Shimizu S-Pulse hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 1 point and a 18th position in the J-League table. Visiting Oita Trinita holds 12th place with 7 pts.
It's no vacation for neither Shimizu nor Oita Trinita as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
Three J-League home games done for Shimizu S-Pulse, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches. Game days at IAI Stadium Nihondaira have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Shimizu as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
The home team returns to IAI Stadium Nihondaira after being equal after 90 minutes with Sagan Tosu (placed 16th) on their last time out; the J-League game ended 1-1. Heartbreak before that as Shimizu lost 1-3 at Vissel Kobe's place.
Shimizu has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Shimizu with 7 goals conceded in these matches.
Oita Trinita form and stats
Oita Trinita are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the J-League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Trinita's previous game was their home loss versus Nagoya Grampus (0-3). A 1-2 defeat away at Gamba Osaka before that.
Trinita have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. Trinita have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shimizu five wins, three draws and Oita Trinita two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
Oita Trinita missing players
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Oita Trinita | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 5.3 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | 42 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 34 | 55 |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 25% |
- All of Shimizu S-Pulse's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Oita Trinita have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Oita Trinita haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the fewest points (0) at home
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the most dropped points from leading position (8)
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the the worst goal difference (-8)
- Shimizu S-Pulse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have lost all their home matches so far.
- Shimizu S-Pulse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shimizu S-Pulse is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Sagan Tosu | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 1 |