Home advantage could prove decisive in Mito Hollyhock - ThespaKusatsu Gunma battle

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Competition: Sun 10.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: K’s Denki Stadium

J2-League: What this match might lack in elegance it should pay back in energy and commitment. Get set for Mito Hollyhock - ThespaKusatsu Gunma!

Mito Hollyhock and ThespaKusatsu Gunma should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Mito Hollyhock form and stats

6-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Mito Hollyhock so far this season.

An away draw last time out for Hollyhock, facing Sagamihara in a game that ended 4-4. A goal frenzy last time out for Hollyhock, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Sagamihara. Fun stuff to watch! No victory last time out for Mito Hollyhock, but the draw 4-4 felt nice for K. Okuda who came on as a substitute in the 61st minute and scored two goals.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Zweigen Kanazawa in a game that was won 2-1.

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 Hollyhock have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost four.

Hollyhock has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Hollyhock are not conceding a lot of goals here at K’s Denki Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 16 matches.

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ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for ThespaKusatsu Gunma so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-8 (win-draw-lose).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Giravanz Kitakyushu (placed 20th) in their previous outing. The J2-League match ended in a draw 2-2.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus JEF United.

ThespaKusatsu are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is eight wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting ThespaKusatsu Gunma as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. In the opposite end, ThespaKusatsu have conceded 24 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head match ended ThespaKusatsu Gunma - Hollyhock 2-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hollyhock six wins, one draw and ThespaKusatsu Gunma three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Mito HollyhockM. Nakayama
M. Nakayama
10 goals
Mito HollyhockK. Okuda
K. Okuda
6 goals
Mito HollyhockM. Kai
M. Kai
5 goals

Mito Hollyhock missing players

ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mito Hollyhock ThespaKusatsu Gunma
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 4 16 32
13 6 3 Won W 1 4 8
6 3 2 Drew D 0 4 9
13 7 0 Lost L 3 8 15
42 18 8 Scored S 2 14 28
34 15 2 Conceded C 6 24 43
91% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
62% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 59%
47% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 41%
16% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 19%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
38% 25% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 44% 44%
38% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 25%
34% 44% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 41%
 
5.1 4.3 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.5 4.8
4.8 4.7 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.7 5.8
1 1 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.4 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.2 7.3 6.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.1 7.1
3.7 3 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.2 1.9 2.5
36% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 47% 35%

  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 32 21 6 5 57 33 16 11 2 3 29 19 16 10 4 2 28 14 24 69
2 Kyoto Sanga 32 20 7 5 50 26 16 10 4 2 30 16 16 10 3 3 20 10 24 67
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 32 17 7 8 49 35 16 8 5 3 27 17 16 9 2 5 22 18 14 58
4 Albirex Niigata 32 16 9 7 53 31 16 9 4 3 25 9 16 7 5 4 28 22 22 57
5 Ventforet Kofu 32 16 9 7 49 29 16 10 5 1 30 12 16 6 4 6 19 17 20 57
6 Machida Zelvia 32 16 7 9 51 31 16 6 4 6 24 18 16 10 3 3 27 13 20 55
7 Ryukyu 32 15 7 10 47 36 16 9 3 4 23 11 16 6 4 6 24 25 11 52
8 Montedio Yamagata 32 15 7 10 43 34 15 7 2 6 20 17 17 8 5 4 23 17 9 52
9 Mito Hollyhock 32 13 6 13 42 34 16 6 3 7 18 15 16 7 3 6 24 19 8 45
10 JEF United 32 11 11 10 30 29 16 5 6 5 16 15 16 6 5 5 14 14 1 44
11 Tokyo Verdy 32 12 7 13 44 51 15 8 1 6 24 20 17 4 6 7 20 31 -7 43
12 Blaublitz Akita 32 9 12 11 32 35 16 3 9 4 11 16 16 6 3 7 21 19 -3 39
13 Fagiano Okayama 32 9 11 12 25 27 16 4 3 9 10 14 16 5 8 3 15 13 -2 38
14 Omiya Ardija 32 7 12 13 37 40 15 4 4 7 19 19 17 3 8 6 18 21 -3 33
15 Tochigi 32 7 12 13 29 40 16 3 6 7 15 20 16 4 6 6 14 20 -11 33
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 32 8 9 15 28 43 16 4 5 7 14 19 16 4 4 8 14 24 -15 33
17 Renofa Yamaguchi 32 8 8 16 28 42 17 5 4 8 16 19 15 3 4 8 12 23 -14 32
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 32 8 7 17 29 45 17 4 5 8 15 23 15 4 2 9 14 22 -16 31
19 Matsumoto Yamaga 32 7 10 15 27 53 16 5 5 6 18 25 16 2 5 9 9 28 -26 31
20 Giravanz Kitakyushu 32 6 12 14 27 45 17 3 6 8 13 22 15 3 6 6 14 23 -18 30
21 Sagamihara 32 6 11 15 23 39 16 4 6 6 16 22 16 2 5 9 7 17 -16 29
22 Ehime 32 6 11 15 31 53 16 1 7 8 17 33 16 5 4 7 14 20 -22 29

