J-League prediction and preview: Shimizu S-Pulse modest favorites to beat Avispa Fukuoka

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: IAI Stadium Nihondaira (20339 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second J-League game of the season. Shimizu S-Pulse look forward to welcoming Avispa Fukuoka in front of their home support.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shimizu and Avispa Fukuoka.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Avispa Fukuoka, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

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Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats

Shimizu shared the glory with Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

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 Shimizu have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost two.

There will be little rest for Shimizu after this match as they are travelling to Cerezo Osaka for a J-League game in only four days.

Last season, Shimizu S-Pulse's league statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 20 losses, resulting in a 16th position in the J-League. Over these 34 matches they scored 48 goals and conceded 70. Playing at home last season Shimizu S-Pulse managed 4-3-10 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 35 conceded.

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Avispa Fukuoka form and stats

The game before that, in the J-League, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Nagoya Grampus.

Fukuoka are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of three matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Fukuoka are hosting Yokohama F. Marinos in the J-League only four days away.

Let's have a look at how Avispa Fukuoka performed last season in the J2-League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 25 victories, 9 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 13 - drew 5 and lost 3 with 25/13 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Shimizu S-Pulse victories, one draw and zero Avispa Fukuoka wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Shimizu S-PulseY. Goto
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Shimizu S-Pulse missing players

Avispa Fukuoka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shimizu S-Pulse Avispa Fukuoka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 4
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
150% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Shimizu S-Pulse Last season Avispa Fukuoka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   21 42
7 4   Won W   13 25
7 3   Drew D   5 9
20 10   Lost L   3 8
48 32   Scored S   25 51
70 35   Conceded C   13 29
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 98%
94% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   52% 52%
74% 88%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   24% 26%
50% 59%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   10% 14%
24% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
76% 100%   BTTS BTTS   38% 38%
12% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   52% 50%
18% 0%   Failed to Score F T   14% 14%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.2 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.5
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.1 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.2 8.7
4.2 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.1
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 39%

