Most people believe in Kyoto Sanga in this game against Shimizu S-Pulse, but the away side will fight to the finish. Here's our complete match preview!
- Kyoto Sanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Kyoto Sanga at their home stadium (Sanga Stadium by Kyocera) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Kyoto Sanga are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Consadole Sapporo.
1-1 away at Nagoya Grampus before that.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 Kyoto Sanga have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kyoto as they are travelling to their away game against Kashiwa Reysol in the Nabisco Cup. That match is four days after this one.
8 goals have been conceded.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
As the visiting team in J-League matches, Shimizu S-Pulse have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Shimizu S-Pulse in their previous game as they lost hosting Kawasaki Frontale, 0-2. Tatsuta, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.75. Tatsuta hit one key pass and won 6 of 6 duels.
Prior to that result Shimizu S-Pulse won their away game at Shonan Bellmare. The scoreline was 4-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Shimizu S-Pulse in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Shimizu S-Pulse, two draws and one defeat.
A new game in only four days for Shimizu, the Nabisco Cup home match versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Busy days.
Shimizu S-Pulse find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Shimizu S-Pulse have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Kyoto Sanga victories, one draw and six Shimizu S-Pulse wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 8 goals |   Y. Suzuki 3 goals |  T. Ogiwara 2 goals |
Kyoto Sanga missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Kyoto Sanga | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 83% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 83% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 8% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 17% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.9 | 8.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.3 | 9.4 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 39% | 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 28% |
| 10.2 | 9.7 | 16.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13 | 12.7 |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 6.3 | 5.2 |
- Kyoto Sanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Kashima Antlers | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | Nagoya Grampus | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Jubilo Iwata | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 4 |
