With their 12 point advantage in the league table, Yokohama F. Marinos fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Shimizu S-Pulse.
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.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
4-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Yokohama F. Marinos so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Yokohama to get some points in this home game. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Yokohama, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Yokohama fans got no joy from their last match, a J-League game also here at Nissan Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Cerezo Osaka (placed 2nd). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nagoya Grampus (1-2).
Yokohama F. Marinos are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Sagan Tosu awaits in three days.
Yokohama can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 19 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shimizu S-Pulse, who have the most conceded goals (37) in J-League, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-4 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Shimizu who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Vegalta Sendai was the last time a defeat was avoided. Shimizu S-Pulse has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Shimizu failed to get anything from their last game, a J-League home match vs Kashima Antlers (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 1-4 defeat away at Sanfrecce Hiroshima before that.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Shimizu manager P. Cklamovski as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Shonan Bellmare.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Shimizu have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Shimizu S-Pulse - Yokohama 3-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Yokohama F. Marinos five wins, one draw and Shimizu S-Pulse four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Lima dos Santos 9 goals |  J. dos Santos Junior 6 goals |  C. de Souza Júnior 5 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 31 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 37 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 94% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 94% |
| 76% | 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 75% |
| 59% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 29% | 22% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 76% | 89% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 81% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 19% |
| 6.2 | 5.6 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.2 | 5.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 202 | 110 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 34 | 149 |
| 68 | 36 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 12 | 51 |
| 46% | 53% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | 33% |
- All of Yokohama F. Marinos's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the fewest points (3) away in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the fewest scored goals (4) away in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the most conceded goals (37) in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the the worst goal difference (-12) away in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse has the the worst goal difference (-16) in J-League
- Shimizu S-Pulse have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have yet to win a game away.
- Shimizu S-Pulse is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Yokohama F. Marinos has the most dropped points from leading position (17) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Shimizu S-Pulse have scored away.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Yokohama F. Marinos haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 36 | 44 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 27 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 8 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 10 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 12 | Yokohama | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 17 |
| 13 | Oita Trinita | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 16 | Vegalta Sendai | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 11 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -12 | 9 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -16 | 9 |