Albert
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My Prediction
Kashima Antlers by 1Ah, the smell of fresh grass and the excitement of the J1 League match up. It's Machida Zelvia squaring off against Kashima Antlers.
Now, let’s have a quick look at the players. In the goalkeeper's department, we have Tomoki Hayakawa, for Kashima Antlers with a rating of 6.70 and four saves under his belt, going head-to-head with Kosei Tani for Machida Zelvia who comes in with a rating of a 6.47 and 5 saves.
The Antlers strut in the game with their top players Naomichi Ueda showing off his commendable 87.8% accurate pass rate and Léo Ceará, being the man of the hour with 3 goals to his name. Meanwhile, the Zelvia team certainly show signs of life as well. Yuki Soma being a promising player with a rating of 7.57 and 1 goal, complimented by Sang-Ho Na who scored an equal number of goals.
In looking at the history between these two teams, it’s quite a bag of oats. While the Antlers have won two encounters, Machida Zelvia managed to scrape up one win. A vintage grudge match indeed.
The Antlers come into the match with a superior regular season record of 13 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses while Zelvia lags behind slightly at 8 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. Oh! Head’s up. The Kashima Antlers are in good form lately, only losing one of their last five matches, while Zelvia seems to be struggling with two losses and two draws in the same period.
Channeling my inner soothsayer, pondering upon past results, recent form and of course the players' stats, oh, and let's not forget that mysterious, all-important data we won't talk about, I say:
Albert’s Prediction: Kashima Antlers by 1
Albert
See some of the stats I‘m using to make this prediction
Goalkeepers
Top Player Stats
Recent Results
Head-to-Head Results
Win-Loss Record