FC Machida Zelvia vs Albirex Niigata, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Machida Zelvia vs Albirex Niigata — J. League at Machida GION Stadium.
- FC Machida Zelvia 18 games · 37 pts (2026/26)
- Albirex Niigata 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Vissel Kobe 18 35 2 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 3 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 5 Gamba Osaka 18 28 6 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 7 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 8 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 9 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 10 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 11 Kashima Antlers 18 45 12 FC Tokyo 18 37 13 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 14 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 15 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 16 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 17 Kashiwa Reysol 18 20 18 Yokohama F.Marinos 18 20 19 FC Mito Holly Hock 18 18 20 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 18 12 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Mar Albirex Niigata H 1–0 W 08 Mar Yokohama FC A 2–0 W 02 Mar Nagoya Grampus A 2–1 W 26 Feb Tokyo Verdy H 0–1 L 22 Feb FC Tokyo A 1–0 W 16 Feb Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Mar FC Machida Zelvia A 0–1 L 08 Mar Tokyo Verdy H 2–2 D 02 Mar Cerezo Osaka FC H 2–2 D 26 Feb Kashima Antlers A 1–2 L 22 Feb Shimizu S-Pulse A 0–2 L 15 Feb Yokohama F.Marinos A 1–1 D Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history44% Clean Sheets
FC Machida Zelvia this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
FC Machida Zelvia0-152/–16-301/–31-452/146-603/161-752/176+–/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Albirex Niigata kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Machida Zelvia needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 15' Shusuke Ota has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 16' FC Machida Zelvia receives a card for a hard tackle on 16.
- 21' FC Machida Zelvia seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 25' Goal! Takuma Nishimura scores his 60 goal in 395 matches.
- 30' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 35' FC Machida Zelvia is showing some good football. However, FC Machida Zelvia are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 40' It’s high time Daisuke Kimori made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 45' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 46' It is a substitution in Albirex Niigata team. Kodai Mori is replaced by Ken Yamura on 46 minute.
- 51' Gen Shoji needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 56' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 61' It looks like no one’s ball. Albirex Niigata is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 66' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 71' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 76' The supporters are chanting for Sang-ho Na. He replaces Yuki Soma on 76 minute.
- 77' It is a substitution in Albirex Niigata team. Yuto Horigome is replaced by Kento Hashimoto on 77 minute.
- 82' It looks surprising Albirex Niigata does not make any changes. Kodai Mori has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 84' Another substitution for FC Machida Zelvia to replace Takuma Nishimura by Shota Fujio on 84 minute.
- 86' Time for substitution for Albirex Niigata. Taiki Arai is replaced by Yoshiaki Takagi.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-0.
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Lineups
FC Machida Zelvia Lineups
Starting XI
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20
Takuma Nishimura ↓ Shota Fujio 84'
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- 3
- 19
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7
Yuki Soma ↓ Sang-ho Na 76'
- 5
- 16
- 50
- 26
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90
Se-hun Oh ↓ Kanji Kuwayama 76'
Bench
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23
Ryohei Shirasaki ↑ 84'
- 13
- 4
- 8
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9
Shota Fujio ↑ 84'
- 15
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10
Sang-ho Na ↑ 76'
- 6
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49
Kanji Kuwayama ↑ 76'
Coach Go KurodaAlbirex Niigata Lineups
Starting XI
- 5
- 2
- 25
- 6
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31
Yuto Horigome ↓ Kento Hashimoto 77'
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7
Kaito Taniguchi ↓ Jin Okumura 77'
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28
Shusuke Ota ↓ Yota Komi 77'
- 41
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22
Taiki Arai ↓ Yoshiaki Takagi 86'
- 1
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38
Kodai Mori ↓ Ken Yamura 46'
Bench
- 35
- 18
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42
Kento Hashimoto ↑ 77'
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16
Yota Komi ↑ 77'
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33
Yoshiaki Takagi ↑ 86'
- 23
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30
Jin Okumura ↑ 77'
- 8
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9
Ken Yamura ↑ 46'
Coach Daisuke Kimori -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Shota Fujio 2 Takuma Nishimura 2 Yuki Soma 2 Soya Fujiwara 1 Yota Komi 1 Min-Gyu Jang 1 Head to Head
FC Machida Zelvia Form
Albirex Niigata Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.12 FC Machida Zelvia xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.91 Albirex Niigata xGI would bet for: FC Machida Zelvia or Draw 75% + Under 2.5 goals 67%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Machida Zelvia winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.03Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 61% 39% ± 2.5 33% 67% ± 3.5 16% 84% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
FC Machida Zelvia or Draw 75%Draw or Albirex Niigata 56%FC Machida Zelvia or Albirex Niigata 70%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Machida Zelvia win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 15.4%1 – 1 14.3%1 – 0 Actual0 – 1 10.6%2 – 0 7.9%2 – 1 7.3%1 – 2 5.9%0 – 2 5.2%2 – 2 3.5%3 – 0 2.9%3 – 1 2.8%1 – 3 1.8%Asian Handicap — FC Machida Zelvia
Handicap FC Machida Zelvia covers Push Albirex Niigata covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 11% 84% -1.5 16% — 84% -1 16% 22% 61% -0.5 39% — 61% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 18% 10% +1.5 90% — 10% +2 90% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
FC Machida Zelvia keeps clean sheet 41% ✗Albirex Niigata keeps clean sheet 33% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.