Mito Hollyhock line up against visiting club V-Varen Nagasaki at K's denki Stadium Mito in this J2 League game on Saturday.
Our Mito Hollyhock v V-Varen Nagasaki predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
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Mito Hollyhock
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Mito Hollyhock will be looking for a repeat result of the 2-1 J2 League success against Roasso Kumamoto.
For Mito Hollyhock, goals were scored by Koya Okuda (25') and Fumiya Sugiura (93'). Koya Fujii (27') was the scorer for Roasso Kumamoto.
Their most recent results reveal that quality has been evident in the Mito Hollyhock rearguard. Mito Hollyhock have been mean at the back, seeing the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their last six games standing at 3.
Coming into this clash, Mito Hollyhock haven't been defeated in their previous 9 league matches at home. It's been impressive.
V-Varen Nagasaki
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V-Varen Nagasaki come into this clash following a 1-0 J2 League win with the downing of JEF United Chiba in their previous fixture.
The only scorer from V-Varen Nagasaki was Ryogo Yamasaki (78').
Over the course of their previous half-dozen outings, V-Varen Nagasaki have bagged a total of 9 goals. V-Varen Nagasaki have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. In that time, they have had 6 goals go into their own net. It will be interesting to see if that trend will be sustained here.
Their prior results show that V-Varen Nagasaki:
- remain unbeaten by Mito Hollyhock when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
- are undefeated in their previous 4 away league matches.
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Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 27/04/2022 shows that Mito Hollyhock have won 1 of these & V-Varen Nagasaki 4, with the number of drawn results being 1.
An aggregate of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 of them from HollyHock and 13 netted by VVN. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.
The previous league contest featuring the two was J2 League match day 25 on 03/08/2024 when it ended V-Varen Nagasaki 1-2 Mito Hollyhock.
The referee was Koichiro Fukushima.
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Team News: V-Varen Nagasaki
In an otherwise available group, there’s just the lone fitness problem for the V-Varen Nagasaki boss Takahiro Shimotaira to contend with. Emerson Deocleciano (Leg injury) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
In our opinion, V-Varen Nagasaki and Mito Hollyhock should play out a closely-fought contest here.
There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very even match with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of the 90 minutes.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Regarding the latest bookmaker odds in the 90 minute result market, backing Mito Hollyhock is available for 2.75, backing a drawn result is 3.25 and betting on the winner to be V-Varen Nagasaki can get you 2.45. These are the best market prices on offer as of now.
Andre Moura,
20:08 28/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Mito Hollyhock
Formed: 1994
Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito (10,152)
Captain: Takeshi Ushizawa
Chairman: Koh Kojima
Manager: Naoki Mori
Competitions: J2 League position 5
🔑 Star Player: Arata Watanabe
Usually taking to the field in the Striker position, Arata Watanabe was born in Japan. After having played his first senior match for Oita Trinita in the 2021 season, the dangerous Forward has managed 7 league goals in this J2 League 2025 season so far from a total of 16 appearances.