct 18	l 1-0A	Jun 21	May 3
9	Urawa Reds	11	4	4	3	1	16	d 0-00-0	Oct 4	l 0-2A	Oct 25
10	Shimizu	11	4	3	4	2	15	Sep 27	May 25	Jul 5	May 11
11	Vissel Kobe H	10	4	3	3	1	15	-	-	Aug 10	Apr 20
12	Shonan	10	4	2	4	-4	14	Jul 5	w 1-2F	Apr 25	Jun 14
13	Gamba Osaka	10	4	1	5	-4	13	May 17	Nov 8	Aug 20	w 0-1F
14	Cerezo	10	3	3	4	0	12	May 6	Aug 23	Aug 16	Apr 29
15	Yokohama	10	3	2	5	-1	11	Aug 16	w 0-1F	Sep 13	w 0-2F
16	Tokyo Verdy	10	2	4	4	-5	10	Sep 23	w 0-1F	l 0-1A	Jul 20
17	Tokyo	10	2	3	5	-5	9	Nov 30	May 10	Nov 9	w 0-1F
18	Yokohama FM	11	1	5	5	-4	8	Aug 30	May 21	May 31	Aug 23
19	Albirex	11	1	5	5	-5	8	l 0-1A	Oct 25	w 1-0F	Jun 29
20	Nagoya	10	2	2	6	-8	8	Jun 15	d 2-2A	Nov 30	w 1-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Machida have not lost in 5 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Vissel Kobe	2 - 1	Kawasaki
Vissel Kobe	0 - 1	Albirex
Vissel Kobe	2 - 0	Gwanju
Vissel Kobe	0 - 1	Avispa
Vissel Kobe	1 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
Vissel Kobe	0 - 0	Urawa Reds
Vissel Kobe	4 - 0	Shanghai SIPG
Vissel Kobe	3 - 0	Shonan
Vissel Kobe	3 - 2	Central Coast Mariners
Vissel Kobe	2 - 0	Gwanju
Vissel Kobe	2 - 0	Jubilo Iwata
Vissel Kobe	0 - 2	Tokyo
Vissel Kobe	2 - 1	Shandong Luneng
Vissel Kobe	1 - 0	Urawa Reds
Vissel Kobe	2 - 1	Cerezo
Vissel Kobe	2 - 0	Sagan Tosu
Vissel Kobe	2 - 2	Gamba Osaka
Vissel Kobe	3 - 3	Nagoya
Vissel Kobe	3 - 1	Kashima
Vissel Kobe	0 - 0	Machida

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Vissel Kobe	2 - 1	Kawasaki
A	Vissel Kobe	1 - 0	Tokyo Verdy
H	Vissel Kobe	0 - 1	Albirex
A	Vissel Kobe	1 - 0	Yokohama
A	Vissel Kobe	0 - 1	Kashima
A	Vissel Kobe	2 - 1	Shonan
A	Vissel Kobe	0 - 2	Gwanju
H	Vissel Kobe	2 - 0	Gwanju
H	Vissel Kobe	0 - 1	Avispa
H	Vissel Kobe	1 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
A	Vissel Kobe	2 - 2	Nagoya
A	Vissel Kobe	2 - 4	Shanghai
H	Vissel Kobe	0 - 0	Urawa Reds
H	Vissel Kobe	4 - 0	Shanghai SIPG
H	Vissel Kobe	3 - 0	Shonan
A	Vissel Kobe	1 - 3	Pohang
A	Vissel Kobe	1 - 1	Kashiwa
H	Vissel Kobe	3 - 2	Central Coast Mariners
A	Vissel Kobe	1 - 1	Tokyo Verdy
H	Vissel Kobe	2 - 0	Gwanju

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gamba Osaka	0 - 1	Machida
Avispa	2 - 2	Machida
Yokohama	0 - 2	Machida
Nagoya	1 - 2	Machida
Tokyo	0 - 1	Machida
Kashima	3 - 1	Machida
Sagan Tosu	2 - 1	Machida
Kashiwa	1 - 1	Machida
Hiroshima	2 - 0	Machida
Avispa	0 - 3	Machida
Albirex	0 - 0	Machida
Cerezo	0 - 0	Machida
Tokyo Verdy	0 - 1	Machida
Gamba Osaka	1 - 3	Machida
Vissel Kobe	0 - 0	Machida
Yokohama FM	1 - 3	Machida
Urawa Reds	1 - 2	Machida
Shonan	0 - 0	Machida
Kyoto Sanga	0 - 3	Machida
Jubilo Iwata	2 - 0	Machida

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Machida	0 - 2	Urawa Reds
H	Machida	2 - 2	Kawasaki
A	Machida	1 - 0	Gamba Osaka
A	Machida	2 - 2	Avispa
H	Machida	1 - 0	Albirex
A	Machida	2 - 0	Yokohama
A	Machida	2 - 1	Nagoya
H	Machida	0 - 1	Tokyo Verdy
A	Machida	1 - 0	Tokyo
H	Machida	1 - 2	Hiroshima
A	Machida	1 - 3	Kashima
H	Machida	1 - 0	Kyoto Sanga
H	Machida	3 - 0	Tokyo
A	Machida	1 - 2	Sagan Tosu
A	Machida	1 - 1	Kashiwa
H	Machida	1 - 4	Kawasaki
A	Machida	0 - 2	Hiroshima
H	Machida	0 - 0	Sapporo
A	Machida	3 - 0	Avispa
H	Machida	2 - 2	Urawa Reds

Goal Statistics

Vissel Kobe's defensive record is to be admired, T. Yoshida's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive J-League games. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Machida Zelvia makes sense in this context.

