Key statistics for the J-League Cup fixture between Shimizu S-Pulse and Shonan Bellmare

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Competition: Japan J-League Cup
Competition: Wed 24.May
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: IAI Stadium Nihondaira (20339 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shimizu S-Pulse & Shonan Bellmare 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 no vacation for neither Shimizu nor Shonan Bellmare as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats

Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.

The story so far in the J2-League for Shimizu S-Pulse at their home stadium (IAI Stadium Nihondaira) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Shimizu S-Pulse are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Machida Zelvia. The defeat against Machida Zelvia was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored six minutes into stoppage time (by Min-gyu).

A J2-League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at JEF United.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Zweigen Kanazawa are coming to town in four days.

Goals decide football matches and Shimizu S-Pulse are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 8 league matches. Shimizu are not conceding a lot of goals here at IAI Stadium Nihondaira in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.

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Shonan Bellmare form and stats

Shonan Bellmare was sent out of J-League Cup in the play-offs last season, when Cerezo Osaka turned out to be too strong.

Shonan Bellmare have only collected 6 points from their away games in the J-League, after 1-3-2 (6 played).

Home advantage was not enough for Bellmare in their previous game as they lost hosting Cerezo Osaka, 0-2. Barada got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Barada hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).

A loss against Consadole Sapporo was the result prior to that, in a J-League home game.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Shonan Bellmare manager Yamaguchi as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

The travelling fans enjoy Bellmare's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. In the opposite end, Shonan Bellmare have conceded 10 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Shonan Bellmare - Shimizu 3-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Shimizu S-Pulse victories, five draws and two Shonan Bellmare wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Shimizu S-PulseT. Santos Santana
T. Santos Santana
7 goals
Shonan BellmareS. Machino
S. Machino
7 goals
Shimizu S-PulseK. Nakayama
K. Nakayama
5 goals

Shimizu S-Pulse missing players

Shonan Bellmare missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shimizu S-Pulse Shonan Bellmare
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   14 25
7 5   Won W   3 6
9 4   Drew D   7 11
9 2   Lost L   4 8
44 24   Scored S   18 34
35 10   Conceded C   18 32
88% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 88%
76% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 84%
52% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 48%
36% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 24%
28% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 12%
52% 55%   BTTS BTTS   64% 56%
28% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 24%
32% 27%   Failed to Score F T   29% 32%
 
5.2 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   6.3 6.3
4.7 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.7
1.2 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.5 14.6   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 13.3
5.7 7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 4.4
31% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 31%
 
9.2 7.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 12.7
3.8 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.6

  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 4 1 3 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 6
2 Kawasaki Frontale 4 1 2 1 8 3 3 1 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 5 5
3 Urawa Reds 4 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 4 1 1 2 4 12 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 2 1 10 -8 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 Machida Zelvia 17 12 3 2 25 8 10 7 2 1 16 5 7 5 1 1 9 3 17 39
2 Tokyo Verdy 17 10 2 5 24 9 8 4 2 2 8 4 9 6 0 3 16 5 15 32
3 Oita Trinita 17 9 3 5 23 23 9 6 2 1 15 9 8 3 1 4 8 14 0 30
4 Ventforet Kofu 17 9 2 6 19 18 9 5 1 3 8 8 8 4 1 3 11 10 1 29
5 V-Varen Nagasaki 17 8 4 5 24 15 8 4 2 2 15 9 9 4 2 3 9 6 9 28
6 Júbilo Iwata 17 7 6 4 28 20 9 3 4 2 17 14 8 4 2 2 11 6 8 27
7 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 17 8 3 6 21 21 8 5 2 1 9 5 9 3 1 5 12 16 0 27
8 Fagiano Okayama 17 5 11 1 22 15 9 3 5 1 12 7 8 2 6 0 10 8 7 26
9 Shimizu S-Pulse 17 6 7 4 34 14 8 4 3 1 20 6 9 2 4 3 14 8 20 25
10 Blaublitz Akita 17 7 4 6 16 16 7 3 1 3 6 6 10 4 3 3 10 10 0 25
11 Roasso Kumamoto 17 6 6 5 23 17 9 4 2 3 13 8 8 2 4 2 10 9 6 24
12 Vegalta Sendai 17 6 6 5 20 17 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 3 4 2 11 8 3 24
13 Fujieda MYFC 17 7 2 8 27 29 9 4 1 4 13 14 8 3 1 4 14 15 -2 23
14 JEF United 17 6 5 6 17 20 9 4 3 2 10 9 8 2 2 4 7 11 -3 23
15 Montedio Yamagata 17 6 1 10 24 26 7 3 1 3 11 9 10 3 0 7 13 17 -2 19
16 Zweigen Kanazawa 17 6 1 10 23 29 8 4 1 3 15 8 9 2 0 7 8 21 -6 19
17 Tokushima Vortis 17 3 8 6 17 25 8 1 3 4 5 12 9 2 5 2 12 13 -8 17
18 Mito Hollyhock 17 4 5 8 16 33 9 1 3 5 10 23 8 3 2 3 6 10 -17 17
19 Tochigi 17 4 4 9 15 20 8 4 2 2 11 7 9 0 2 7 4 13 -5 16
20 Iwaki 17 4 3 10 14 30 9 3 0 6 8 12 8 1 3 4 6 18 -16 15
21 Renofa Yamaguchi 17 3 6 8 15 33 9 1 4 4 7 19 8 2 2 4 8 14 -18 15
22 Omiya Ardija 17 4 2 11 14 23 9 4 1 4 10 10 8 0 1 7 4 13 -9 14
  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 14 9 3 2 29 9 8 5 1 2 14 4 6 4 2 0 15 5 20 30
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 14 8 3 3 28 15 6 4 2 0 15 4 8 4 1 3 13 11 13 27
3 Nagoya Grampus 14 7 5 2 18 11 7 3 4 0 8 5 7 4 1 2 10 6 7 26
4 Kashima Antlers 14 7 2 5 20 14 7 2 2 3 10 10 7 5 0 2 10 4 6 23
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 13 7 2 4 17 12 6 3 1 2 7 5 7 4 1 2 10 7 5 23
6 Cerezo Osaka 14 7 2 5 18 15 7 3 1 3 9 9 7 4 1 2 9 6 3 23
7 Consadole Sapporo 14 6 4 4 31 25 7 3 1 3 15 12 7 3 3 1 16 13 6 22
8 Urawa Reds 12 6 3 3 16 11 5 4 0 1 11 6 7 2 3 2 5 5 5 21
9 Avispa Fukuoka 14 5 5 4 15 16 8 5 2 1 9 6 6 0 3 3 6 10 -1 20
10 Tokyo 14 5 4 5 17 19 6 4 1 1 12 7 8 1 3 4 5 12 -2 19
11 Kawasaki Frontale 14 5 3 6 17 18 6 1 3 2 5 6 8 4 0 4 12 12 -1 18
12 Sagan Tosu 14 5 3 6 14 17 7 3 1 3 7 10 7 2 2 3 7 7 -3 18
13 Albirex Niigata 14 4 4 6 15 20 7 3 2 2 9 10 7 1 2 4 6 10 -5 16
14 Kyoto Sanga 14 4 1 9 16 22 7 2 0 5 6 11 7 2 1 4 10 11 -6 13
15 Kashiwa Reysol 14 2 6 6 9 17 8 1 4 3 6 12 6 1 2 3 3 5 -8 12
16 Yokohama 14 3 3 8 12 31 8 2 1 5 7 17 6 1 2 3 5 14 -19 12
17 Shonan Bellmare 13 2 5 6 21 24 7 1 2 4 10 14 6 1 3 2 11 10 -3 11
18 Gamba Osaka 14 1 4 9 13 30 7 1 3 3 8 10 7 0 1 6 5 20 -17 7

Table
  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 4 1 3 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 6
2 Kawasaki Frontale 4 1 2 1 8 3 3 1 2 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 5 5
3 Urawa Reds 4 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 4 1 1 2 4 12 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 2 1 10 -8 4

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