Here's all you should learn, and then some, before the Shimizu S-Pulse - Tokyo match!
- Shimizu S-Pulse have yet to win a game at home.
- Tokyo have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J-League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
Shimizu S-Pulse's struggle is real here at IAI Stadium Nihondaira with only 4 points collected from 7 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-3. With seven home J-League games in a row without a win, the Shimizu fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Consadole Sapporo game long ago, can be stopped today.
The Shimizu S-Pulse crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Nagoya Grampus here at IAI Stadium Nihondaira. Heartbreak for Shimizu in their last match as Nagoya Grampus's Soma scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Katayama was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Katayama hit three key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.
This is expected to be a close game, with Shimizu S-Pulse perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Shimizu S-Pulse as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Shimizu S-Pulse has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
The manager Hiraoka will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kashiwa Reysol in only four days.
Shimizu have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Shimizu S-Pulse defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Tokyo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tokyo so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose). Tokyo has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Tokyo played 0-0 against Kashiwa Reysol in their previous match. Defender Morishige was the best team player with a rating of 7.62. Morishige won 4 of 6 duels.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Tokyo in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Tokyo, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kashima Antlers in just four days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 10 goals have been conceded by Tokyo in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these participants: Shimizu S-Pulse won two, Tokyo triumphed in seven and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. dos Santos da Silva 4 goals |  Y. Suzuki 3 goals |  T. Santos Santana 3 goals |
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
Tokyo missing players
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Tokyo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 18 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 71% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 43% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 36% |
| 21% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 36% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.4 | 8.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 23% | 21% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 20% | 23% |
| 12.7 | 12.3 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.6 | 10.4 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
- Shimizu S-Pulse have yet to win a game at home.
- Tokyo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tokyo have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 15 | Jubilo Iwata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 7 |
