J-League: What this game might not have in glitz it should compensate in pace and attitude. Get set for Sagan Tosu - Shimizu S-Pulse!
- Sagan Tosu have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Shimizu S-Pulse, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.
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.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Sagan Tosu have collected seven points from their first three J-League games here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium, a promising start. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium.
Sagan Tosu's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 1-3 versus Kashiwa Reysol (in Nabisco Cup).
Prior to that, an away loss at Kyoto Sanga in the J-League.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sagan have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost one.
Goals decide football matches and Sagan Tosu are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sagan Tosu have only let in 1 goal at home.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shimizu S-Pulse in their J-League matches away.
Two away games in a row for Shimizu, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Tokushima Vortis in the Nabisco Cup.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Gamba Osaka.We have checked recent matches where Shimizu S-Pulse have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were four victories, five draws and six defeats.
As for defending, Shimizu rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sagan Tosu four wins, three draws and Shimizu S-Pulse three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kakita 3 goals |  Y. Suzuki 2 goals | S. Nakano 1 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 0.9 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.9 | 11.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.8 | 10.5 |
| 2.9 | 3.7 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 39% | 64% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 23% |
| 8.6 | 8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13.2 | 13.1 |
| 2.9 | 1.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 7 | 5.5 |
- All of Shimizu S-Pulse's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sagan Tosu have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shimizu S-Pulse haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 4 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
