This could be an interesting match as Mito Hollyhock have their presumed home advantage while V-Varen Nagasaki are ahead 13 points in the J2-League table.
It's no vacation for neither Mito Hollyhock nor V-Varen Nagasaki 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.
It's quite the trip for V-Varen Nagasaki when visiting Hollyhock as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
Mito Hollyhock form and stats
When playing at home in the J2-League, Mito Hollyhock have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
Hollyhock are returning here after visiting Avispa Fukuoka in a J2-League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Tokyo Verdy with the scoreline 0-2.
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 14 games. Mito Hollyhock has won seven of these, drawn five and lost two.
A decent goal production from Hollyhock in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Hollyhock have conceded 13 from these games.
V-Varen Nagasaki form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of V-Varen Nagasaki playing as the away team in the J2-League this season. Nagasaki seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Y. Otake and J. Hata scored in Nagasaki's previous match, the home game against JEF United that ended 2-0. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Montedio Yamagata's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by V-Varen Nagasaki in our archives, and the results are: three wins for V-Varen Nagasaki, two draws and four defeats.
The visiting Nagasaki have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 6 games. 8 goals have been conceded by Nagasaki in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Hollyhock victories, five draws and three V-Varen Nagasaki wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Mito Hollyhock missing players
V-Varen Nagasaki missing players
| Mito Hollyhock | V-Varen Nagasaki | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 21 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 69% | 86% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 46% |
| 54% | 57% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 54% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 23% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 6.7 | 5.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 4.7 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 0.7 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 157 | 80 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 40 | 110 |
| 67 | 32 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 15 | 40 |
| 27% | 31% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 40% | 42% |
- All of Mito Hollyhock's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Mito Hollyhock has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Mito Hollyhock has the most matches over the total-line (9)
- Mito Hollyhock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mito Hollyhock have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Mito Hollyhock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- V-Varen Nagasaki has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- V-Varen Nagasaki have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- V-Varen Nagasaki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- V-Varen Nagasaki have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- V-Varen Nagasaki haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Tokyo Verdy | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Omiya Ardija | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | JEF United | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Albirex Niigata | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Júbilo Iwata | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Tochigi | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Mito Hollyhock | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Fagiano Okayama | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Montedio Yamagata | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 16 | Avispa Fukuoka | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 15 |
| 17 | Machida Zelvia | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 18 | Ryūkyū | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 19 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 11 |
| 21 | Ehime | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 22 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -17 | 9 |