J2-League: The mid-table positions show the journey Mito Hollyhock and Tokyo Verdy have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; let's go!
- Tokyo Verdy have the most points from losing position (17) in J2-League
Mito Hollyhock form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Mito Hollyhock have to build on here at K’s Denki Stadium in the J2-League.
A strong away win for Hollyhock against Matsumoto Yamaga the last match, as S. Fujio were on target.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Machida Zelvia (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Mito Hollyhock perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mito Hollyhock as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Mito Hollyhock has won seven of these, drawn five and lost four.
Mito Hollyhock are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 11 games. 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 8 from 11 matches.
Tokyo Verdy form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Tokyo Verdy playing as the away team in the J2-League this season. Two points from the last two away games for Tokyo Verdy, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Tokyo Verdy has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Ehime for a J2-League game that ended a draw (2-2).
Before that, Tokyo Verdy travelled to ThespaKusatsu Gunma and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Tokyo in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Tokyo Verdy, five draws and three defeats.
Tokyo have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Tokyo Verdy have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Mito Hollyhock and Tokyo Verdy have met before this season: Tokyo Verdy - Hollyhock 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hollyhock two wins, two draws and Tokyo Verdy six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Koike 11 goals |  M. Nakayama 6 goals | R. Sato 6 goals |
Mito Hollyhock missing players
Tokyo Verdy missing players
| Mito Hollyhock | Tokyo Verdy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 29 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 33 |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 20 | 36 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 55% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 82% | 91% |
| 48% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 52% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 35% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 39% | 18% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 52% |
| 35% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 27% | 22% |
| 35% | 45% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 5.2 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.1 | 7.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 40% |
- Tokyo Verdy have the most points from losing position (17) in J2-League
- Tokyo Verdy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kyoto Sanga | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 48 |
| 2 | Júbilo Iwata | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 48 |
| 3 | Albirex Niigata | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 24 | 45 |
| 4 | Ryūkyū | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 44 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 43 |
| 6 | Montedio Yamagata | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 42 |
| 7 | Machida Zelvia | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| 8 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -3 | 35 |
| 10 | JEF United | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | Mito Hollyhock | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 30 |
| 12 | Blaublitz Akita | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Fagiano Okayama | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 14 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | -19 | 22 |
| 17 | Tochigi | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -9 | 21 |
| 18 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 21 |
| 19 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -18 | 19 |
| 20 | Ehime | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -19 | 19 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 22 | Sagamihara | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | -18 | 16 |