Mito Hollyhock vs Urawa Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form across all competitions

Looking at Urawa's last 20 fixtures across the J1 League, Emperor Cup and a few friendlies, they've won seven, drawn five and lost eight, netting 30 while conceding 24. That's a decent scoring return but a defence that's been breached fairly often.

Mito Hollyhock: 20 completed matches; Urawa: 20 completed matches.

Mito Hollyhock

20 matches

Win

10% 2 / 20

Draw

40% 8 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

16

Conceded

34

Difference

-18

Urawa

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

24

Difference

+6

Mito Hollyhock's equivalent sample tells a different story: two wins, eight draws and ten losses from 20, with just 16 goals scored against 34 conceded. They've drawn far more than they've won, which points to a side that's hard to beat outright but also struggles to find goals.

Mito's habit of drawing rather than losing outright could matter more than who creates the better openings.

Comparative Team Statistics: Mito Hollyhock vs Urawa

Head-to-head: Urawa have had the better of it

The two clubs have met three times in the available record, and Urawa have won every one of them, including a 4-1 away win at Mito back in May and a 2-0 home win in March. There's also an older Emperor Cup meeting from 2019 that Urawa also took.

That's a small sample and doesn't guarantee anything for this rematch, but it does show Urawa have found a way to get the better of Mito recently, home or away.

Table shows a tight gap

In the current J1 League standings, Urawa sit 10th with 12 points from eight games, while Mito are 13th on nine points from the same number of matches. Urawa have won four and lost four, while Mito have two wins, three draws and three losses.

Goal difference paints a similar picture: Urawa have scored more, 16 for and 18 against, but Mito's numbers are tidier at 11 for and 11 against despite sitting lower. It's a close gap between the two sides rather than a clear gulf.

Key men to watch

Mito's main threat this season has been A. Watanabe, with five goals in eight appearances, easily their most productive contributor. Urawa spread their scoring more evenly between H. Minamino and Matheus Sávio, both on four goals, with T. Kaneko chipping in five assists to go with it.

Mito Hollyhock:

Best scorers:

A. Watanabe - 5

Best assist providers:

Y. Torikai - 2

Penalty cards:

Y. Kimoto x 2

Urawa:

Best scorers:

H. Minamino - 4

Matheus Sávio - 4

Best assist providers:

T. Kaneko - 5

R. Watanabe - 3

Penalty cards:

Matheus Sávio x 1 x 1

On discipline, Y. Kimoto has picked up two yellow cards for Mito in eight games, while Sávio has just one for Urawa in seven. Nothing there suggests a suspension worry either way.

How this one could play out

Put the recent head-to-head record together with the current table gap, and Urawa look like the side with more going for them on paper. They've won the last two meetings and sit three points and three places above Mito this season.

Still, Mito's pattern of drawing games rather than losing them suggests they won't just roll over at home. If they can keep it tight like they have in eight of their last 20 matches, this could be closer than the head-to-head suggests.