Mito Hollyhock make the trip to Ishin Me-Life Stadium on Tuesday for the J2 League game with home side Renofa Yamaguchi.
Our Renofa Yamaguchi v Mito Hollyhock predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below (plus the best game odds).
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Renofa Yamaguchi
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Renofa Yamaguchi will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 0-1 J2 League victory against 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 their last fixture, Mito Hollyhock drew 0-0 in the J2 League match 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
A look at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 23/04/2022 shows that Renofa Yamaguchi have won 2 of these & Mito Hollyhock 3, with the number of drawn results being 1.
In all, 15 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for Renofa and 8 netted by HollyHock. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The previous league game between these sides was J2 League match day 22 on 29/06/2024 which ended up with the score at Mito Hollyhock 1-1 Renofa Yamaguchi.
The referee was Naoto Uehara.
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Team News: Renofa Yamaguchi
There is just the sole fitness concern for the Renofa Yamaguchi boss Ryo Shigaki to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed group 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,
14:09 02/05/2025
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.