J-League match preview and statistics: Shimizu S-Pulse fight Vissel Kobe

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 06.July
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: IAI Stadium Nihondaira (20339 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Shimizu S-Pulse are in the 12th position while the guests worry at 13th.

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 Vissel Kobe.

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Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats

4-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Shimizu S-Pulse, who have the most conceded goals (39) in J-League, so far this season. Ever since the Kawasaki Frontale game Shimizu S-Pulse has been unbeatable here at IAI Stadium Nihondaira producing four straight wins.

The Shimizu S-Pulse supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Vissel Kobe in J-League and win 2-1. Before that, Shimizu S-Pulse had a Emperor Cup home game versus Parceiro Nagano which ended with a victory 1-0.

A decent goal production from Shimizu S-Pulse in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 matches. Shimizu S-Pulse have conceded 19 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Vissel Kobe form and stats

Vissel Kobe have only collected 10 points from their away games after 3-1-6 (10 played).

Two away games in a row for Vissel Kobe, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Shimizu S-Pulse in the J-League. Before that, Vissel Kobe secured a home win against Giravanz Kitakyushu with the score 4-0.

Vissel Kobe are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games. In the opposite end, Vissel Kobe have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Shimizu S-Pulse - Vissel Kobe 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shimizu S-Pulse 5 wins, 2 draws and Vissel Kobe 3 victories. As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

David Villa
10 goals
Douglas
8 goals / 2 assists
K. Kitagawa
6 goals / 2 assists

Shimizu S-Pulse missing players

Vissel Kobe missing players

Shimizu S-Pulse Vissel Kobe
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
18 8 2 Played 3 10 18
6 4 0 Won 1 3 6
4 0 0 Drew 0 1 3
8 4 2 Lost 2 6 9
26 13 3 Scored 4 13 29
39 19 7 Conceded 4 17 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 88% 100% Over 1.5 67% 70% 72%
67% 75% 100% Over 2.5 67% 60% 61%
39% 62% 100% Over 3.5 33% 30% 39%
28% 38% 50% Over 4.5 0% 20% 28%
78% 62% 100% BTTS 67% 70% 72%
6% 12% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 10% 11%
17% 25% 0% Failed To Score 33% 20% 17%
 
3.7 3.5 3 Corners For (avg) 7 5.1 4.9
5.9 6.2 9 Corners Against (avg) 6 6.1 5.2
1.2 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 1.9 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Shimizu S-Pulse have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shimizu S-Pulse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vissel Kobe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Shimizu S-Pulse
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
15-06-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 3 - 2 Yokohama F. Marinos
22-06-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 1 - 2 Shimizu S-Pulse
30-06-19 JL Sagan Tosu 4 - 2 Shimizu S-Pulse
03-07-19 EC Shimizu S-Pulse 1 - 0 Parceiro Nagano
06-07-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 2 - 1 Vissel Kobe
13-07-19 JL Gamba Osaka 10:00 Shimizu S-Pulse
20-07-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 10:00 Tokyo
03-08-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 10:00 Shimizu S-Pulse
10-08-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 09:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
17-08-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 09:00 Consadole Sapporo
Vissel Kobe
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
15-06-19 JL Tokyo 0 - 1 Vissel Kobe
22-06-19 JL Vissel Kobe 2 - 2 Oita Trinita
30-06-19 JL Vissel Kobe 5 - 3 Nagoya Grampus
03-07-19 EC Vissel Kobe 4 - 0 Giravanz Kitakyushu
06-07-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 2 - 1 Vissel Kobe
14-07-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 10:00 Vissel Kobe
20-07-19 JL Vissel Kobe 09:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
27-07-19 CF Barcelona - Vissel Kobe
02-08-19 JL Vissel Kobe 10:00 Gamba Osaka
10-08-19 JL Oita Trinita 10:00 Vissel Kobe

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tokyo 17 11 3 3 25 12 10 9 0 1 20 6 7 2 3 2 5 6 13 36
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 18 10 3 5 30 24 9 6 3 0 17 6 9 4 0 5 13 18 6 33
3 Kawasaki Frontale 16 8 7 1 25 11 9 2 6 1 10 7 7 6 1 0 15 4 14 31
4 Kashima Antlers 17 9 4 4 28 15 9 7 1 1 19 5 8 2 3 3 9 10 13 31
5 Oita Trinita 18 8 5 5 21 15 9 4 2 3 10 5 9 4 3 2 11 10 6 29
6 Cerezo Osaka 18 8 3 7 17 12 8 4 1 3 8 4 10 4 2 4 9 8 5 27
7 Consadole Sapporo 17 8 3 6 23 21 8 5 1 2 16 9 9 3 2 4 7 12 2 27
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 7 4 6 21 13 9 3 3 3 8 5 8 4 1 3 13 8 8 25
9 Nagoya Grampus 17 7 4 6 27 20 7 5 0 2 11 3 10 2 4 4 16 17 7 25
10 Urawa Reds 17 7 3 7 14 21 9 3 1 5 7 15 8 4 2 2 7 6 -7 24
11 Vegalta Sendai 18 7 1 10 22 26 9 6 1 2 15 9 9 1 0 8 7 17 -4 22
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 6 4 8 26 39 8 4 0 4 13 19 10 2 4 4 13 20 -13 22
13 Vissel Kobe 18 6 3 9 29 31 8 3 2 3 16 14 10 3 1 6 13 17 -2 21
14 Gamba Osaka 17 5 5 7 21 24 9 2 3 4 11 13 8 3 2 3 10 11 -3 20
15 Shonan Bellmare 17 5 2 10 18 26 9 2 2 5 9 13 8 3 0 5 9 13 -8 17
16 Matsumoto Yamaga 17 4 4 9 9 22 9 2 2 5 5 11 8 2 2 4 4 11 -13 16
17 Sagan Tosu 17 5 1 11 12 25 8 4 0 4 9 11 9 1 1 7 3 14 -13 16
18 Júbilo Iwata 18 3 5 10 12 23 9 1 4 4 9 12 9 2 1 6 3 11 -11 14

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