  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 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6
2 Consadole Sapporo 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Cerezo Osaka 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
5 Nagoya Grampus 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Sagan Tosu 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Vissel Kobe 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Oita Trinita 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Tokushima Vortis 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Tokyo 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Urawa Reds 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Vegalta Sendai 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Avispa Fukuoka 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Gamba Osaka 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Kashima Antlers 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Kashiwa Reysol 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Yokohama 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 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 Kawasaki Frontale 34 26 5 3 88 31 17 15 1 1 48 15 17 11 4 2 40 16 57 83
2 Gamba Osaka 34 20 5 9 46 42 17 8 2 7 19 23 17 12 3 2 27 19 4 65
3 Nagoya Grampus 34 19 6 9 45 28 17 12 3 2 28 12 17 7 3 7 17 16 17 63
4 Cerezo Osaka 34 18 6 10 46 37 17 8 4 5 20 13 17 10 2 5 26 24 9 60
5 Kashima Antlers 34 18 5 11 55 44 17 8 5 4 27 22 17 10 0 7 28 22 11 59
6 Tokyo 34 17 6 11 47 42 17 10 0 7 23 22 17 7 6 4 24 20 5 57
7 Kashiwa Reysol 34 15 7 12 60 46 17 5 4 8 30 30 17 10 3 4 30 16 14 52
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 13 9 12 46 37 17 7 5 5 29 20 17 6 4 7 17 17 9 48
9 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 14 5 15 69 59 17 9 2 6 42 26 17 5 3 9 27 33 10 47
10 Urawa Reds 34 13 7 14 43 56 17 5 4 8 18 22 17 8 3 6 25 34 -13 46
11 Oita Trinita 34 11 10 13 36 45 17 5 5 7 12 19 17 6 5 6 24 26 -9 43
12 Consadole Sapporo 34 10 9 15 47 58 17 5 5 7 27 29 17 5 4 8 20 29 -11 39
13 Sagan Tosu 34 7 15 12 37 43 17 3 7 7 17 20 17 4 8 5 20 23 -6 36
14 Vissel Kobe 34 9 9 16 50 59 17 4 5 8 25 30 17 5 4 8 25 29 -9 36
15 Yokohama 34 9 6 19 38 60 17 6 2 9 22 32 17 3 4 10 16 28 -22 33
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 7 7 20 48 70 17 4 3 10 32 35 17 3 4 10 16 35 -22 28
17 Vegalta Sendai 34 6 10 18 36 61 17 0 7 10 14 32 17 6 3 8 22 29 -25 28
18 Shonan Bellmare 34 6 9 19 29 48 17 4 4 9 12 19 17 2 5 10 17 29 -19 27
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 Tokushima Vortis 42 25 9 8 67 33 21 11 7 3 33 11 21 14 2 5 34 22 34 84
2 Avispa Fukuoka 42 25 9 8 51 29 21 12 4 5 26 16 21 13 5 3 25 13 22 84
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 42 23 11 8 66 39 21 14 4 3 37 15 21 9 7 5 29 24 27 80
4 Ventforet Kofu 42 16 17 9 50 41 21 10 7 4 25 19 21 6 10 5 25 22 9 65
5 Giravanz Kitakyushu 42 19 8 15 59 51 21 12 4 5 30 19 21 7 4 10 29 32 8 65
6 Jubilo Iwata 42 16 15 11 58 47 21 11 6 4 38 21 21 5 9 7 20 26 11 63
7 Montedio Yamagata 42 17 11 14 59 42 21 11 3 7 36 22 21 6 8 7 23 20 17 62
8 Kyoto Sanga 42 16 11 15 47 45 21 12 4 5 33 21 21 4 7 10 14 24 2 59
9 Mito Hollyhock 42 16 10 16 68 62 21 7 6 8 31 32 21 9 4 8 37 30 6 58
10 Tochigi 42 15 13 14 41 39 21 7 7 7 21 18 21 8 6 7 20 21 2 58
11 Albirex Niigata 42 14 15 13 55 55 21 6 8 7 27 30 21 8 7 6 28 25 0 57
12 Tokyo Verdy 42 13 15 14 48 48 21 6 8 7 23 21 21 7 7 7 25 27 0 54
13 Matsumoto Yamaga 42 13 15 14 44 52 21 7 8 6 24 26 21 6 7 8 20 26 -8 54
14 JEF United 42 15 8 19 47 51 21 6 4 11 22 31 21 9 4 8 25 20 -4 53
15 Omiya Ardija 42 14 11 17 43 52 21 8 8 5 24 22 21 6 3 12 19 30 -9 53
16 Ryukyu 42 14 8 20 58 61 21 7 6 8 34 26 21 7 2 12 24 35 -3 50
17 Fagiano Okayama 42 12 14 16 39 49 21 8 6 7 25 24 21 4 8 9 14 25 -10 50
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 42 12 13 17 57 67 21 6 7 8 27 31 21 6 6 9 30 36 -10 49
19 Machida Zelvia 42 12 13 17 41 52 21 7 9 5 23 19 21 5 4 12 18 33 -11 49
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 42 15 4 23 40 62 21 6 1 14 17 36 21 9 3 9 23 26 -22 49
21 Ehime 42 8 10 24 38 68 21 3 4 14 14 32 21 5 6 10 24 36 -30 34
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 42 9 6 27 43 74 21 7 2 12 24 33 21 2 4 15 19 41 -31 33

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 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6
2 Consadole Sapporo 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Cerezo Osaka 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
5 Nagoya Grampus 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Sagan Tosu 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Vissel Kobe 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Oita Trinita 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Tokushima Vortis 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Tokyo 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Urawa Reds 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Vegalta Sendai 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
14 Avispa Fukuoka 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Gamba Osaka 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Kashima Antlers 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Kashiwa Reysol 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
19 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Yokohama 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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