TOKYO. Machida Zelvia crushes Júbilo Iwata 4-0 with goals of Yuta Nakayama (4′), Erik (29′), Kazuki Fujimoto (45′) and Shota Fujio (57′ pen). Júbilo Iwata lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Machida Gion Stadium (Tokyo) stadium in Tokyo on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Koji Takasaki with the collaboration of Takeshi Asada and Makoto Bozono. The 4th official was Kenta Tsukada. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 34.57 degrees Celsius or 94.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Júbilo Iwata was in firm control of the ball 56% while Machida Zelvia was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Machida Zelvia was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Machida Zelvia won the match​.

Machida Zelvia shot 17 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Júbilo Iwata shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Machida Zelvia didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Júbilo Iwata received 1 yellow card (Hassan Hilo).

Standings

After this match, Machida Zelvia has 53 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Júbilo Iwata will stays with 28 points to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Machida Zelvia will play away with Albirex Niigata on the 25th of August with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Albirex Niigata (0 draws).

Júbilo Iwata will host Consadole Sapporo on the 25th of August with a 7-3 head to head record in favor of Consadole Sapporo (3 draws).

Machida Zelvia – Formation

Machida Zelvia started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Go Kuroda decided to play with the following team: Kosei Tani (7.5), Henry Heroki Mochizuki (8.0), Gen Shōji (7.5), Yuta Nakayama (8.0), Daiki Sugioka (7.6), Erik (7.7), Ryohei Shirasaki (7.2), Keiya Sento (7.5), Kazuki Fujimoto (7.6), Oh Se-Hun (7.9) and Shota Fujio (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Na Sang-Ho (6.5), Mitchell Duke (6.7), Hokuto Shimoda (6.8), Kotaro Hayashi, Byron Vásquez (6.9), Koki Fukui and Shunta Araki (6.8).

Substitutions

Machida Zelvia made 5 changes: Shota Fujio for Shunta Araki (59′), Kazuki Fujimoto for Na Sang-Ho (75′), Oh Se-Hun for Mitchell Duke (75′), Erik for Byron Vásquez (60′) and Keiya Sento for Hokuto Shimoda (87′).

Player of the match: Yuta Nakayama​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Machida Zelvia was Yuta Nakayama.

His rating is 8.0 with 1 goal, 27 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9.

Júbilo Iwata – Formation

Júbilo Iwata started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Akinobu Yokouchi played with: Eiji Kawashima (6.0), Hiroto Uemura (6.2), Kaito Suzuki (6.2), Hassan Hilo (6.6), Ko Matsubara (7.1), Léo Gomes (6.4), Bruno José (6.1), Masaya Matsumoto (6.6), Rei Hirakawa (6.4), Shota Kaneko (6.3) and Ryo Germain (6.9).

They had on the bench: Hiroki Yamada (6.7), Ryuki Miura, Jordy Croux (6.9), Shunsuke Nishikubo (6.8), Yosuke Furukawa (6.7), Ricardo Graça and Ryo Watanabe (6.7).

Substitutions

Júbilo Iwata made 5 changes: Rei Hirakawa for Ryo Watanabe (46′), Shota Kaneko for Yosuke Furukawa (46′), Hiroto Uemura for Hiroki Yamada (85′), Bruno José for Jordy Croux (60′) and Masaya Matsumoto for Shunsuke Nishikubo (60′).

Player of the match: Ko Matsubara​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Júbilo Iwata was Ko Matsubara.

His rating is 7.1 with 40 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the J-League.​

• Kashima Antlers – Urawa Reds – 0-0
• Machida Zelvia – Júbilo Iwata – 4-0
• FC Tokyo – Tokyo Verdy – 0-0
• Kawasaki Frontale – Yokohama F. Marinos – 1-3
• Shonan Bellmare – Kashiwa Reysol – 1-2
• Nagoya Grampus – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-2
• Cerezo Osaka – Kyoto Sanga – 3-5
• Vissel Kobe – Gamba Osaka – 2-2
• Avispa Fukuoka – Albirex Niigata – 0-1