Victory to the hosting team is anticipated from this fixture if the league standings is a way to look into the future. The Kawasaki Frontale regulars are hopeful that the gap between 1st and Shimizu S-Pulse's 15th place in the table will show on the ground.
- Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals (21) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Shimizu S-Pulse.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Kawasaki Frontale have been outstanding at home so far in the J-League with 14 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. The Kawasaki fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Kawasaki Frontale has played 16 games in a row here without a defeat.
The Kawasaki supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Tokyo in J-League and win 1-0. Defender Jesiel got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.12/10. Jesiel won 6 of 10 duels.
Before that, Kawasaki had a home game versus Vissel Kobe which ended with a victory 3-1.Kawasaki are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found twelve matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew two and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kawasaki, as the Emperor Cup home game vs Kashima Antlers is only three days away.
Kawasaki can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 33 times. Kawasaki are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 16 matches.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
4 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Shimizu S-Pulse playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Shimizu in their previous game, as they lost their J-League-match, hosting Kashiwa Reysol, 0-1. Carlinhos Junior got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Junior hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).
Prior to that result Shimizu S-Pulse won their away game at Avispa Fukuoka. The scoreline was 2-1.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Shimizu played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.
Shimizu S-Pulse find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Shimizu have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date logged meeting featuring both these sides is the Shimizu S-Pulse - Kawasaki 0-2 played earlier this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Kawasaki won eight games, two matches ended with a draw and Shimizu S-Pulse managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  L. da Silva dos Santos 16 goals |   T. Santos Santana 11 goals |  Y. Kobayashi 9 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 25 | 14 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 69 | 33 | 11 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 31 |
| 21 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 46 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 84% | 81% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 81% | 78% |
| 44% | 50% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 47% |
| 34% | 38% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| 16% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| 50% | 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 53% |
| 47% | 44% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.8 | 3.9 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 13.2 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.8 | 9.5 |
| 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 38% | 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 35% | 26% |
- Kawasaki Frontale have not yet lost a game at home.
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Shimizu S-Pulse.
- Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals (21) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most points (44) at home in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the the best goal difference (+48) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Kawasaki Frontale is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Shimizu S-Pulse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 48 | 81 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 69 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 40 | 72 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 60 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 57 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 55 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 53 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 52 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 46 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 46 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | -4 | 42 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 39 |
| 13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 17 | -11 | 37 |
| 14 | Gamba Osaka | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 34 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 32 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 46 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | -15 | 32 |
| 16 | Tokushima Vortis | 32 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -20 | 29 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 32 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 25 | -7 | 28 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 69 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 41 | -39 | 25 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 31 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 30 | -27 | 24 |
| 20 | Vegalta Sendai | 31 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 50 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -26 | 23 |