Oita Trinita fights Shimizu S-Pulse in J-League battle

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 01.March
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ōita Bank Dome (40000 seats)

Game week two of the J-League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Oita Trinita - Shimizu S-Pulse preview:

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!

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Oita Trinita form and stats

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 315 minutes without scoring a league goal. T. Tanaka was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager T. Katanosaka led his Oita Trinita to a defeat in the J-League match away at Cerezo Osaka. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ōita Bank Dome. Prior to that, an away loss at Shonan Bellmare in the Nabisco Cup.

Last season, Oita Trinita's league statistics were 12 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the J2-League. Over these 34 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 35. Playing at home last season Oita Trinita managed 7-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 16 conceded.

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Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats

The manager P. Cklamovski was unhappy after their last game, a J-League match played at their home ground IAI Stadium Nihondaira. Shimizu S-Pulse suffered a 1-3 loss to Tokyo (placed 3rd). Preceding that game, the 1-5 loss visiting Kawasaki Frontale's place.

Let's have a look at how Shimizu S-Pulse performed last season in the J-League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 6 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 69 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 24/29 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Oita Trinita, three draws and five wins for Shimizu S-Pulse. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Shimizu S-PulseD. Chagas Matos
D. Chagas Matos
14 goals
Oita TrinitaA. Onaiwu
A. Onaiwu
10 goals
Shimizu S-PulseK. Nishizawa
K. Nishizawa
7 goals

Oita Trinita missing players

Shimizu S-Pulse missing players

Oita Trinita Shimizu S-Pulse
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
12 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 6
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 13
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
Oita Trinita Last season Shimizu S-Pulse
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 7   Won W   4 11
11 3   Drew D   5 6
11 7   Lost L   8 17
35 18   Scored S   24 45
35 16   Conceded C   29 69
91% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
71% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 85%
32% 24%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 62%
12% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 35%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 24%
50% 41%   BTTS BTTS   71% 62%
26% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 15%
32% 35%   Failed to Score F T   18% 24%
 
3.6 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.3
4.7 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 6.1
0.9 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
261 135   Total Shots T S   204 401
95 49   Shots on Target S O   83 157
37% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Urawa Reds 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
5 Gamba Osaka 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Cerezo Osaka 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Nagoya Grampus 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Vegalta Sendai 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Vissel Kobe 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yokohama 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Kawasaki Frontale 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 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 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Oita Trinita 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Kashima Antlers 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 22 4 8 68 38 17 12 3 2 37 14 17 10 1 6 31 24 30 70
2 Tokyo 34 19 7 8 46 29 17 12 2 3 29 13 17 7 5 5 17 16 17 64
3 Kashima Antlers 34 18 9 7 54 30 17 11 3 3 30 15 17 7 6 4 24 15 24 63
4 Kawasaki Frontale 34 16 12 6 57 34 17 5 9 3 21 17 17 11 3 3 36 17 23 60
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 18 5 11 39 25 17 9 3 5 21 11 17 9 2 6 18 14 14 59
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 45 29 17 7 7 3 21 11 17 8 3 6 24 18 16 55
7 Gamba Osaka 34 12 11 11 54 48 17 7 6 4 28 18 17 5 5 7 26 30 6 47
8 Vissel Kobe 34 14 5 15 61 59 17 8 3 6 33 26 17 6 2 9 28 33 2 47
9 Oita Trinita 34 12 11 11 35 35 17 7 3 7 18 16 17 5 8 4 17 19 0 47
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 13 7 14 54 49 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 6 3 8 24 27 5 46
11 Vegalta Sendai 34 12 5 17 38 45 17 9 4 4 25 19 17 3 1 13 13 26 -7 41
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 11 6 17 45 69 17 7 1 9 21 40 17 4 5 8 24 29 -24 39
13 Nagoya Grampus 34 9 10 15 45 50 17 7 3 7 22 18 17 2 7 8 23 32 -5 37
14 Urawa Reds 34 9 10 15 34 50 17 4 3 10 16 29 17 5 7 5 18 21 -16 37
15 Sagan Tosu 34 10 6 18 32 53 17 7 2 8 21 30 17 3 4 10 11 23 -21 36
16 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 6 18 40 63 17 5 3 9 19 34 17 5 3 9 21 29 -23 36
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 34 6 13 15 21 40 17 2 8 7 10 18 17 4 5 8 11 22 -19 31
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 8 7 19 29 51 17 2 5 10 16 28 17 6 2 9 13 23 -22 31