The visiting Kashiwa Reysol side should be favourites in this visit to Shimizu S-Pulse, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their twelve league games this season.
Shimizu S-Pulse and Kashiwa Reysol should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J-League this season. Shimizu S-Pulse, who have the most conceded goals (29) in J-League, have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here at IAI Stadium Nihondaira. Shimizu has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager P. Cklamovski and the players. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Shimizu, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Shimizu faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kawasaki Frontale (0-5). Preceding that match was the home game against Yokohama that was lost 2-3.
Shimizu were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shimizu as they are travelling to their away game against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.
The Shimizu S-Pulse manager P. Cklamovski has got the team scoring with 15 from 7 home games in the league. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Shimizu with 17 goals conceded in these matches.
Kashiwa Reysol form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J-League home defeat versus Kashima Antlers with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Oita Trinita.
Kashiwa were so close to getting something from the game against Kashima Antlers, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.
The travelling fans enjoy Kashiwa Reysol's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. Kashiwa have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Shimizu, one draw and five wins for Kashiwa Reysol. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Olunga Ogada 14 goals | H. Nakama 4 goals |  S. Kaneko 3 goals |
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
Kashiwa Reysol missing players
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Kashiwa Reysol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| 29 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 83% | 92% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 77% |
| 69% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 69% |
| 54% | 71% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 69% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 77% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 69% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 23% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 17% | 15% |
| 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 114 | 92 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 44 | 133 |
| 38 | 32 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 21 | 59 |
| 37% | 41% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 37% |
- All of Shimizu S-Pulse's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the most conceded goals (29)
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the most conceded goals in the second half (19)
- Shimizu S-Pulse have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Shimizu S-Pulse haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 35 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Gamba Osaka | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 15 | Vegalta Sendai | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| 17 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 4 |