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 32 21 6 5 57 33 16 11 2 3 29 19 16 10 4 2 28 14 24 69
2 Kyoto Sanga 32 20 7 5 50 26 16 10 4 2 30 16 16 10 3 3 20 10 24 67
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 32 17 7 8 49 35 16 8 5 3 27 17 16 9 2 5 22 18 14 58
4 Albirex Niigata 32 16 9 7 53 31 16 9 4 3 25 9 16 7 5 4 28 22 22 57
5 Ventforet Kofu 32 16 9 7 49 29 16 10 5 1 30 12 16 6 4 6 19 17 20 57
6 Machida Zelvia 32 16 7 9 51 31 16 6 4 6 24 18 16 10 3 3 27 13 20 55
7 Ryukyu 32 15 7 10 47 36 16 9 3 4 23 11 16 6 4 6 24 25 11 52
8 Montedio Yamagata 32 15 7 10 43 34 15 7 2 6 20 17 17 8 5 4 23 17 9 52
9 Mito Hollyhock 32 13 6 13 42 34 16 6 3 7 18 15 16 7 3 6 24 19 8 45
10 JEF United 32 11 11 10 30 29 16 5 6 5 16 15 16 6 5 5 14 14 1 44
11 Tokyo Verdy 32 12 7 13 44 51 15 8 1 6 24 20 17 4 6 7 20 31 -7 43
12 Blaublitz Akita 32 9 12 11 32 35 16 3 9 4 11 16 16 6 3 7 21 19 -3 39
13 Fagiano Okayama 32 9 11 12 25 27 16 4 3 9 10 14 16 5 8 3 15 13 -2 38
14 Omiya Ardija 32 7 12 13 37 40 15 4 4 7 19 19 17 3 8 6 18 21 -3 33
15 Tochigi 32 7 12 13 29 40 16 3 6 7 15 20 16 4 6 6 14 20 -11 33
16 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 32 8 9 15 28 43 16 4 5 7 14 19 16 4 4 8 14 24 -15 33
17 Renofa Yamaguchi 32 8 8 16 28 42 17 5 4 8 16 19 15 3 4 8 12 23 -14 32
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 32 8 7 17 29 45 17 4 5 8 15 23 15 4 2 9 14 22 -16 31
19 Matsumoto Yamaga 32 7 10 15 27 53 16 5 5 6 18 25 16 2 5 9 9 28 -26 31
20 Giravanz Kitakyushu 32 6 12 14 27 45 17 3 6 8 13 22 15 3 6 6 14 23 -18 30
21 Sagamihara 32 6 11 15 23 39 16 4 6 6 16 22 16 2 5 9 7 17 -16 29
22 Ehime 32 6 11 15 31 53 16 1 7 8 17 33 16 5 4 7 14 20 -22 29

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