Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Mito Hollyhock & Renofa Yamaguchi face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Mito Hollyhock form and stats
Mito Hollyhock was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Emperor Cup.With {1 J2-League wins}, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Mito Hollyhock are certainly not brimming with confidence.
It's back home for Mito Hollyhock, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Omiya Ardija away with the result 2-1. Kusumoto found the net in that victory.
Ahead of that match, Hollyhock lost 0-1 at home to Renofa Yamaguchi.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mito Hollyhock have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 5.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Mito Hollyhock as they have a new game in only four days, a J2-League match thankfully also at home. JEF United are visiting.
Hollyhock are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (24 from 10 played).
Renofa Yamaguchi form and stats
They also participated in Emperor Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the J2-League.
Renofa Yamaguchi's last game was the home draw against V-Varen Nagasaki (1-1).
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Mito Hollyhock.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Renofa Yamaguchi playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 3 Renofa Yamaguchi wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
Renofa Yamaguchi have another fixture that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a J2-League match vs Ventforet Kofu. A gruelling fixture list for the visitors!
Yamaguchi struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Mito Hollyhock three wins, two draws and Renofa Yamaguchi five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Teranuma 4 goals | K. Umeda 2 goals | H. Takeda 2 goals |
Mito Hollyhock missing players
Renofa Yamaguchi missing players
| Mito Hollyhock | Renofa Yamaguchi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Scored | S | 18 | 29 | ||
| 42 | 28 | Conceded | C | 17 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Machida Zelvia | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 3 | Tokyo Verdy | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Júbilo Iwata | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Vegalta Sendai | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Fagiano Okayama | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 9 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 28 |
| 11 | Roasso Kumamoto | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 12 | Blaublitz Akita | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 26 |
| 13 | Montedio Yamagata | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 25 |
| 14 | Fujieda MYFC | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 15 | JEF United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 16 | Tochigi | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Tokushima Vortis | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 19 | Mito Hollyhock | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -17 | 20 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -17 | 19 |
| 21 | Iwaki | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -20 | 16 |
| 22 | Omiya Ardija | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 14 |
