The season is still fairly new and the J-League table has to be read with caution. So far Shimizu S-Pulse find themselves in 7th position and Sagan Tosu are placed 2nd.
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals (0) in J-League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shimizu S-Pulse and Sagan Tosu.
It's quite the trip for Sagan Tosu when visiting Shimizu as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
A J-League draw at home so far for Shimizu S-Pulse. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats from 17 matches.
No payout for Shimizu S-Pulse in their previous match, an away game at Cerezo Osaka that ended in defeat 1-2. Before that, Shimizu drew at home versus Avispa Fukuoka.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Shimizu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost five.
There will be little rest for Shimizu after this match as they are travelling to Sanfrecce Hiroshima for a J-League game in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Shimizu S-Pulse at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Only one away game in the J-League so far for Sagan Tosu and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 8 draws and 5 losses from 17 travels.
282 minutes! That's how long the Sagan goalkeeper Il-Gyu Park and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing from K. Yamashita, Y. Higuchi, N. Sakai, Eduardo and T. Koyamatsu secured the home win 5-0 against Vegalta Sendai in their previous game. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Urawa Reds.
As you can tell from the results above, Sagan was very dominant against Vegalta Sendai, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with K. Yamashita, Y. Higuchi, N. Sakai, Eduardo and T. Koyamatsu providing the goals.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sagan Tosu playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were two Sagan Tosu wins, three draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kashiwa Reysol in just three days.
1 goal so far away for Sagan Tosu, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Shimizu won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Sagan Tosu has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  K. Yamashita 3 goals |  K. Nakayama 2 goals | C. de Souza Júnior 1 goals |
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 12.3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 44% |
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals (0) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the most clean sheets (3) in J-League
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Last season | Sagan Tosu | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 8 | 15 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 48 | 32 | Scored | S | 20 | 37 | ||
| 70 | 35 | Conceded | C | 23 | 43 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 74% | 88% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 41% | ||
| 50% | 59% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 6% | ||
| 76% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 53% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 21% | ||
| 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 38% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | Sagan Tosu | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Oita Trinita | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Urawa Reds | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Kashima Antlers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Avispa Fukuoka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Shonan Bellmare | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 88 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 57 | 83 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 65 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 63 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 60 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 55 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 59 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 42 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 57 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 60 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 52 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 48 |
| 9 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 69 | 59 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 47 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 34 | -13 | 46 |
| 11 | Oita Trinita | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 26 | -9 | 43 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -11 | 39 |
| 13 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 23 | -6 | 36 |
| 14 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 59 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 29 | -9 | 36 |
| 15 | Yokohama | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 60 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -22 | 33 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 70 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 35 | -22 | 28 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 61 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | -25 | 28 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 29 | -19 | 27 |