📏 Form Guide

Shanghai Shenhua

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Shanghai Shenhua will be hoping for a better result following the 1-0 AFC Champions League Elite loss in their previous game against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Hayato Araki (78') scored for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Shanghai Shenhua have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Shanghai Shenhua have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals along the way.

Machida Zelvia

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Machida Zelvia will go into this encounter following a 2-3 J1 100 Year Vision League win against Yokohama F. Marinos in their previous fixture.

In that game, Machida Zelvia had 36% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Machida Zelvia, the goals were scored by Erik (8', 17') and Yūki Sōma (45'). On the other side, Yokohama F. Marinos got 15 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Daiya Tono (16') and Jordy Croux (66') scored for Yokohama F. Marinos.

Looking at their form, and Machida Zelvia have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals overall. In defence, Machida Zelvia have not been doing too well. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained here.

🗞️ Team News: Machida Zelvia

From a largely full-strength group of players, there is only the sole fitness worry for the Machida Zelvia boss Go Kuroda to be concerned with. Ryuho Kikuchi (Cartilage damage) misses out for this game.

🧠 Prediction

Machida Zelvia and Shanghai Shenhua could end up without much reward for their efforts here.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. We’re therefore tipping a tight encounter, finishing with a 0-0 score at the end of the match.

Peter Guest, 12:01 10/02/2026