The J2 League clash at K's denki Stadium Mito on Saturday will see home team Mito Hollyhock lock horns with opponents Sagan Tosu.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Mito Hollyhock v Sagan Tosu can be found here (including the best match odds).
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Mito Hollyhock
WWWWWW 🎯
Mito Hollyhock are hoping to win again after their last result, the 0-1 J2 League victory versus Kataller Toyama.
The only player to score from Mito Hollyhock was Shimon Teranuma (43').
Mito Hollyhock haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.
They’ve totted up the amount of 12 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 3. Previous results aside, it remains to be seen if such a trend might be maintained here in this game.
Taking a look at their past results, Mito Hollyhock:
- have left without a victory over Sagan Tosu in their last 5 league matches.
- are unbeaten in their last 10 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.
Sagan Tosu
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In their previous fixture, Sagan Tosu drew 2-2 in the J2 League tie with Ehime FC.
The only player to score from Sagan Tosu was Haruki Arai (44'). Scalese (45' Own goal), Reiju Tsuruno (72') and Kimiya Moriyama (93') scored for Ehime FC.
During their 6 previous matches, Akio Kogiku's Sagan Tosu have turned their attacks into goals 8 times thus yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.33.
A look at their previous results shows us that Sagan Tosu:
- have not lost to Mito Hollyhock in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 25/07/2009 shows that Mito Hollyhock have won 1 of them and Sagan Tosu 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.
A sum of 17 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 5 of them from HollyHock and 12 created by Sagan Tosu. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.
The last league meeting featuring the two was J2 League match day 26 on 28/08/2011 which finished with the scoreline of Sagan Tosu 2-1 Mito Hollyhock.
The match was refereed by Naohito Ogawa.
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Team News: Sagan Tosu
Sagan Tosu manager Akio Kogiku has to choose a team with limited availability. Fuchi Honda (Tear of the lateral meniscus) and Cristiano (Cruciate ligament injury) miss out here.
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Prediction
Our assessment is that Sagan Tosu should be able to get a goal against this Mito Hollyhock lineup, although it may not quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We’re going for a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for Mito Hollyhock by the conclusion of the game. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Looking at the bookies’ prices on the win-draw-win market, staking on Mito Hollyhock is available for 2.15, a bet on the game finishing all-square is 3.2 & taking a punt on the win for Sagan Tosu gets you 3.3. Those are the most competitive market prices that can be secured as of now.
Peter Guest,
05:01 10/06/2025
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 3
🔑 Star Man: Arata Watanabe
Mostly taking up the Striker position, Arata Watanabe was born in Japan. After having made a senior debut playing for Oita Trinita in the 2021 season, the accomplished Forward has bagged 9 league goals in the J2 League 2025 campaign so far from a total of 18 appearances.