Mito Hollyhock vs Albirex Niigata Prediction & Betting Tips

📏 Form Guide

Mito Hollyhock

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Mito Hollyhock head into this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 J2 League stalemate versus Matsumoto Yamaga.

The only name on the scoresheet from Mito Hollyhock was Masato Nakayama (52', 56'). Taro Sugimoto (31') and Toyofumi Sakano (76') scored for Matsumoto Yamaga.

At least three goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Mito Hollyhock have taken part. Opposing sides scored 6 of them in this period while HollyHock totted up 14.

Pre-game facts show that Mito Hollyhock:

• are winless against Albirex Niigata in their previous 5 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

Albirex Niigata

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Avispa Fukuoka in J2 League action, Albirex Niigata and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

The only scorer from Albirex Niigata was Shion Homma (64'). Douglas Grolli (14') and Takaki Fukumitsu (71') scored for Avispa Fukuoka.

A succession of effective performances from the Albirex Niigata defensive players has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 outings combined. During the same time, their own attack force has managed to score 9. Previous results aside, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend shall continue on in this match.

Their past results show that Albirex Niigata:

• remain unbeaten by Mito Hollyhock when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head meetings going back to 18/10/2003 shows that Mito Hollyhock have won 1 of these and Albirex Niigata 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.

A combined total of 8 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 2 for HollyHock and 6 created by Albirex. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.33.

📋 Team News: Mito Hollyhock

Mito Hollyhock boss Shigetoshi Hasebe will be thankful to have no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash owing to a completely healthy group to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Albirex Niigata

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there’s just the one fitness worry for the Albirex Niigata manager Kazuaki Yoshinaga to be concerned with. Arata Watanabe (Metatarsal Fracture) misses out for this game.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Albirex Niigata and Mito Hollyhock are both capable of scoring here.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility, but we’ll see what happens. That’s why we have predicted a tight encounter, finishing with a score draw at the end of this game.

Lucas Pereira, 23:29 13/10/2020