Delightful dogfight as daring JEF United duel with determined Mito Hollyhock

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fukuda Denshi Arena (19470 seats)

A classic home victory, the away team claims the win or a point each? Anything could happen when the mid-table teams JEF United and Mito Hollyhock duel at Fukuda Denshi Arena.

Insights:
  • JEF United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mito Hollyhock have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

JEF are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Hollyhock most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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JEF United form and stats

When playing at home in the J2-League, JEF United have managed 6 wins, 7 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 18 games.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Shota Arai not having conceded a league goal in 247 minutes.

It's back home for JEF United, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Tochigi away with the result 1-0. D. Suzuki found the net in that victory.

In the match before that, JEF hosted Renofa Yamaguchi and drew the game 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how JEF have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost three.

JEF are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. JEF are not conceding a lot of goals here at Fukuda Denshi Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 18 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Mito Hollyhock form and stats

As the visiting team in J2-League matches, Mito Hollyhock have produced an overall stat of 7-4-7 so far.

Mito Hollyhock delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Giravanz Kitakyushu (placed 21st) in their previous match; a J2-League game.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting V-Varen Nagasaki's place.

We have checked recent matches where Hollyhock have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, one draw and four defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Hollyhock's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 18 league matches away. Hollyhock have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams faced each other earlier on this match year: Mito Hollyhock - JEF 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): JEF United four wins, two draws and Mito Hollyhock four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

JEF UnitedT. Miki
T. Miki
10 goals
Mito HollyhockM. Nakayama
M. Nakayama
10 goals
JEF UnitedT. Funayama
T. Funayama
8 goals

JEF United missing players

Mito Hollyhock missing players

Total First Half Second Half
JEF United Mito Hollyhock
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 5 18 37
15 6 1 Won W 2 7 14
12 7 1 Drew D 1 4 9
10 5 3 Lost L 2 7 14
39 18 5 Scored S 4 27 48
31 16 7 Conceded C 4 23 40
86% 78% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 89% 89%
54% 61% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 61% 65%
24% 28% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 61% 49%
14% 11% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 16%
5% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 11%
41% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 43%
43% 39% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 35%
30% 39% 60% Failed to Score F T 40% 22% 32%
 
4.9 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.6 5.5 5
4.1 3.9 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.6 4.5
1.5 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 0.8 0.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.8 8.6 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 10.4 9.1
3.2 3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.2 3.8
34% 35% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 36% 36%
 
6.9 7.4 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.6 8.4 7.8
2.3 2.2 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.7 3.2
Key stats in J2-League this season:
  • JEF United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mito Hollyhock have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Júbilo Iwata 37 24 8 5 67 38 18 12 3 3 35 22 19 12 5 2 32 16 29 80
2 Kyoto Sanga 37 23 9 5 56 29 19 12 5 2 34 18 18 11 4 3 22 11 27 78
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 37 20 8 9 59 40 19 10 6 3 34 20 18 10 2 6 25 20 19 68
4 Ventforet Kofu 37 19 10 8 55 33 19 12 5 2 34 15 18 7 5 6 21 18 22 67
5 Montedio Yamagata 37 19 7 11 50 38 18 9 2 7 24 20 19 10 5 4 26 18 12 64
6 Machida Zelvia 37 18 9 10 56 34 19 7 5 7 27 21 18 11 4 3 29 13 22 63
7 Albirex Niigata 37 17 11 9 57 36 19 10 4 5 27 12 18 7 7 4 30 24 21 62
8 JEF United 37 15 12 10 39 31 18 6 7 5 18 16 19 9 5 5 21 15 8 57
9 Ryūkyū 37 16 8 13 49 41 18 9 4 5 23 12 19 7 4 8 26 29 8 56
10 Mito Hollyhock 37 14 9 14 48 40 19 7 5 7 21 17 18 7 4 7 27 23 8 51
11 Fagiano Okayama 37 12 13 12 34 31 18 5 4 9 14 15 19 7 9 3 20 16 3 49
12 Tokyo Verdy 37 13 9 15 50 61 18 8 2 8 26 27 19 5 7 7 24 34 -11 48
13 Blaublitz Akita 37 11 13 13 37 41 18 3 10 5 12 19 19 8 3 8 25 22 -4 46
14 Tochigi 37 8 14 15 32 44 19 3 7 9 17 24 18 5 7 6 15 20 -12 38
15 Renofa Yamaguchi 37 9 11 17 33 46 19 6 5 8 20 21 18 3 6 9 13 25 -13 38
16 Omiya Ardija 37 8 13 16 44 48 18 5 5 8 25 24 19 3 8 8 19 24 -4 37
17 Zweigen Kanazawa 37 9 10 18 36 52 19 5 5 9 18 26 18 4 5 9 18 26 -16 37
18 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 37 9 10 18 32 51 18 5 6 7 16 20 19 4 4 11 16 31 -19 37
19 Sagamihara 37 7 12 18 27 45 19 4 7 8 17 25 18 3 5 10 10 20 -18 33
20 Ehime 37 7 12 18 35 60 18 1 7 10 17 36 19 6 5 8 18 24 -25 33
21 Giravanz Kitakyushu 37 6 14 17 32 56 19 3 7 9 16 26 18 3 7 8 16 30 -24 32
22 Matsumoto Yamaga 37 7 10 20 30 63 18 5 5 8 19 28 19 2 5 12 11 35 -33 31

