Soccer betting preview: Júbilo Iwata welcomes Shimizu S-Pulse in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 04:30 (UTC)
Venue: Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa (15165 seats)

It's round two of the J-League season and all to play for. Check out our exhaustive preview of Júbilo Iwata-Shimizu S-Pulse!

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Nabisco Cup game only three days ago. That game, against Nagoya Grampus, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Shimizu S-Pulse.

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Júbilo Iwata form and stats

The previous season, Júbilo Iwata's league statistics were 27 wins, 10 draws and 5 losses, resulting in 1st position in the J2-League. From these 42 matches they scored 75 goals and let in 42. Playing as the home side in the previous season Júbilo Iwata managed 14-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 40 goals and 25 conceded. Júbilo has a nice streak going on as they have played 20 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Montedio Yamagata defeat 223 days ago.

Júbilo Iwata drew their last game, 1-1 away at Avispa Fukuoka (placed 8th).

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Blaublitz Akita.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Júbilo Iwata have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won four, drawn six and lost two.

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

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Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats

Let's have a look at how Shimizu S-Pulse performed last season in the J-League: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 12 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 20/26 goals scored/conceded.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Consadole Sapporo in the J-League.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Shimizu S-Pulse playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were five Shimizu S-Pulse wins, three draws and one defeat.

A quick return to home after this game, as Shimizu are hosting Tokushima Vortis in the Nabisco Cup only four days away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior ten meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Júbilo Iwata, two draws and six wins for Shimizu S-Pulse. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Júbilo IwataR. Germain
R. Germain
1 goals
Shimizu S-PulseY. Suzuki
Y. Suzuki
1 goals

Júbilo Iwata missing players

Shimizu S-Pulse missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Júbilo Iwata Shimizu S-Pulse
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 8
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
12 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Júbilo Iwata Last season Shimizu S-Pulse
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   19 38
27 14   Won W   5 10
10 4   Drew D   6 12
5 3   Lost L   8 16
75 40   Scored S   20 37
42 25   Conceded C   26 54
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
71% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 74%
55% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 47%
36% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
17% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 3%
62% 71%   BTTS BTTS   63% 50%
33% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 16%
10% 0%   Failed to Score F T   32% 39%
 
6 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 4
3.8 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5.1
0.9 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.4 0.6
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
12 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 9.7
5 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.7
36% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 26%
 
