Shimizu S-Pulse have accomplished 1 home victories so far this season, Kyoto Sanga have won 2 away. Which team enhances their standings after this one?
- Shimizu S-Pulse have the fewest points (9) at home in J-League
- Kyoto Sanga have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J-League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
With 1 J-League win, 6 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Shimizu S-Pulse are certainly not brimming with confidence. Shimizu S-Pulse have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The spoils were shared in Shimizu's previous game, also at home. Visiting Kashiwa Reysol (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Yamahara was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.12 out of 10. The defender Yamahara served one assist, hit five key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Gamba Osaka with a 2-0 scoreline.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Shimizu S-Pulse handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Shimizu S-Pulse are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kyoto Sanga so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-5 (win-draw-lose).
Kyoto failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Kashiwa Reysol (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Kyoto Sanga were so close to getting something from the game against Kashiwa Reysol, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal eight minutes into overtime. Taketomi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.34. Taketomi hit two key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 31 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Gamba Osaka.Kyoto Sanga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Lacking goals? 12 of this team's latest 16 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
15 goals have been conceded by Kyoto in these games.
Head 2 Head
The previous head-to-head meeting ended Kyoto Sanga - Shimizu S-Pulse 0-0, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Shimizu victories, two draws and two Kyoto Sanga wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Santos Santana 10 goals |   P. Utaka 9 goals |  B. Kololli 3 goals |
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 39 | 26 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 28 |
| 88% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 88% | 92% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 62% |
| 50% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 27% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 21% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 65% | 77% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 54% |
| 23% | 8% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 23% | 23% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.3 | 5.4 |
| 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.5 | 11 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.1 | 8.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 31% | 31% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 38% | 32% |
| 13 | 12.4 | 14.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
- Kyoto Sanga have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J-League
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have the fewest points (9) at home in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse have the most conceded goals (26) at home in J-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 48 |
| 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 44 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 43 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 35 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 33 |
| 11 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -17 | 28 |
| 13 | Avispa Fukuoka | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 27 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -11 | 25 |
| 16 | Vissel Kobe | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 24 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 22 |
