Machida vs Vegalta Sendai tips and predictions

Vegalta Sendai can carve something out in J2 League fixture

Machida are currently in fifth place as they prepare to host third place Vegalta Sendai.

At the time of writing Vegalta Sendai are a tempting price in the 1X2 and this preview is going with them being something of a surprise package.

First up you could do worse things than take the decent price available for the visitors to come through. Machida have been up and down. They've lost 7 of their last 16 matches. Legitimate scoring chances are in short supply for them. They've scored one or less goals in 13 of their last 17 games which is a fact that will resonate with supporters of the upset. They conceded three or more goals in 2 of their last 5 games. If they reveal any selection issues here they could be in trouble.

Vegalta Sendai have actually won 6 of their last 11 away matches. Impressively, they've scored two or more goals in 10 of their last 13 away fixtures. If they're to get anything from the game they'll have to contribute more goals to that run. If the away players get off to a confident start they could get an unlikely result against the odds.

Machida are the favoured side but things will get interesting if Vegalta Sendai can get them on the counter-attack. It isn't a strong view but the Yes BTTS bet is the tentative side bet.