Albirex Niigata vs Mito Hollyhock Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Albirex Niigata

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Albirex Niigata will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-2 J2 League triumph against Ventforet Kofu.

For Albirex Niigata, the goalscorers were Yota Komi (18') and Shunsuke Mito (64'). Willian Lira (81') scored for Ventforet Kofu.

An interesting feature of more recent Albirex Niigata games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.

From their previous 6 matches leading up to this one, in 5 of them a bet on BTTS would have been a loser. We will have to see if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Mito Hollyhock

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against V-Varen Nagasaki in J2 League competition, Mito Hollyhock and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

Clayson (72') was the scorer for V-Varen Nagasaki.

A succession of outstanding displays from the Mito Hollyhock defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their previous 6 fixtures overall. In that period, their own attack force has managed to score 4.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 28/09/2019 shows us that Albirex Niigata have won 4 of these games and Mito Hollyhock 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

15 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 10 for Albirex and 5 netted by HollyHock. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The previous league fixture between these sides was J2 League match day 18 on 25/05/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Mito Hollyhock 0-3 Albirex Niigata.

The match was refereed by Hirozaku Otsubo.

🗞️ Team News: Albirex Niigata

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the sole fitness concern for the Albirex Niigata manager Rikizo Matsuhashi to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Ippei Shinozuka (Acromioclavicular Separation) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Mito Hollyhock

With a completely healthy group to choose from, the Mito Hollyhock boss Tadahiro Akiba does not have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this game.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Mito Hollyhock are dangerous enough to find the net against this Albirex Niigata lineup, although that might not be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We reckon that it will be a very close game with a 2-1 win for Albirex Niigata when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 02:10 14/09/2022