J.League
Mito HollyHock – Kashima Antlers match report
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Mito HollyHock beat Kashima Antlers 4-2 in the J.League at Mito Shinkin Bank Stadium. A. Watanabe scored 4 goals for Mito HollyHock. It was 2-0 at half-time. A. Watanabe was our player of the match, rated 10.0 by the ScoreMondo model for Mito HollyHock. The match was played on Wednesday, 2 September 2026 at Mito Shinkin Bank Stadium in Ibaraki.
The story of the match
A. Watanabe opened the scoring for Mito HollyHock after 8 minutes. Mito HollyHock extended their lead to 2-0 in the 21st minute through A. Watanabe, set up by Y. Torikai. Mito HollyHock led 2-0 at the break.
A. Watanabe made it 3-0 for Mito HollyHock after 48 minutes, set up by T. Semba. Just 5 minutes later (53') Kashima Antlers pulled one back to make it 3-1, Leo Ceara on target, set up by Y. Suzuki. Just 2 minutes later (55') Mito HollyHock extended their lead to 4-1, A. Watanabe on target, set up by Y. Torikai. Kashima Antlers pulled one back to make it 4-2 on 83 minutes thanks to Leo Ceara, set up by K. Tsukui.
Match statistics
Mito HollyHock's yellow cards went to K. Uchino in the 70th minute. Booked for Kashima Antlers: T. Hayakawa (5').
Who stood out
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to Leo Ceara (Kashima Antlers, 8.7), Y. Torikai (Mito HollyHock, 8.3) and Y. Suzuki (Kashima Antlers, 8.2). From the Mito HollyHock bench came C. Kato on 62 minutes, K. Uchino on 62 minutes, Matheus Leiria on 80 minutes and H. Yamamoto on 80 minutes, among 5 changes. Kashima Antlers made 5 changes: Kim Tae-Hyeon for N. Ueda (46'), K. Misao for Matheus Bueno (46'), A. Cavric for Elber (46') and K. Tagawa for R. Hirose (68').
How they came into it
The record between them over the last 2 matches reads 0-1-1 from Mito HollyHock's point of view. The last meeting, in 2026 in the J.League, went 3-0 to Kashima Antlers. Yuzo Sutani was the referee, averaging 2.0 yellow cards per match across 20 matches in our records.
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