It's early days in the J2-League and both Mito Hollyhock and Machida Zelvia are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
It's no vacation for neither Mito Hollyhock nor Machida Zelvia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Mito Hollyhock form and stats
Mito Hollyhock have played three J2-League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Matsumoto Yamaga in the J2-League last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Hollyhock played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Montedio Yamagata.
A disappointing finish for Mito Hollyhock in their match versus Matsumoto Yamaga as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
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 Hollyhock have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost two.
Hollyhock are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Hollyhock are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).
Machida Zelvia form and stats
Machida Zelvia are still undefeated on their travels in the J2-League. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Machida delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Albirex Niigata (placed 6th) in their previous match; a J2-League game. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at ThespaKusatsu Gunma.
It looked so good for Machida vs Albirex Niigata, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. As you can tell from the result, the match against Albirex Niigata was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Machida Zelvia in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Machida Zelvia, two draws and three defeats.
Machida Zelvia have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Hollyhock won two, Machida Zelvia won two and six draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Mito Hollyhock missing players
Machida Zelvia missing players
| Mito Hollyhock | Machida Zelvia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 7.8 | 6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 0.6 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | 41 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 15 | 33 |
| 29 | 15 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 7 | 13 |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 29% | 38% |
- All of Mito Hollyhock's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Machida Zelvia have not yet lost a game.
- Machida Zelvia have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Machida Zelvia have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Mito Hollyhock has the fewest matches under the total-line (0)
- Mito Hollyhock have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Mito Hollyhock have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Mito Hollyhock have yet to win a game at home.
- Mito Hollyhock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Mito Hollyhock | Last season | Machida Zelvia | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 42 | 21 | Played | P | 21 | 42 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 10 | 17 | ||
| 56 | 34 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 30 | 59 | ||
| 90% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 88% | ||
| 62% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 67% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 38% | ||
| 19% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 17% | ||
| 7% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 10% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 40% | ||
| 38% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 26% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 45% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 507 | 265 | Total Shots | T S | 238 | 449 | ||
| 197 | 107 | Shots on Target | S O | 82 | 145 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Omiya Ardija | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | JEF United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Fagiano Okayama | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Machida Zelvia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Júbilo Iwata | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Ehime | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Ventforet Kofu | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | Tokyo Verdy | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 18 | Montedio Yamagata | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 19 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 21 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
| 22 | Ryūkyū | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 2 |