Renofa Yamaguchi will be taking on away team Mito Hollyhock at Ishin Me-Life Stadium in this J2 League match on Tuesday.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Renofa Yamaguchi v Mito Hollyhock can be found here - plus the latest match odds.
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Renofa Yamaguchi
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Renofa Yamaguchi will be looking for another win after the 0-1 J2 League triumph over Júbilo Iwata.
The only name on the scoresheet from Renofa Yamaguchi was Ota Yamamoto (66').
It has been all too rare in recent games where Renofa Yamaguchi have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Renofa Yamaguchi have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 8 goals on the way.
Mito Hollyhock
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In the game prior to this, Mito Hollyhock drew 0-0 in the J2 League tie with FC Imabari.
A sequence of hard-working displays from the Mito Hollyhock defensive unit has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their previous 6 clashes overall. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 5. It will be interesting to see if that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.
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Head to head
Checking on their past head to head clashes going back to 23/04/2022 tells us that Renofa Yamaguchi have won 2 of them and Mito Hollyhock 3, with the number of drawn games being 1.
A sum of 15 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 for Renofa and 8 netted by HollyHock. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.
The last league clash featuring the two was J2 League match day 22 on 29/06/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Mito Hollyhock 1-1 Renofa Yamaguchi.
The referee was Naoto Uehara.
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Team News: Renofa Yamaguchi
There aren’t many selection issues, with just the lone fitness concern for the Renofa Yamaguchi manager Ryo Shigaki to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Kota Kawano (Cruciate ligament injury) is sidelined.
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Prediction
Mito Hollyhock and Renofa Yamaguchi could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.
A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. Therefore, we predict a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 draw at the end of the 90.
Renata Leite,
02:07 03/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Renofa Yamaguchi
Formed: 2006
Stadium: Ishin Me-Life Stadium (15,115)
Captain: Masashi Kamekawa
Chairman: Hirofumi Watanabe
Manager: Ryo Shigaki
Competitions: J2 League position 19, J. League Cup (3rd Round)
🔑 Star Man: Toa Suenaga
Regularly used in the Striker position, Toa Suenaga was born in Yamaguchi, Japan. Having played his first senior match for Renofa Yamaguchi in the 2024 season, the accomplished Forward has struck 3 league goals in this J2 League 2025 campaign so far coming from a total of 11 appearances.