Match Report
Omiya Ardija, 21st on 39 points, faced a 48-point deficit to Machida Zelvia (1st, 87). Recent form flatters Omiya Ardija's table spot — 12th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 21st. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Machida Zelvia ran at 1.88 scored and 0.83 conceded, Omiya Ardija at 0.88 and 1.69.
Machida Zelvia's unbeaten run stood at 7, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Omiya Ardija entered with three losses in a row. The last-five ledger: Machida Zelvia 11/15, Omiya Ardija 2/15.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 1 for Machida Zelvia, 1 for Omiya Ardija and 2 drawn, at 1.5 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 25% of the meetings.
The venue was Machida Stadium in Tokyo, with room for 10,328 spectators. The referee was T. Sato, with 31 matches in our database and 0.7 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, Omiya Ardija led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-2.