There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Nagoya Grampus leading Shimizu S-Pulse by 18 points.
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
16 points is a decent return from 8 J-League games here at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium for Nagoya Grampus. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Two home wins in a row for Grampus bring valid hopes of a third.
Grampus faced defeat in their previous match, away at Gamba Osaka (1-2). Ahead of that match, Grampus won a home game hosting Vissel Kobe (2-1).
The manager M. Ficcadenti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vissel Kobe in only four days.
Grampus have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium with 15 goals in 8 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
Shimizu S-Pulse, who have the most conceded goals (42) in J-League, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the J-League, after 1-3-5 (9 played).
Shimizu S-Pulse might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Urawa Reds proved too strong as Shimizu S-Pulse slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at IAI Stadium Nihondaira. Preceding that game was the away victory against Shonan Bellmare with the score of 3-0.
The attacking power of Shimizu when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. For Shimizu, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Shimizu S-Pulse - Grampus 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grampus four wins, two draws and Shimizu S-Pulse four victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. de Souza Júnior 6 goals |  N. Maeda 5 goals |  M. Kanazaki 4 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 27 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 25 |
| 18 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | 42 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 65% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 53% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 79% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 26% |
| 53% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 74% |
| 35% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 134 | 40 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 57 | 188 |
| 53 | 20 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 21 | 65 |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 32% |
- Nagoya Grampus has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nagoya Grampus have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Shimizu S-Pulse have scored away.
- Nagoya Grampus haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the fewest scored goals (7) away in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the most conceded goals (42) in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the the worst goal difference (-12) away in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the the worst goal difference (-17) in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 40 | 50 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 19 | -6 | 30 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 17 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 17 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -16 | 11 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 9 |