J-League: Sagan Tosu - Shimizu S-Pulse match guide and stats

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium

The league table in J-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Sagan Tosu leading Shimizu S-Pulse by 21 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Shimizu S-Pulse have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Both crews have had plenty of rest since their last match. Let's aim for an enthusiastic game!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shimizu S-Pulse, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

Sagan Tosu have performed here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium this season with 8 wins from 13 J-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 2.

A strong away win for Sagan against Vegalta Sendai the last match, as Eduardo were on target. Eduardo was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.22 out of 10. The defender Eduardo scored one goal and won 6 of 7 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Yokohama F. Marinos (0-4).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sagan handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and zero defeats.

Sagan have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium with 23 goals in 13 league matches. Sagan are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats

The visitors are W3-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the J-League. We have witnessed quite an interesting sequence of draws for Shimizu when on the road, as their previous four away games have all ended undecided. Not since the Vegalta Sendai game has the points been distributed unevenly.

Shimizu has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Nagoya Grampus for a J-League game that ended a draw (1-1). Goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda got the top player rating of the team with 7.84/10. Gonda stopped the opponent with five saves.

A loss against Kashima Antlers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Shimizu have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were two victories, two draws and six defeats.

Shimizu find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Shimizu have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Shimizu S-Pulse - Sagan 0-0 was the result in these contenders' last H2H fixture, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings with these teams: Sagan Tosu won three, Shimizu S-Pulse were winners in three and we saw four draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sagan TosuK. Yamashita
K. Yamashita
9 goals
Shimizu S-PulseT. Santos Santana
T. Santos Santana
8 goals
Sagan TosuN. Sakai
N. Sakai
6 goals

Sagan Tosu missing players

Shimizu S-Pulse missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sagan Tosu Shimizu S-Pulse
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 14 27
13 8 4 Won W 1 3 5
8 3 0 Drew D 2 6 11
6 2 0 Lost L 1 5 11
36 23 12 Scored S 6 16 26
22 10 0 Conceded C 5 18 39
85% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
63% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 78%
37% 46% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 44%
19% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 22%
7% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 4%
37% 23% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 52%
44% 62% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 15%
33% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 41%
 
3.9 4.2 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 4.1
4.2 4.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.9 5.5
1 0.9 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.4 0.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 11.2 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8.8 9.4
3.8 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 3.6
35% 40% 63% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 33% 27%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Sagan Tosu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 27 20 6 1 58 17 13 11 2 0 27 10 14 9 4 1 31 7 41 66
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 27 19 5 3 60 23 15 11 3 1 35 9 12 8 2 2 25 14 37 62
3 Kashima Antlers 27 14 5 8 46 25 12 7 3 2 25 12 15 7 2 6 21 13 21 47
4 Vissel Kobe 26 13 8 5 40 25 13 6 4 3 19 9 13 7 4 2 21 16 15 47
5 Sagan Tosu 27 13 8 6 36 22 13 8 3 2 23 10 14 5 5 4 13 12 14 47
6 Nagoya Grampus 27 14 5 8 28 21 13 7 2 4 12 10 14 7 3 4 16 11 7 47
7 Urawa Reds 27 13 6 8 29 26 14 9 3 2 18 13 13 4 3 6 11 13 3 45
8 Tokyo 27 12 6 9 36 35 11 6 1 4 19 18 16 6 5 5 17 17 1 42
9 Avispa Fukuoka 27 11 6 10 30 30 14 8 1 5 18 13 13 3 5 5 12 17 0 39
10 Consadole Sapporo 26 10 6 10 33 36 14 7 2 5 23 20 12 3 4 5 10 16 -3 36
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 8 11 7 30 26 13 4 5 4 14 12 13 4 6 3 16 14 4 35
12 Cerezo Osaka 26 8 9 9 35 35 14 6 5 3 20 18 12 2 4 6 15 17 0 33
13 Gamba Osaka 27 8 6 13 19 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 14 5 3 6 9 11 -8 30
14 Kashiwa Reysol 27 9 3 15 28 37 14 5 1 8 17 22 13 4 2 7 11 15 -9 30
15 Shonan Bellmare 27 5 11 11 28 31 14 2 8 4 10 11 13 3 3 7 18 20 -3 26
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 27 5 11 11 26 39 13 2 5 6 10 21 14 3 6 5 16 18 -13 26
17 Tokushima Vortis 27 6 5 16 20 37 14 3 4 7 11 15 13 3 1 9 9 22 -17 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 27 3 10 14 19 44 14 2 5 7 9 18 13 1 5 7 10 26 -25 19
19 Yokohama 27 4 6 17 21 57 13 3 4 6 14 21 14 1 2 11 7 36 -36 18
20 Oita Trinita 27 4 5 18 18 47 14 3 5 6 10 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -29 17

Table
  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 27 20 6 1 58 17 13 11 2 0 27 10 14 9 4 1 31 7 41 66
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 27 19 5 3 60 23 15 11 3 1 35 9 12 8 2 2 25 14 37 62
3 Kashima Antlers 27 14 5 8 46 25 12 7 3 2 25 12 15 7 2 6 21 13 21 47
4 Vissel Kobe 26 13 8 5 40 25 13 6 4 3 19 9 13 7 4 2 21 16 15 47
5 Sagan Tosu 27 13 8 6 36 22 13 8 3 2 23 10 14 5 5 4 13 12 14 47
6 Nagoya Grampus 27 14 5 8 28 21 13 7 2 4 12 10 14 7 3 4 16 11 7 47
7 Urawa Reds 27 13 6 8 29 26 14 9 3 2 18 13 13 4 3 6 11 13 3 45
8 Tokyo 27 12 6 9 36 35 11 6 1 4 19 18 16 6 5 5 17 17 1 42
9 Avispa Fukuoka 27 11 6 10 30 30 14 8 1 5 18 13 13 3 5 5 12 17 0 39
10 Consadole Sapporo 26 10 6 10 33 36 14 7 2 5 23 20 12 3 4 5 10 16 -3 36
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 8 11 7 30 26 13 4 5 4 14 12 13 4 6 3 16 14 4 35
12 Cerezo Osaka 26 8 9 9 35 35 14 6 5 3 20 18 12 2 4 6 15 17 0 33
13 Gamba Osaka 27 8 6 13 19 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 14 5 3 6 9 11 -8 30
14 Kashiwa Reysol 27 9 3 15 28 37 14 5 1 8 17 22 13 4 2 7 11 15 -9 30
15 Shonan Bellmare 27 5 11 11 28 31 14 2 8 4 10 11 13 3 3 7 18 20 -3 26
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 27 5 11 11 26 39 13 2 5 6 10 21 14 3 6 5 16 18 -13 26
17 Tokushima Vortis 27 6 5 16 20 37 14 3 4 7 11 15 13 3 1 9 9 22 -17 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 27 3 10 14 19 44 14 2 5 7 9 18 13 1 5 7 10 26 -25 19
19 Yokohama 27 4 6 17 21 57 13 3 4 6 14 21 14 1 2 11 7 36 -36 18
20 Oita Trinita 27 4 5 18 18 47 14 3 5 6 10 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -29 17

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