Shimizu S-Pulse vs Kashima Antlers match preview

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sun 01.September
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: IAI Stadium Nihondaira (20339 seats)

Struggling Shimizu S-Pulse will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Kashima Antlers in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Kashima Antlers could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a AFC Champions League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Guangzhou Evergrande. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats

Shimizu S-Pulse, who have the most conceded goals (29) at home in J-League, have collected 15 points from their J-League home games so far after 5-0-6.

The home team returns to IAI Stadium Nihondaira after sharing the points with Kawasaki Frontale on their last time out; the J-League game ended 2-2. Preceding that match was the home game against Consadole Sapporo that was lost 0-8.

The Shimizu S-Pulse fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Shimizu S-Pulse having conceded 29 goals here at IAI Stadium Nihondaira so far.

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Kashima Antlers form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Kashima Antlers playing as the away team in the J-League this season.

Kashima Antlers are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Guangzhou Evergrande. A draw for Kashima Antlers before that, at their own venue hosting Gamba Osaka (2-2).

Kashima Antlers has another fixture away, a Nabisco Cup game, against Urawa Reds in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Kashima Antlers find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Kashima Antlers have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kashima Antlers - Shimizu S-Pulse 3-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 2 - 7 (Shimizu S-Pulse wins - draws - Kashima Antlers wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Douglas
10 goals / 2 assists
Serginho
8 goals / 1 assists
S. Ito
7 goals / 1 assists

Shimizu S-Pulse missing players

Kashima Antlers missing players

Shimizu S-Pulse Kashima Antlers
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
24 11 4 Played 4 12 24
8 5 2 Won 1 4 13
5 0 0 Drew 2 4 6
11 6 2 Lost 1 4 5
30 14 4 Scored 6 17 42
52 29 8 Conceded 3 14 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 82% 75% Over 1.5 75% 75% 79%
58% 64% 50% Over 2.5 25% 42% 54%
38% 55% 50% Over 3.5 25% 33% 29%
25% 36% 25% Over 4.5 0% 8% 8%
62% 45% 25% BTTS 50% 67% 58%
12% 18% 25% Clean Sheets 25% 25% 38%
25% 36% 50% Failed To Score 25% 8% 4%
 
3.8 4 5.5 Corners For (avg) 6.8 5.1 5.1
6.5 6.4 5.8 Corners Against (avg) 4 5.6 4.7
1.2 1.1 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.2 0.8 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Shimizu S-Pulse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Shimizu S-Pulse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shimizu S-Pulse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Shimizu S-Pulse
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
03-08-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 0 - 1 Shimizu S-Pulse
10-08-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 1 - 0 Matsumoto Yamaga
14-08-19 EC Shimizu S-Pulse 1 - 0 Avispa Fukuoka
17-08-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 0 - 8 Consadole Sapporo
24-08-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 2 - 2 Shimizu S-Pulse
01-09-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 09:00 Kashima Antlers
13-09-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 10:30 Nagoya Grampus
18-09-19 EC Júbilo Iwata 10:00 Shimizu S-Pulse
29-09-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 10:00 Shimizu S-Pulse
06-10-19 JL Urawa Reds 08:00 Shimizu S-Pulse
Kashima Antlers
All Emperor Cup FIFA Club World Cup Nabisco Cup AFC Champions League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
10-08-19 JL Kashima Antlers 2 - 1 Yokohama F. Marinos
14-08-19 EC Kashima Antlers 4 - 0 Tochigi
17-08-19 JL Oita Trinita 0 - 1 Kashima Antlers
23-08-19 JL Kashima Antlers 2 - 2 Gamba Osaka
28-08-19 ACL Guangzhou Evergrande 0 - 0 Kashima Antlers
01-09-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 09:00 Kashima Antlers
04-09-19 NC Urawa Reds 10:30 Kashima Antlers
08-09-19 NC Kashima Antlers 09:30 Urawa Reds
14-09-19 JL Kashima Antlers 10:00 Tokyo
18-09-19 ACL Kashima Antlers 10:00 Guangzhou Evergrande

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tokyo 25 16 4 5 37 19 15 12 0 3 27 11 10 4 4 2 10 8 18 52
2 Kashima Antlers 24 13 6 5 42 23 12 9 2 1 25 9 12 4 4 4 17 14 19 45
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 24 13 3 8 42 31 12 7 3 2 21 10 12 6 0 6 21 21 11 42
4 Kawasaki Frontale 24 10 11 3 37 22 13 3 9 1 15 10 11 7 2 2 22 12 15 41
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 24 11 7 6 31 18 12 5 4 3 12 7 12 6 3 3 19 11 13 40
6 Cerezo Osaka 24 11 4 9 25 18 11 5 2 4 12 6 13 6 2 5 13 12 7 37
7 Consadole Sapporo 24 10 6 8 40 29 12 6 4 2 24 14 12 4 2 6 16 15 11 36
8 Oita Trinita 24 9 8 7 27 23 12 5 3 4 13 8 12 4 5 3 14 15 4 35
9 Nagoya Grampus 25 8 7 10 37 37 12 6 1 5 18 14 13 2 6 5 19 23 0 31
10 Shonan Bellmare 24 9 3 12 34 40 12 4 2 6 17 19 12 5 1 6 17 21 -6 30
11 Urawa Reds 24 8 6 10 23 34 12 3 3 6 11 20 12 5 3 4 12 14 -11 30
12 Vissel Kobe 24 8 5 11 42 40 11 4 3 4 21 18 13 4 2 7 21 22 2 29
13 Shimizu S-Pulse 24 8 5 11 30 52 11 5 0 6 14 29 13 3 5 5 16 23 -22 29
14 Gamba Osaka 24 6 10 8 31 35 12 3 5 4 14 15 12 3 5 4 17 20 -4 28
15 Vegalta Sendai 24 8 4 12 27 35 13 7 3 3 20 17 11 1 1 9 7 18 -8 28
16 Sagan Tosu 24 7 3 14 21 40 11 4 1 6 12 21 13 3 2 8 9 19 -19 24
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 24 5 8 11 15 29 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 3 4 5 7 14 -14 23
18 Júbilo Iwata 24 4 6 14 18 34 12 1 4 7 12 20 12 3 2 7 6 14 -16 18

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