FC Machida Zelvia vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Machida Zelvia vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Machida GION Stadium.
- FC Machida Zelvia 18 games · 37 pts (2026/26)
- Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 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 22 May Urawa Red Diamonds H 1–0 W 17 May Kawasaki Frontale A 5–6 L 13 May Tokyo Verdy H 1–0 W 10 May JEF United Ichihara Chiba A 2–0 W 06 May Yokohama F.Marinos H 2–0 W 03 May Kashima Antlers A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 22 May FC Machida Zelvia A 0–1 L 16 May FC Tokyo H 9–10 L 09 May FC Mito Holly Hock A 4–1 W 06 May Kashiwa Reysol A 1–0 W 02 May JEF United Ichihara Chiba H 2–0 W 29 Apr Kawasaki Frontale H 2–0 W Season Stats
FC Machida Zelvia Urawa Red Diamonds #13 Position #16 37 Points 25 18 Played 18 13 / 0 / 5 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 11 42 Scored 37 33 Conceded 37 +9 GD +0 2.06 PPG 1.39 72% Win % 39% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history44% Clean Sheets
FC Machida Zelvia this season33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this seasonFC Machida Zelvia are 13th (37 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Machida Zelvia0-152/–16-301/–31-452/146-603/161-752/176+–/3■ Scored ■ ConcededUrawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against FC Machida Zelvia and Urawa Red Diamonds has kicked off!
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 10' GOAL! Erik scores on 10.
- 15' The travelling Urawa Red Diamonds supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 20' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 25' 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.
- 30' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
- 35' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Machida Zelvia is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Gen Shoji, as he is very good at scoring at Machida GION Stadium with 3 goals in the last 3 games.
- 45' Urawa Red Diamonds player sees a card in front of him.
- 50' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Machida Zelvia that had 94 games and scored 116 goals.
- 55' Daihachi Okamura needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
- 60' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 65' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Urawa Red Diamonds needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 70' 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.
- 75' FC Machida Zelvia looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Erik scoring 1 goals.
- 80' 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.
- 85' It looks surprising FC Machida Zelvia does not make any changes. Hirokazu Ishihara has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 90' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- Full Time. FC Machida Zelvia beats Urawa Red Diamonds
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Lineups
FC Machida Zelvia Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 27
- 1
- 3
- 19
- 31
- 88
- 16
- 50
- 10
- 26
- 99
Bench
- 18
- 11
- 23
- 7
- 5
- 13
- 8
- 9
- 34
Coach Go KurodaUrawa Red Diamonds Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 8
- 11
- 10
- 1
- 4
- 77
- 13
- 2
- 88
- 17
- 5
Bench
- 22
- 45
- 3
- 24
- 9
- 16
- 39
- 36
- 37
Coach Tatsuya Tanaka -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Erik 2 Atsuki Ito 1 Hokuto Shimoda 1 Yu Hirakawa 1 Thiago Santana 1 Takahiro Sekine 1 Se-hun Oh 1 Yusuke Matsuo 1 Head to Head
FC Machida Zelvia Form
2026-05-22 FC Machida Zelvia 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2026-05-17 Kawasaki Frontale 6–5 FC Machida Zelvia L 2026-05-13 FC Machida Zelvia 1–0 Tokyo Verdy W 2026-05-10 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 0–2 FC Machida Zelvia W 2026-05-06 FC Machida Zelvia 2–0 Yokohama F.Marinos W 2026-05-03 Kashima Antlers 1–1 FC Machida Zelvia DUrawa Red Diamonds Form
2026-05-22 FC Machida Zelvia 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2026-05-16 Urawa Red Diamonds 9–10 FC Tokyo L 2026-05-09 FC Mito Holly Hock 1–4 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2026-05-06 Kashiwa Reysol 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2026-05-02 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 JEF United Ichihara Chiba W 2026-04-29 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.78 FC Machida Zelvia xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.27 Urawa Red Diamonds xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Machida Zelvia winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.05Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 58% 42% ± 3.5 36% 64% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
FC Machida Zelvia or Draw 75%Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds 50%FC Machida Zelvia or Urawa Red Diamonds 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Machida Zelvia win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.6%2 – 1 9.2%1 – 0 Actual2 – 0 7.4%1 – 2 6.5%0 – 0 6.4%2 – 2 5.8%3 – 1 5.4%0 – 1 5.2%3 – 0 4.3%0 – 2 3.8%3 – 2 3.5%Asian Handicap — FC Machida Zelvia
Handicap FC Machida Zelvia covers Push Urawa Red Diamonds covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 15% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 21% 52% -0.5 48% — 52% +0.5 74% — 26% +1 74% 15% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
FC Machida Zelvia keeps clean sheet 29% ✗Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.