J1 League

Kyoto Sanga 0–1 Machida Zelvia

Final score · Half-time 0–0 · Latest results

When the micro-edge on Machida Zelvia was recorded live, the sharp market made Machida Zelvia the most likely outcome at 51% (fair odds 1.97). On Machida Zelvia, Coolbet offered 2.00 against a fair price of 1.97, a +1.3% gap: too small to call value (Micro-edge). Recent form — Kyoto Sanga: LWLWL; Machida Zelvia: WWDWD.

After the whistle

Goals and cards

  1. 26' Tete Yengi · yellow card · Machida Zelvia
  2. 70' Everton Maceió · yellow card · Kyoto Sanga
  3. 70' Ranko Popović · yellow card · Kyoto Sanga
  4. 86' 0–1 Takahiro Akimoto · goal · Machida Zelvia

Match stats

Match statsKyoto SangaMachida Zelvia
Possession %3862
Expected goals (xG)1.110.74
Shots1713
Shots on target45
Corners410
Fouls166
Offsides60
Goalkeeper saves44

What the market said before kick-off

  • Kyoto Sanga win 26% did not happen
  • Draw 27% did not happen
  • Machida Zelvia win 48% happened
  • Over 2.5 goals 49% did not happen
  • Micro-edge flagged before kick-off (under 1.5%, monitor only): 2 · Machida Zelvia @ 2.00 (Coolbet) Won

CLV -4.7% vs the fair close. One flag on its own says little; the rule is judged on all of them.

Pinnacle closing price with the margin removed, next to what happened. It is the market's view, not a tip: an outcome priced at 30% happens about 3 times in 10.

Referee: Koki Nagamine · Venue: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera, Kyoto

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Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Starting line-ups

Kyoto Sanga 3-4-2-1

  1. Halls GK
  2. Y. Ishida DF
  3. Y. Suzuki DF
  4. K. Nagata DF
  5. R. Kato MF
  6. S. Fukuoka MF
  7. H. Morooka MF
  8. K. Sato MF
  9. R. Nakano MF
  10. H. Arai MF
  11. Rafael Elias FW

Machida Zelvia 3-4-2-1

  1. K. Tani GK
  2. G. Shōji DF
  3. D. Okamura DF
  4. T. Ouwejan DF
  5. H. Nakamura MF
  6. H. Mae MF
  7. K. Sento MF
  8. Y. Soma MF
  9. Koki Ogawa MF
  10. T. Nishimura MF
  11. T. Yengi FW

Pinnacle, margin removed (home / draw / away): 28 / 27 / 46% when the line-ups came out, 26 / 27 / 48% at kick-off.

In the big leagues, line-up news is usually already in the price by the time it is official.

The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.

Value check before kick-off Micro-edge

2 Machida Zelvia @ 2.00
Bookmaker Coolbet
Price observed
Flag recorded @ 2.00 (Coolbet) · recorded live, before kick-off
Market 1X2 (match result)
Availability and exact price varied by country and over time.
Fair price 1.97
Coolbet 2.00
Market Gap +1.3%
Value flag result Won · 2 +1.00u

Market discrepancy: before kick-off, Machida Zelvia (2) was priced at 2.00 by a soft bookmaker, above the fair price of 1.97 — a +1.3% gap. An observation about the price, not an instruction to bet.

The gap was smaller than 1.5% — likely to vanish in rounding, latency or line movement. We logged it for transparency, but it was not a strong signal.

A single result where a bookmaker pays above the fair price — separate from the main prediction below.

Two most likely results

X/2 Draw or away 75% · as recorded

When no single result is likely enough, our pick covers the two most probable outcomes (double chance).

1X2
Sharp, recorded25%25%50%
Other estimates
Our model27%27%46%

Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.

Fair odds of the pick (as recorded) 1.33
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 3.87 / 3.83 / 1.94
Pick result (single or double chance) Won · 2

Value lifecycle Settled

Detected ·
2 Machida Zelvia · soft 2.00 (Coolbet) · fair 1.97 · edge +1.3%
Opening sharp
1.94
At close
2.10 · CLV -4.7%
Result
Won +1.00u 🔒 Recorded live before kick-off

“Detected” is the moment the flag was first shown on the site and written to our ledger (recorded live since 26 September 2026). For earlier matches the flag was reconstructed afterwards from the prices we had stored, and the time shown is when the rule would have fired: a backtest, not a live record. When the gap closes, we say so instead of pretending the value is still there.

Match context

Kyoto Sanga averaged 0.8 goals scored and 2.2 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; Machida Zelvia averaged 1.6 and 0.8 over 5.

Since opening around 1.94, the sharp market price on Machida Zelvia has drifted to 2.10 — the market has moved against this outcome.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Market-relevant trends

Machida Zelvia has won its last 2 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on Machida Zelvia here.

We show the trend and whether it is already in the price. Most sites show the streak and let you assume you should bet it.

Why this price?

Kyoto Sanga
L W L W L
avg 0.8 scored · 2.2 conceded (last 5)
Machida Zelvia
W W D W D
avg 1.6 scored · 0.8 conceded (last 5)

Form: most recent match first.

Recent head-to-head
23 Sep 2025 Kyoto Sanga 1–1 Machida Zelvia
07 May 2025 Machida Zelvia 1–2 Kyoto Sanga
30 Nov 2024 Machida Zelvia 1–0 Kyoto Sanga
06 May 2024 Kyoto Sanga 0–3 Machida Zelvia

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off
Prediction record
Pick X/2 · Draw or away
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.29
Pinnacle closing odds (with margin) 1.30
Prediction CLV -1.2%
Result Won
Value-bet record

Recorded when the site showed it, before kick-off. Its seal is in our public export once this match’s row is published, and in the next daily external snapshot (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter); for flags recorded on match day that snapshot comes after kick-off, so the pre-kick-off proof is our own timestamp.

Value selection 2 · Machida Zelvia
Odds when flagged 2.00
Fair odds 1.97
Fair closing odds (Pinnacle, margin removed) 2.10
Value CLV -4.7%
Profit (units) +1.00
Result Won
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint d250e0dc6cf5f60d

This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →

Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →

Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.

Methodology

The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.

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