Match Report
32 points separated the sides: Mito Hollyhock 1st on 70, Oita Trinita 16th on 38. On recent form Mito Hollyhock sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Against a league average of 1.23 goals per team per game, Mito Hollyhock ran at 1.45 scored and 0.89 conceded, Oita Trinita at 0.71 and 1.16.
Oita Trinita had lost three in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 1 Mito Hollyhock win, 1 for Oita Trinita, 4 draws, at 1.67 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. Only 17% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
K's denki Stadium Mito in Mito, capacity 12,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-0 full-time score.