Boasting a 8 point lead in the league standings, Nagoya Grampus club members expect to see their adored players get all points from this fixture versus Shimizu S-Pulse.
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in J-League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Nagoya Grampus at their home stadium (Toyota Stadium) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Nagoya Grampus, as their goalkeeper Mitchell James Langerak has completely shut out the opponents for 237 minutes in the J-League.
Happy days for Nagoya Grampus in their previous game, a fixture away at Kashiwa Reysol (placed 6th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. At last, a league win after four matches without. The goalie Langerak was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.81 out of ten. Langerak topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Shonan Bellmare the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nagoya Grampus handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Grampus as they have a new game in only three days, a Emperor Cup match thankfully also at home. Cerezo Osaka are visiting.
Nagoya Grampus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. Grampus have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shimizu S-Pulse so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
Shimizu S-Pulse play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Vissel Kobe (placed 17th). Shimizu S-Pulse were so close to getting something from the game against Vissel Kobe, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime. The attacker Santana got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Santana scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that, the 3-5 home loss versus Yokohama F. Marinos.We have checked recent matches where Shimizu have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 4 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats.
Will both teams score? This side's latest fixtures suggest that, having played 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each side.
Shimizu S-Pulse are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Shimizu in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also faced each other earlier on this match year: Shimizu S-Pulse - Nagoya Grampus 1-2. Nagoya Grampus-Shimizu S-Pulse H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nagoya Grampus six wins, Shimizu S-Pulse two wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Santos Santana 6 goals |   M. dos Santos Castro 5 goals | Y. Suzuki 3 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 16 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 23 |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 33 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 80% | 85% |
| 60% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 80% | 85% |
| 30% | 11% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 55% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 45% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 70% | 70% |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 20% | 15% |
| 35% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 30% | 30% |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.8 | 10.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.4 | 9.6 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 22% | 26% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 7% | 27% | 28% |
| 10.4 | 7.9 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 14 | 13.2 |
| 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 6 | 5.5 |
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in J-League
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 43 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 38 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Urawa Reds | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -17 | 23 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 16 | Júbilo Iwata | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 17 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
