J-League: Two participants in good shape get together for this match. Kawasaki Frontale might have a small advantage with their 2nd place in the standings?
- Shimizu S-Pulse have yet to win a game at home.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored in all their matches so far.
The hosts Shimizu S-Pulse saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the J-League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Shonan Bellmare.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Shimizu S-Pulse at their home stadium (IAI Stadium Nihondaira) is 0 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. The home fans are hungry for more even though Shimizu S-Pulse have been steadily collecting points here at IAI Stadium Nihondaira through three straight draws.
A good away victory last time out for Shimizu S-Pulse, who won 4-1 against Shonan Bellmare (placed 17th). Gonda loved the game against Shonan Bellmare. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-1 victory. The forward Suzuki was named "man of the match" for Shimizu with the rating of 9.61/10. Suzuki scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times.
Before that, Shimizu S-Pulse drew at home versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima.Shimizu S-Pulse have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
The club members enjoyed Kawasaki Frontale's previous fixture versus Guangzhou Evergrande, a AFC Champions League win (1-0) played at home. Midfielder Kozuka was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.35. Kozuka hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 96 successful passes (of 106 total).
Kawasaki are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. Kawasaki Frontale have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shimizu S-Pulse zero wins, two draws and Kawasaki Frontale eight victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 3 goals |  K. Chinen 3 goals |  L. da Silva dos Santos 3 goals |
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 82% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 70% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 73% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.8 | 5.1 |
| 0.5 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.8 | 11.5 |
| 4 | 4.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 30% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 30% | 29% |
| 13.4 | 13.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 8.8 | 8.7 |
| 5.5 | 4.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4 |
- All of Kawasaki Frontale's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored in all their matches so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have yet to win a 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 | Kashima Antlers | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 6 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 4 |
