The league table in J-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Urawa Reds leading Shimizu S-Pulse by 9 points. Match preview to follow:
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa Reds have collected 4 points from their J-League home games so far after 1-1-1.
Urawa Reds are returning here after visiting Yokohama in a J-League game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Leonardo and Ewerton scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was a defeat to Kashiwa Reysol (0-4).
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Urawa's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won one match, drawn one and lost one.
There will be little rest for Urawa Reds after this match as they are travelling to Cerezo Osaka for a Nabisco Cup game in only four days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Urawa Reds means that they have only scored 1 goal in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Urawa have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
Still no away game victory in the J-League for Shimizu S-Pulse with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Hwang Seok-Ho, Carlinhos, Y. Tatsuta and Valdo scored in Shimizu S-Pulse's previous match, the home game against Oita Trinita that ended 4-2. A 1-1 draw at Sagan Tosu's stadium before that.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Oita Trinita was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Shimizu playing away, we found five games. Results were two away wins, one draw and two home wins.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Nagoya Grampus in just four days.
The attacking power of Shimizu when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Shimizu S-Pulse have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Urawa won seven games, three matches ended with a draw and Shimizu S-Pulse has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  S. Koroki 12 goals |   K. Nishizawa 7 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Urawa Reds | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 71% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 14% |
| 5.2 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7.2 | 9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | 17 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 28% |
- All of Shimizu S-Pulse's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have yet to win a game away.
- Shimizu S-Pulse haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Urawa Reds has the fewest scored goals (1) at home
- Urawa Reds have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Urawa Reds have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 5 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Kashima Antlers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |