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Mito Hollyhock vs Machida Zelvia Live Stream, Predictions
Machida Zelvia will be visiting K's denki Stadium Mito on Sunday for the J2 League meeting with home side Mito Hollyhock.
View all Mito Hollyhock v Machida Zelvia tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - as well as up-to-date odds.
📏 Form Guide
Mito Hollyhock
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Mito Hollyhock will be looking for an improved result here after a 2-1 J2 League loss in their previous game against Fagiano Okayama.
The only scorer from Mito Hollyhock was Naoki Tsubaki (89'). Tiago Alves (43') and Eui-gwon Han (54') scored for Fagiano Okayama.
It has not been often in recent times that Mito Hollyhock have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Mito Hollyhock have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals on the way. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.
Coming into this clash, Mito Hollyhock are undefeated in their last 3 home league matches.
Machida Zelvia
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Since being beaten in their last game against Renofa Yamaguchi in J2 League action, Machida Zelvia will be hoping to turn things around here.
The only player to score from Machida Zelvia was Shusuke Ota (2'). Wataru Tanaka (45'), Koji Yamase (45') and Daisuke Takagi (86') scored for Renofa Yamaguchi.
For 5 of the previous 6 games involving Machida Zelvia, a notably low volume of goals have gone in between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game within that spell is a meagre 2, with the average goals for Machida being 0.5.
Looking at their past form shows that Machida Zelvia:
- have not won against Mito Hollyhock when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
- have not won away from home in their last 4 league games.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A glance at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 05/05/2019 shows us that Mito Hollyhock have won 3 of them & Machida Zelvia 2, with the number of drawn matches being 1.
An aggregate of 15 goals were scored between them in this period, with 11 of them from HollyHock and 4 netted by Machida. The average goals per game has been 2.5.
The last league fixture featuring the two was J2 League match day 22 on 11/07/2021 and the score finished Machida Zelvia 2-1 Mito Hollyhock.
The referee was Reo Tanaka.
ℹ️ Team News: Mito Hollyhock
The Mito Hollyhock boss Tadahiro Akiba doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game thanks to a fully injury-free squad to pick from.
ℹ️ Team News: Machida Zelvia
Out of a mainly full-strength squad, there is only the lone fitness worry for the Machida Zelvia boss Ranko Popović to be concerned with. Kai Miki (Hamstring Injury) won’t be playing here.
💡 Prediction
We’re of the view that Mito Hollyhock will have a tough ask to score goals against this Machida Zelvia side who should end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.
We’re therefore tipping a highly competitive game with a 0-1 advantage for Machida Zelvia at the end of the match.
Should be interesting.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 00:47 04/05/2022

⚽️ Team Focus:
Mito Hollyhock
Formed: 1994
Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito (10,152)
Captain: Ryo Niizato
Chairman: Kojima Ko
Manager: Tadahiro Akiba
Competitions: J2 League position 17
🔑 Star Man: Yutaka Soneda
Mostly used in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Yutaka Soneda was born in Japan. After making a first senior appearance for Ventforet Kofu in the 2017 season, the gifted Midfielder has scored a sum of 3 league goals in this J2 League 2022 campaign to date from a total of 12 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 30 | WDDDL |
2 |
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14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 26 | DWWDW |
3 |
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14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 26 | LWWWL |
4 |
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14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | DDWWW |
5 |
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14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | DWWWW |
6 |
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14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | LDLLW |
7 |
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14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 21 | WWWLW |
8 |
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15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 21 | DDLWW |
9 |
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14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 20 | DWLWW |
10 |
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14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | WLDWD |
11 |
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14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | WLLWW |
12 |
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14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 20 | WLWLW |
13 |
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14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | DLDLL |
14 |
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14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 18 | WLLDL |
15 |
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15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 18 | LWLLW |
16 |
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14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | LWDLL |
17 |
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14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 16 | LDWLL |
18 |
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14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 15 | DWLWL |
19 |
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14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -7 | 14 | DDDLL |
20 |
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14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 13 | WLWWD |
21 |
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14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -17 | 11 | LLLLL |
22 |
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15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 8 | LLDDL |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Iwate Grulla Morioka |
Tokyo Verdy |
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Mito Hollyhock |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Machida Zelvia |
Fagiano Okayama |
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Mito Hollyhock |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Ventforet Kofu |
V-Varen Nagasaki |
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Mito Hollyhock |
Machida Zelvia |
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Thespa Kusatsu |
Machida Zelvia |
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Albirex Niigata |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Machida Zelvia |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Machida Zelvia |
Machida Zelvia |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Yokohama FC |
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Machida Zelvia |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Ventforet Kofu |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Renofa Yamaguchi |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Tokushima Vortis |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Tochigi S.C. |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Roasso Kumamoto |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Blaublitz Akita |
Renofa Yamaguchi |
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Machida Zelvia |
Yokohama FC |
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Machida Zelvia |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Machida Zelvia |
V-Varen Nagasaki |
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Machida Zelvia |
Vegalta Sendai |
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Machida Zelvia |
Tokyo Verdy |
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Machida Zelvia |
Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 51 |
Time first goal conceded | 53 |
Yellow cards | 1.3 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.9 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-2 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 45 |
Time first goal conceded | 37 |
Yellow cards | 0.6 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Kosuke Kinoshita | 8 |
Yutaka Soneda | 4 |
Kazuma Takai | 3 |
Yuto Mori | 2 |
Naoki Tsubaki | 2 |
Taiki Hirato | 5 |
Tae-Se Jong | 3 |
Shusuke Ota | 3 |
Vinícius Araújo | 2 |
Yu Hirakawa | 2 |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Albirex Niigata |
JEF United Chiba |
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Mito Hollyhock |
Ōmiya Ardija |
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Mito Hollyhock |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Montedio Yamagata |
Roasso Kumamoto |
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Mito Hollyhock |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Fagiano Okayama |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Yokohama FC |
Machida Zelvia |
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Mito Hollyhock |
Mito Hollyhock |
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Zweigen Kanazawa |
Ventforet Kofu |
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Mito Hollyhock |
Tochigi S.C. |
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Machida Zelvia |
Machida Zelvia |
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Blaublitz Akita |
Machida Zelvia |
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Roasso Kumamoto |
Oita Trinita |
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Machida Zelvia |
Machida Zelvia |
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Zweigen Kanazawa |
FC Ryukyu |
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Machida Zelvia |
Machida Zelvia |
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Vegalta Sendai |
Machida Zelvia |
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Mito Hollyhock |
Thespa Kusatsu |
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Machida Zelvia |
Machida Zelvia |
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V-Varen Nagasaki |