Shimizu S-Pulse v Shonan Bellmare betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 10.September
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: IAI Stadium Nihondaira (20339 seats)

J-League: What this game might miss in elegance it should compensate in guts and dedication. Let's go: Shimizu S-Pulse - Shonan Bellmare!

Insights:
  • Shimizu S-Pulse have the most conceded goals (26) at home in J-League
  • Shonan Bellmare have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in J-League

The visiting Shonan Bellmare played their last game only three days ago, a J-League match. That game was also an away game, at Yokohama F. Marinos. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats

Shimizu S-Pulse's results here at IAI Stadium Nihondaira in the J-League have been very modest with 2 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats.

Shimizu S-Pulse lost their last game at Sanfrecce Hiroshima (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in five league matches. Midfielder Shirasaki was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Shirasaki hit one key pass and had 56 successful passes (of 60 total).

Ahead of that match, Shimizu won a home game hosting Kyoto Sanga (1-0).

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 S-Pulse have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 6 and lost 5.

Betting people who prefer gambling for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).

Shimizu S-Pulse are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Shimizu defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Shonan Bellmare form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shonan Bellmare so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-6 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Shonan Bellmare are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Shonan Bellmare are travelling again after losing away to Yokohama F. Marinos in their previous match (0-3). Midfield player Ikeda was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.12/10. Ikeda hit two key passes.

Before that, Bellmare secured a home win against Kawasaki Frontale with the score 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Shonan Bellmare in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Shonan Bellmare, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this team's most recent 12 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shonan Bellmare as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bellmare have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Shimizu S-Pulse have avoided a loss in the last 6 fixtures (3-3-0) versus Shonan Bellmare.

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Shonan Bellmare - Shimizu S-Pulse 1-4.

Top Goalscorers

Shimizu S-PulseT. Santos Santana
T. Santos Santana
10 goals
Shonan BellmareS. Machino
S. Machino
9 goals
Shimizu S-PulseB. Kololli
B. Kololli
3 goals

Shimizu S-Pulse missing players

Shonan Bellmare missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shimizu S-Pulse Shonan Bellmare
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 12 27
7 2 2 Won W 0 3 7
10 6 2 Drew D 1 3 8
11 6 0 Lost L 3 6 12
35 18 5 Scored S 2 10 22
41 26 2 Conceded C 6 13 35
89% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 85%
86% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 58% 63%
46% 57% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 33%
25% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 15%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
61% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 41%
25% 14% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
25% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 42% 41%
 
3.7 3.7 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 4.7
5.6 5.9 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.1 3.6
0.6 0.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.1 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
10.8 11.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.5 11.1
4.2 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.7
30% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 26% 22%
 
13.1 12.6 15 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.5 10.3
5.3 5.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.8 4
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Shimizu S-Pulse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shimizu S-Pulse have the most conceded goals (26) at home in J-League
  • Shonan Bellmare have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) 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 26 15 7 4 56 29 12 10 2 0 28 6 14 5 5 4 28 23 27 52
2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 28 14 8 6 45 28 15 9 3 3 26 12 13 5 5 3 19 16 17 50
3 Kawasaki Frontale 26 15 4 7 45 30 13 10 1 2 26 14 13 5 3 5 19 16 15 49
4 Kashima Antlers 28 12 9 7 41 36 15 7 5 3 25 21 13 5 4 4 16 15 5 45
5 Kashiwa Reysol 28 13 5 10 39 35 14 6 1 7 20 22 14 7 4 3 19 13 4 44
6 Cerezo Osaka 26 11 8 7 40 31 14 6 4 4 20 17 12 5 4 3 20 14 9 41
7 Sagan Tosu 28 9 13 6 40 33 14 5 7 2 20 9 14 4 6 4 20 24 7 40
8 Tokyo 26 11 6 9 35 34 13 6 5 2 19 10 13 5 1 7 16 24 1 39
9 Urawa Reds 26 8 12 6 38 26 12 5 6 1 24 12 14 3 6 5 14 14 12 36
10 Nagoya Grampus 27 9 9 9 25 28 13 6 4 3 14 11 14 3 5 6 11 17 -3 36
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 28 7 10 11 35 41 14 2 6 6 18 26 14 5 4 5 17 15 -6 31
12 Consadole Sapporo 27 7 10 10 29 45 13 4 6 3 12 16 14 3 4 7 17 29 -16 31
13 Kyoto Sanga 26 7 8 11 25 29 13 5 3 5 13 13 13 2 5 6 12 16 -4 29
14 Shonan Bellmare 27 7 8 12 22 35 15 4 5 6 12 22 12 3 3 6 10 13 -13 29
15 Avispa Fukuoka 28 6 10 12 21 31 14 3 6 5 12 14 14 3 4 7 9 17 -10 28
16 Gamba Osaka 28 7 7 14 28 42 14 3 4 7 16 21 14 4 3 7 12 21 -14 28
17 Vissel Kobe 26 6 6 14 23 34 11 3 2 6 11 11 15 3 4 8 12 23 -11 24
18 Jubilo Iwata 27 5 8 14 25 45 14 4 4 6 16 23 13 1 4 8 9 22 -20 23

Table
  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 26 15 7 4 56 29 12 10 2 0 28 6 14 5 5 4 28 23 27 52
2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 28 14 8 6 45 28 15 9 3 3 26 12 13 5 5 3 19 16 17 50
3 Kawasaki Frontale 26 15 4 7 45 30 13 10 1 2 26 14 13 5 3 5 19 16 15 49
4 Kashima Antlers 28 12 9 7 41 36 15 7 5 3 25 21 13 5 4 4 16 15 5 45
5 Kashiwa Reysol 28 13 5 10 39 35 14 6 1 7 20 22 14 7 4 3 19 13 4 44
6 Cerezo Osaka 26 11 8 7 40 31 14 6 4 4 20 17 12 5 4 3 20 14 9 41
7 Sagan Tosu 28 9 13 6 40 33 14 5 7 2 20 9 14 4 6 4 20 24 7 40
8 Tokyo 26 11 6 9 35 34 13 6 5 2 19 10 13 5 1 7 16 24 1 39
9 Urawa Reds 26 8 12 6 38 26 12 5 6 1 24 12 14 3 6 5 14 14 12 36
10 Nagoya Grampus 27 9 9 9 25 28 13 6 4 3 14 11 14 3 5 6 11 17 -3 36
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 28 7 10 11 35 41 14 2 6 6 18 26 14 5 4 5 17 15 -6 31
12 Consadole Sapporo 27 7 10 10 29 45 13 4 6 3 12 16 14 3 4 7 17 29 -16 31
13 Kyoto Sanga 26 7 8 11 25 29 13 5 3 5 13 13 13 2 5 6 12 16 -4 29
14 Shonan Bellmare 27 7 8 12 22 35 15 4 5 6 12 22 12 3 3 6 10 13 -13 29
15 Avispa Fukuoka 28 6 10 12 21 31 14 3 6 5 12 14 14 3 4 7 9 17 -10 28
16 Gamba Osaka 28 7 7 14 28 42 14 3 4 7 16 21 14 4 3 7 12 21 -14 28
17 Vissel Kobe 26 6 6 14 23 34 11 3 2 6 11 11 15 3 4 8 12 23 -11 24
18 Jubilo Iwata 27 5 8 14 25 45 14 4 4 6 16 23 13 1 4 8 9 22 -20 23

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