Mito Hollyhock vs Shimizu S-Pulse — match summary
Japan · J1 League · kick-off 11 Oct 2026 13:00
Full time · score 1-2
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): Mito Hollyhock 37 · Shimizu S-Pulse 25
mPS in-play performance (0-100): Mito Hollyhock 28 · Shimizu S-Pulse 45
Shots on target 2-4 · corners 7-1 · possession 60-40
NextGOAL tip: Over 2.25 · 3 stars
Mito Hollyhock and Shimizu S-Pulse meet in very different moods. Mito just thrashed their opponents 7-0 in the cup, but before that they lost two league games in a row and could not score at all. Shimizu, meanwhile, are unbeaten in 4 straight and just came through their cup game with a 1-1 draw. In the league Mito have scored only 11 goals from 8 games, but they have conceded about the same, 11. Shimizu have scored fewer, 6 goals from 8 games, but have conceded only 8. Neither attack looks particularly threatening, but neither defence is tight enough to shut the door. Over the last 10 games both teams have hit the target at a similar rate, 4 times per game, and their possession is close too: Mito 44.4%, Shimizu 47.7%. That means neither side dominates games. This one is likely to see Mito open up more at home, because Shimizu will probably sit back and wait for the counter. But with the quality of both defences still leaving gaps to be exploited, the game could see exchanges in spells, especially in the second half when both tend to let opponents score.