Shimizu S-Pulse look to IAI Stadium Nihondaira supporters for inspiration before Yokohama match

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

Overall J-League stats at home this season for Shimizu S-Pulse are 0-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).

The Shimizu supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Vegalta Sendai in Nabisco Cup and win 4-1. Prior to that, an away loss at Oita Trinita in the J-League.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Shimizu have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost two.

Shimizu S-Pulse have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Shimizu defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Yokohama form and stats

Yokohama, who have the most conceded goals (35) in J-League, have only collected 0 points from their away games in the J-League, after 0-0-6 (6 played). The manager T. Hayakawa is not happy with the away performances in the J-League so far, as all 6 matches have been lost. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Yokohama, who have now gone twelve games without a victory. The Consadole Sapporo game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. It's all red in the travel logs of Yokohama, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

The attacking players of Yokohama have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 202 minutes.

Yokohama's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Shonan Bellmare that finished 1-1. A loss against Kashima Antlers was the result prior to that, in a J-League home game.

Yokohama are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, zero draws and five defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Goals are few and far between in Yokohama's away league games. Only 2 goals from 6 travels. Yokohama can't defend away. 20 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Shimizu S-Pulse, one draw and one win for Yokohama. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

T. Santos Santana 3 goals

K. Nakayama 2 goals

Y. Hakamata 2 goals

Shimizu S-Pulse missing players

Yokohama missing players