8.4 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10.6 10.4
3.2 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 2 1 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
2 Kashima Antlers 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Nagoya Grampus 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Kyoto Sanga 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Kawasaki Frontale 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -1 3
7 Cerezo Osaka 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Avispa Fukuoka 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Júbilo Iwata 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sagan Tosu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Urawa Reds 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 Vissel Kobe 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 1
16 Tokyo 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Gamba Osaka 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Júbilo Iwata 42 27 10 5 75 42 21 14 4 3 40 25 21 13 6 2 35 17 33 91
2 Kyoto Sanga 42 24 12 6 59 31 21 13 6 2 37 19 21 11 6 4 22 12 28 84
3 Ventforet Kofu 42 23 11 8 65 38 21 13 6 2 40 20 21 10 5 6 25 18 27 80
4 V-Varen Nagasaki 42 23 9 10 69 44 21 11 6 4 37 21 21 12 3 6 32 23 25 78
5 Machida Zelvia 42 20 12 10 64 38 21 7 7 7 28 22 21 13 5 3 36 16 26 72
6 Albirex Niigata 42 18 14 10 61 40 21 11 4 6 29 14 21 7 10 4 32 26 21 68
7 Montedio Yamagata 42 20 8 14 61 49 21 10 3 8 34 28 21 10 5 6 27 21 12 68
8 JEF United 42 17 15 10 48 36 21 7 9 5 22 18 21 10 6 5 26 18 12 66
9 Ryukyu 42 18 11 13 57 47 21 10 6 5 28 16 21 8 5 8 29 31 10 65
10 Mito Hollyhock 42 16 11 15 59 50 21 8 5 8 24 21 21 8 6 7 35 29 9 59
11 Fagiano Okayama 42 15 14 13 40 36 21 6 5 10 16 18 21 9 9 3 24 18 4 59
12 Tokyo Verdy 42 16 10 16 62 66 21 9 3 9 30 31 21 7 7 7 32 35 -4 58
13 Blaublitz Akita 42 11 14 17 41 53 21 3 11 7 14 26 21 8 3 10 27 27 -12 47
14 Tochigi 42 10 15 17 37 51 21 4 7 10 19 26 21 6 8 7 18 25 -14 45
15 Renofa Yamaguchi 42 10 13 19 37 51 21 6 5 10 20 23 21 4 8 9 17 28 -14 43
16 Omiya Ardija 42 9 15 18 51 56 21 6 5 10 30 30 21 3 10 8 21 26 -5 42
17 Zweigen Kanazawa 42 10 11 21 39 60 21 6 5 10 20 31 21 4 6 11 19 29 -21 41
18 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 42 9 14 19 35 56 21 5 9 7 17 21 21 4 5 12 18 35 -21 41
19 Sagamihara 42 8 14 20 33 54 21 4 8 9 20 29 21 4 6 11 13 25 -21 38
20 Ehime 42 7 14 21 38 67 21 1 9 11 19 39 21 6 5 10 19 28 -29 35
21 Giravanz Kitakyushu 42 7 14 21 35 66 21 3 7 11 17 29 21 4 7 10 18 37 -31 35
22 Matsumoto Yamaga 42 7 13 22 36 71 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 6 13 14 39 -35 34
Last season 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 38 28 8 2 81 28 19 16 3 0 39 14 19 12 5 2 42 14 53 92
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 38 24 7 7 82 35 19 13 4 2 46 12 19 11 3 5 36 23 47 79
3 Vissel Kobe 38 21 10 7 62 36 19 11 4 4 31 14 19 10 6 3 31 22 26 73
4 Kashima Antlers 38 21 6 11 62 36 19 10 4 5 32 20 19 11 2 6 30 16 26 69
5 Nagoya Grampus 38 19 9 10 44 30 19 11 4 4 22 13 19 8 5 6 22 17 14 66
6 Urawa Reds 38 18 9 11 45 38 19 12 4 3 28 17 19 6 5 8 17 21 7 63
7 Sagan Tosu 38 16 11 11 43 35 19 11 5 3 30 15 19 5 6 8 13 20 8 59
8 Avispa Fukuoka 38 14 12 12 42 37 19 10 3 6 26 18 19 4 9 6 16 19 5 54
9 Tokyo 38 15 8 15 49 53 19 8 3 8 30 26 19 7 5 7 19 27 -4 53
10 Consadole Sapporo 38 14 9 15 48 50 19 8 4 7 27 27 19 6 5 8 21 23 -2 51
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38 12 13 13 44 42 19 5 6 8 19 23 19 7 7 5 25 19 2 49
12 Cerezo Osaka 38 13 9 16 47 51 19 8 5 6 26 28 19 5 4 10 21 23 -4 48
13 Gamba Osaka 38 12 8 18 33 49 19 5 4 10 17 28 19 7 4 8 16 21 -16 44
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 38 10 12 16 37 54 19 5 6 8 17 28 19 5 6 8 20 26 -17 42
15 Kashiwa Reysol 38 12 5 21 37 56 19 6 3 10 21 29 19 6 2 11 16 27 -19 41
16 Shonan Bellmare 38 7 16 15 36 41 19 3 10 6 13 15 19 4 6 9 23 26 -5 37
17 Tokushima Vortis 38 10 6 22 34 55 19 4 5 10 18 24 19 6 1 12 16 31 -21 36
18 Oita Trinita 38 9 8 21 31 55 19 7 5 7 19 21 19 2 3 14 12 34 -24 35
19 Vegalta Sendai 38 5 13 20 31 62 19 3 6 10 12 23 19 2 7 10 19 39 -31 28
20 Yokohama 38 6 9 23 32 77 19 4 6 9 21 31 19 2 3 14 11 46 -45 27

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 Yokohama F. Marinos 2 1 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
2 Kashima Antlers 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Nagoya Grampus 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Kyoto Sanga 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Kawasaki Frontale 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -1 3
7 Cerezo Osaka 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Avispa Fukuoka 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Júbilo Iwata 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sagan Tosu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Urawa Reds 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 Vissel Kobe 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 1
16 Tokyo 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Gamba Osaka 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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