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 Júbilo Iwata 37 24 8 5 67 38 18 12 3 3 35 22 19 12 5 2 32 16 29 80
2 Kyoto Sanga 37 23 9 5 56 29 19 12 5 2 34 18 18 11 4 3 22 11 27 78
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 37 20 8 9 59 40 19 10 6 3 34 20 18 10 2 6 25 20 19 68
4 Ventforet Kofu 37 19 10 8 55 33 19 12 5 2 34 15 18 7 5 6 21 18 22 67
5 Montedio Yamagata 37 19 7 11 50 38 18 9 2 7 24 20 19 10 5 4 26 18 12 64
6 Machida Zelvia 37 18 9 10 56 34 19 7 5 7 27 21 18 11 4 3 29 13 22 63
7 Albirex Niigata 37 17 11 9 57 36 19 10 4 5 27 12 18 7 7 4 30 24 21 62
8 JEF United 37 15 12 10 39 31 18 6 7 5 18 16 19 9 5 5 21 15 8 57
9 Ryūkyū 37 16 8 13 49 41 18 9 4 5 23 12 19 7 4 8 26 29 8 56
10 Mito Hollyhock 37 14 9 14 48 40 19 7 5 7 21 17 18 7 4 7 27 23 8 51
11 Fagiano Okayama 37 12 13 12 34 31 18 5 4 9 14 15 19 7 9 3 20 16 3 49
12 Tokyo Verdy 37 13 9 15 50 61 18 8 2 8 26 27 19 5 7 7 24 34 -11 48
13 Blaublitz Akita 37 11 13 13 37 41 18 3 10 5 12 19 19 8 3 8 25 22 -4 46
14 Tochigi 37 8 14 15 32 44 19 3 7 9 17 24 18 5 7 6 15 20 -12 38
15 Renofa Yamaguchi 37 9 11 17 33 46 19 6 5 8 20 21 18 3 6 9 13 25 -13 38
16 Omiya Ardija 37 8 13 16 44 48 18 5 5 8 25 24 19 3 8 8 19 24 -4 37
17 Zweigen Kanazawa 37 9 10 18 36 52 19 5 5 9 18 26 18 4 5 9 18 26 -16 37
18 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 37 9 10 18 32 51 18 5 6 7 16 20 19 4 4 11 16 31 -19 37
19 Sagamihara 37 7 12 18 27 45 19 4 7 8 17 25 18 3 5 10 10 20 -18 33
20 Ehime 37 7 12 18 35 60 18 1 7 10 17 36 19 6 5 8 18 24 -25 33
21 Giravanz Kitakyushu 37 6 14 17 32 56 19 3 7 9 16 26 18 3 7 8 16 30 -24 32
22 Matsumoto Yamaga 37 7 10 20 30 63 18 5 5 8 19 28 19 2 5 12 11 35 -33 31

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