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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Wed 21.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: K’s Denki Stadium

J2-League: The average league table placements shows the journey Mito Hollyhock and Tokyo Verdy have undertaken uptil now. Both teams are up for it; bring it on!

Insights:
  • Tokyo Verdy have the most conceded goals (34) away in J2-League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Mito Hollyhock and Tokyo Verdy.

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Mito Hollyhock form and stats

Mito Hollyhock have collected 26 points from their J2-League home games so far after 7-5-6. Mito Hollyhock has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Akiba and the players.

Dohi was the last player to score a league goal for Hollyhock and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Mito Hollyhock haven't scored in 286 minutes.

Mito Hollyhock lost their last game at Albirex Niigata (placed 1st) after a 0-2 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Hollyhock lost 0-1 at home to V-Varen Nagasaki.

Low on goals? In this team's last 11 league games, 10 have had less than three goals (under 2.5).

There will be little rest for Mito Hollyhock after this match as they are travelling to Tokushima Vortis for a J2-League game in only four days.

Mito Hollyhock has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Hollyhock have conceded only 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Tokyo Verdy form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tokyo Verdy so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 3-8-7 (win-draw-lose).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Machida Zelvia (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. As mentioned above, Tokyo Verdy drew the match against Machida Zelvia. Manager Jofuku brought on Sakano to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

A 0-2 loss hosting Blaublitz Akita before that.

After this away game Tokyo Verdy return home for a J2-League game against Montedio Yamagata. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Tokyo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 29 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Tokyo Verdy rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 34 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides face each other this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Tokyo Verdy - Mito Hollyhock 0-2. Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Hollyhock won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Tokyo Verdy have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

Mito HollyhockK. Kinoshita
K. Kinoshita
11 goals
Tokyo VerdyR. Sato
R. Sato
11 goals
Tokyo VerdyR. Sugimoto
R. Sugimoto
6 goals

Mito Hollyhock missing players

Tokyo Verdy missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mito Hollyhock Tokyo Verdy
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 5 18 36
12 7 1 Won W 0 3 10
10 5 2 Drew D 3 8 13
14 6 1 Lost L 2 7 13
40 20 4 Scored S 6 29 52
39 17 4 Conceded C 10 34 54
92% 89% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
69% 61% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 78%
36% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 61% 53%
11% 11% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 50% 36%
11% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 14%
50% 39% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 64%
28% 39% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 19%
31% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 19%
 
4.7 4.7 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.7 4.9
5.2 4.8 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.1 4.4
1 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.6 0.9 0.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 11.4 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 8.8 9.6
3.8 4.6 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4 4.2
30% 24% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 40% 34%
 
10.2 9.4 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.6 10.2 10.1
3.4 2.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.9 4.5
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • Tokyo Verdy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tokyo Verdy have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in J2-League
  • Tokyo Verdy have the most conceded goals (34) away in J2-League
  • Tokyo Verdy haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albirex Niigata 37 22 8 7 66 32 18 13 2 3 37 15 19 9 6 4 29 17 34 74
2 Yokohama 37 20 11 6 55 40 19 13 4 2 29 15 18 7 7 4 26 25 15 71
3 Fagiano Okayama 37 18 12 7 54 34 19 11 5 3 33 17 18 7 7 4 21 17 20 66
4 Roasso Kumamoto 37 16 13 8 47 39 18 7 6 5 17 15 19 9 7 3 30 24 8 61
5 Vegalta Sendai 37 17 8 12 65 50 19 7 5 7 28 24 18 10 3 5 37 26 15 59
6 Oita Trinita 37 14 15 8 54 44 18 7 7 4 29 22 19 7 8 4 25 22 10 57
7 Montedio Yamagata 36 15 10 11 54 37 18 10 2 6 33 17 18 5 8 5 21 20 17 55
8 V-Varen Nagasaki 36 15 9 12 44 42 17 4 7 6 18 20 19 11 2 6 26 22 2 54
9 Tokushima Vortis 37 10 22 5 39 27 18 6 10 2 21 12 19 4 12 3 18 15 12 52
10 JEF United 37 14 10 13 38 36 19 7 5 7 15 14 18 7 5 6 23 22 2 52
11 Machida Zelvia 37 14 9 14 46 40 19 7 6 6 27 22 18 7 3 8 19 18 6 51
12 Mito Hollyhock 36 12 10 14 40 39 18 7 5 6 20 17 18 5 5 8 20 22 1 46
13 Tokyo Verdy 36 10 13 13 52 54 18 7 5 6 23 20 18 3 8 7 29 34 -2 43
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 37 11 10 16 40 46 19 8 6 5 27 22 18 3 4 11 13 24 -6 43
15 Blaublitz Akita 37 11 10 16 30 43 18 4 5 9 15 22 19 7 5 7 15 21 -13 43
16 Ventforet Kofu 37 9 15 13 41 48 18 5 8 5 26 24 19 4 7 8 15 24 -7 42
17 Zweigen Kanazawa 37 10 12 15 46 63 18 4 6 8 23 33 19 6 6 7 23 30 -17 42
18 Tochigi 36 9 13 14 27 36 19 4 8 7 15 20 17 5 5 7 12 16 -9 40
19 Omiya Ardija 36 9 11 16 41 54 18 5 5 8 23 30 18 4 6 8 18 24 -13 38
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 37 9 9 19 27 43 18 3 6 9 12 22 19 6 3 10 15 21 -16 36
21 Grulla Morioka 37 9 6 22 31 66 19 4 3 12 15 33 18 5 3 10 16 33 -35 33
22 Ryukyu 37 6 12 19 37 61 19 2 8 9 22 30 18 4 4 10 15 31 -24 30

