Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shimizu S-Pulse & Nagoya Grampus face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the J-League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the J-League. That game, against Tokyo, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Nagoya Grampus.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
Last season, Shimizu S-Pulse's J-League Cup journey ended in the play-offs against Kashima Antlers.Shimizu S-Pulse have played 4 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to IAI Stadium Nihondaira after drawing with Sagan Tosu on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Suzuki was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Suzuki won 4 of 7 duels.
Shimizu aren't scoring a lot here at IAI Stadium Nihondaira in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Shimizu S-Pulse's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Nagoya Grampus, as they won the J-League Cup.0-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nagoya Grampus in their J-League matches away.
Grampus aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 270 league minutes without a goal. Abe was the last player to find the net. The Nagoya Grampus goalkeeper Mitchell James Langerak is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 207 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Nagoya Grampus are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Tokyo. Langerak (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.8. Langerak topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-0 draw at Kashima Antlers's stadium before that.Goals are few and far between in Nagoya Grampus's away league games. Only 1 goal from 4 travels.
Head 2 Head
Nagoya Grampus - Shimizu 0-0 was the outcome when this pair of squads previously did battle, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between these participants: Shimizu S-Pulse won four, Nagoya Grampus were winners in four and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 2 goals | A. de Jesus Santos 1 goals |  B. Kololli 1 goals |
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 7 | 25 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 40% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 24% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 22% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Tokushima Vortis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 4 |