	Vissel Kobe 11th	Machida 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	0.8 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 45% 1 36% 2 15% 3 4+ There is a 81% probability of Vissel Kobe scoring 1 goal or less	0 32% 1 36% 2 21% 3 4+ There is a 68% probability that Machida will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-7 Vissel Kobe’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	=0 Machida’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	0.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season

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MAC

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Games scored	6		8
Failed to score	4		2
Scored first	4		7
Goals scored	9		12
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.2
Avg. shots per game	7		7
Avg. shots per goal	8		6
Conversion rate for	12		16
Avg. XG for	1		1.2
KickOff rating		+28%

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MAC

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Games conceded	7		6
Clean sheets	3		4
Conceded first	5		3
Goals conceded	8		10
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	12%		17%
Avg. XG against	0.8		0.8
KickOff rating		+3%

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Vissel Kobe J-League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	1	2	1
D Maekawa	D Sasaki	Thuler	Thuler

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Maekawa GLK	8			-
Thuler DEF	8		2	1 -
T Yamakawa DEF	8			-
D Sasaki MID	8	1	1	-
T Ogihara MID	8			1 -
Y Osako FWD	8	1	1	-
R Hirose DEF	7			-
Y Kuwasaki MID	7			-
Y Muto FWD	5			-
N Iino DEF	4			-
G Sakai DEF	4			-
H Ide MID	4			-
Y Ideguchi MID	4			-
K Yamauchi MID	4			1 -
T Miyashiro FWD	4		1	-
K Yuruki FWD	4			1 -
Y Honda DEF	3			-
M Hidaka MID	3			1 -
R Matsuda DEF	2			-
Caetano DEF	2			-
T Iwanami DEF	2			1 -
K. Hamasaki MID	2			-
R Hashimoto MID	1			-
J Patric FWD	1			-
N Tominaga FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	6	2	3
D Sasaki	D Sasaki	Thuler	D Sasaki

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Sasaki MID	1	6	1	3
Y Osako FWD	1	6	1	1
T Miyashiro FWD			1	1
K. Hamasaki MID				1
Y Ideguchi MID		1
Thuler DEF		2	2	1
N Iino DEF				1
Y Muto FWD		3		2
Y Kuwasaki MID		2		1
T Ogihara MID		1		1
T Yamakawa DEF		1
N Tominaga FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
445	17	65
Thuler	T Ogihara	Thuler

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
Thuler DEF	445	11	65
T Yamakawa DEF	389	7	45
T Ogihara MID	373	17	46
R Hirose DEF	271	15	42
Y Kuwasaki MID	246	8	29
D Maekawa GLK	245	1	6
Y Osako FWD	184	5	65
G Sakai DEF	165	3	12
D Sasaki MID	162	4	64
Y Ideguchi MID	110	5	11
Y Muto FWD	103	2	24
T Miyashiro FWD	98	4	18
K Yuruki FWD	93	3	11
H Ide MID	69	7	16
M Hidaka MID	67	2	9
T Iwanami DEF	65	3	6
R Matsuda DEF	47	1	6
K. Hamasaki MID	46	3	8
Y Honda DEF	43	2	5
K Yamauchi MID	33	3	6
Caetano DEF	31
N Iino DEF	26	2	7
R Hashimoto MID	9	1	1
J Patric FWD	2	1	1

Machida J-League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	4	4	5
K Tani	T Nishimura	Y Soma	S Oh

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Tani GLK	9			-
D Okamura DEF	9	2		2 -
Y Nakayama DEF	9		2	-
G Shoji DEF	9			-
I Dresevic DEF	9			1 -
R Shirasaki MID	9			1 -
S Oh FWD	9			5 -
T Nishimura FWD	9	4		2 -
Y Soma FWD	9	2	4	2 -
S Fujio FWD	9		1	-
K Hayashi DEF	8			2 -
H Mae MID	8		1	1 -
H Shimoda MID	7			1 -
K. Kuwayama FWD	7	1	1	1 -
S Na FWD	6	2		2 -
H. Mochizuki DEF	4			-
K Sento MID	4	1		-
R Kikuchi DEF	2			-
M Duke FWD	2			-
T Numata FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	7	4	4
T Nishimura	T Nishimura	Y Soma	Y Soma

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Nishimura FWD	4	7
S Na FWD	2	3
Y Soma FWD	2	6	4	4
D Okamura DEF	2	3
K Sento MID	1	1
K. Kuwayama FWD	1	1	1
K Tani GLK		1
R Kikuchi DEF		1
H Mae MID		1	1	2
S Fujio FWD			1	1
S Oh FWD		2		1
G Shoji DEF		1		1
Y Nakayama DEF		2	2	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
402	21	76
G Shoji	I Dresevic	S Oh

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Shoji DEF	402	14	49
D Okamura DEF	373	11	69
I Dresevic DEF	349	21	60
Y Nakayama DEF	320	10	50
K Tani GLK	297		9
H Mae MID	294	13	24
H Shimoda MID	230	9	25
K Hayashi DEF	197	12	20
Y Soma FWD	186	7	31
S Oh FWD	163	4	76
T Nishimura FWD	136	7	30
R Shirasaki MID	132	10	19
H. Mochizuki DEF	96	1	14
R Kikuchi DEF	64	3	14
K Sento MID	56	2	7
K. Kuwayama FWD	53	6	21
S Fujio FWD	36	3	10
S Na FWD	36	1	10
M Duke FWD	11		7
T Numata FWD	1

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

Vissel Kobe have played 10 matches so far this season and are in 11th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Machida lay in 7th place on 17 points in the J-League league table having played 10 matches. Machida are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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