This is a vital face-off in the lower section of the J-League, with both Shonan Bellmare and Shimizu S-Pulse experiencing more worry than bliss. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosts placed 17th and the visiting team in 16th position.
- Shonan Bellmare have yet to win a game at home.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have scored at least twice as many goals away as Shonan Bellmare have scored home.
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.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
0 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Shonan Bellmare have to build on here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka in the J-League.
Shonan Bellmare faced defeat in their previous match, away at Consadole Sapporo (0-1). Sugioka, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Sugioka hit three key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.
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 Bellmare have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost three.
There will be little rest for Shonan Bellmare after this match as they are travelling to Avispa Fukuoka for a J-League game in only four days.
Shonan Bellmare have scored 1 goal here in 4 league matches, a depressing statistic.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
Playing away, Shimizu S-Pulse have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the J-League this season. Shimizu has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 30 days ago, in the Kashima Antlers fixture.
Shimizu S-Pulse played 2-2 against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their previous match. The attacker Santana got a match rating of 8.25 in that game. Santana scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
aweayteam Hara magic won. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Shimizu S-Pulse in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Shimizu S-Pulse, two draws and one defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Shimizu S-Pulse are hosting Kawasaki Frontale in the J-League only four days away.
The attacking power of Shimizu when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Shimizu S-Pulse have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Shonan Bellmare three wins, four draws and Shimizu S-Pulse three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Machino 2 goals |  Y. Suzuki 2 goals |  T. Santos Santana 2 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 90% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 70% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 3.1 | 0.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 1.1 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 10.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9 | 9.9 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.7 |
| 16% | 6% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 24% |
| 10.8 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13 | 13.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 6 | 5.2 |
- Shimizu S-Pulse have scored at least twice as many goals away as Shonan Bellmare have scored home.
- Shonan Bellmare have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shonan Bellmare have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Shonan Bellmare have yet to win a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Júbilo Iwata | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Gamba Osaka | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Nagoya Grampus | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 4 |
