Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kawasaki Frontale & Shimizu S-Pulse face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the J-League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Kawasaki Frontale was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the J-League Cup. Cerezo Osaka was too strong.0 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Kawasaki Frontale have to build on here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in the J-League.
The Kawasaki crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Nagoya Grampus here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. Midfielder Miyashiro was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.35 (out of ten) in that game. Miyashiro scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 27 total).
Heartbreak before that as Kawasaki Frontale lost 0-2 at Gamba Osaka's place.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Kawasaki Frontale's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 3 matches, drawn 3 and lost 1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Kawasaki as they have a new game in only four days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Urawa Reds are visiting.
Kawasaki Frontale aren't scoring a lot here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in the league, with only {3 goals} from 4 games. On the other hand, Kawasaki Frontale have conceded 5 goals.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The visitors are W1-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the J2-League.
It's the second away game in a row for Shimizu, but there's smiles all around after the 6-0 victory versus Renofa Yamaguchi last time out. As you can tell from the results above, Shimizu S-Pulse was very dominant against Renofa Yamaguchi, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Ibayashi and Kitagawa providing the goals.
A draw for Shimizu S-Pulse before that, at their own venue hosting Vegalta Sendai (1-1).Shimizu S-Pulse have another fixture that requires travelling in just three days, a J2-League fixture vs Omiya Ardija. A hard fixture list for the visitors!
Shimizu are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Shimizu S-Pulse as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Shimizu S-Pulse - Kawasaki Frontale 3-2 was the score in these sides' last head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Kawasaki Frontale wins - draws - Shimizu S-Pulse wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Santos Santana 3 goals |  A. Disaro 3 goals |   A. Ienaga 2 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 48 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 35 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 72% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 40% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 28% | ||
| 10.9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shonan Bellmare | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 3 | Urawa Reds | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Avispa Fukuoka | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Kawasaki Frontale | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Machida Zelvia | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Oita Trinita | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | Tokyo Verdy | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Blaublitz Akita | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Fujieda MYFC | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Júbilo Iwata | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | Fagiano Okayama | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | Vegalta Sendai | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | Roasso Kumamoto | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 15 | Omiya Ardija | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 16 | Iwaki | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -13 | 11 |
| 18 | Mito Hollyhock | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -9 | 10 |
| 19 | Tochigi | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 20 | JEF United | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 21 | Montedio Yamagata | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 22 | Tokushima Vortis | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -10 | 5 |