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albirex Niigata 37 22 8 7 66 32 18 13 2 3 37 15 19 9 6 4 29 17 34 74
2 Yokohama 37 20 11 6 55 40 19 13 4 2 29 15 18 7 7 4 26 25 15 71
3 Fagiano Okayama 37 18 12 7 54 34 19 11 5 3 33 17 18 7 7 4 21 17 20 66
4 Roasso Kumamoto 37 16 13 8 47 39 18 7 6 5 17 15 19 9 7 3 30 24 8 61
5 Vegalta Sendai 37 17 8 12 65 50 19 7 5 7 28 24 18 10 3 5 37 26 15 59
6 Oita Trinita 37 14 15 8 54 44 18 7 7 4 29 22 19 7 8 4 25 22 10 57
7 Montedio Yamagata 36 15 10 11 54 37 18 10 2 6 33 17 18 5 8 5 21 20 17 55
8 V-Varen Nagasaki 36 15 9 12 44 42 17 4 7 6 18 20 19 11 2 6 26 22 2 54
9 Tokushima Vortis 37 10 22 5 39 27 18 6 10 2 21 12 19 4 12 3 18 15 12 52
10 JEF United 37 14 10 13 38 36 19 7 5 7 15 14 18 7 5 6 23 22 2 52
11 Machida Zelvia 37 14 9 14 46 40 19 7 6 6 27 22 18 7 3 8 19 18 6 51
12 Mito Hollyhock 36 12 10 14 40 39 18 7 5 6 20 17 18 5 5 8 20 22 1 46
13 Tokyo Verdy 36 10 13 13 52 54 18 7 5 6 23 20 18 3 8 7 29 34 -2 43
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 37 11 10 16 40 46 19 8 6 5 27 22 18 3 4 11 13 24 -6 43
15 Blaublitz Akita 37 11 10 16 30 43 18 4 5 9 15 22 19 7 5 7 15 21 -13 43
16 Ventforet Kofu 37 9 15 13 41 48 18 5 8 5 26 24 19 4 7 8 15 24 -7 42
17 Zweigen Kanazawa 37 10 12 15 46 63 18 4 6 8 23 33 19 6 6 7 23 30 -17 42
18 Tochigi 36 9 13 14 27 36 19 4 8 7 15 20 17 5 5 7 12 16 -9 40
19 Omiya Ardija 36 9 11 16 41 54 18 5 5 8 23 30 18 4 6 8 18 24 -13 38
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 37 9 9 19 27 43 18 3 6 9 12 22 19 6 3 10 15 21 -16 36
21 Grulla Morioka 37 9 6 22 31 66 19 4 3 12 15 33 18 5 3 10 16 33 -35 33
22 Ryukyu 37 6 12 19 37 61 19 2 8 9 22 30 18 4 4 10 15 31 -24 30

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