J-League: Important and interesting fight between Yokohama and Shimizu S-Pulse at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium. Both are in need of a good run!
- Yokohama have the most conceded goals (50) in J-League
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 form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J-League this season. Yokohama, who have the most conceded goals (50) in J-League, have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Yokohama with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Avispa Fukuoka game, 31 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Yokohama haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 424 minutes ago. Kleber scored that one.
Yokohama are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Vissel Kobe. Tatsuki Seko (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Seko dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total). Yokohama were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Yuji Rokutan had a busy but productive day in the Vissel Kobe match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
Before that game, the home loss against Tokyo with the scoreline 0-1.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Yokohama here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Shimizu S-Pulse playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
Shimizu play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Vegalta Sendai (placed 16th). Attacker Thiago Santana got a player rating of 8.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Santana scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times. Goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda was absolutely vital in the Shimizu victory against Vegalta Sendai, making six saves.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Fukuyama City in the Emperor Cup.Shimizu find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Shimizu have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Shimizu S-Pulse - Yokohama 1-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Yokohama victory, two draws and four Shimizu S-Pulse wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Laube Pinheiro 3 goals |  Y. Hakamata 2 goals |
Yokohama missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Yokohama | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| 50 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 90% | 89% |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 78% |
| 60% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 17% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 10% | 6% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 10% | 17% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 44% |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.1 | 8.2 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.4 | 9.4 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 18% | 29% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | 30% |
- Yokohama have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Yokohama have the fewest clean sheets (1) in J-League
- Yokohama have the fewest points (6) at home in J-League
- Yokohama have the most conceded goals (19) at home in J-League
- Yokohama have the most conceded goals (50) in J-League
- Yokohama have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in J-League
- Yokohama have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in J-League
- Yokohama have the most matches over the total-line (12) in J-League
- Yokohama have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in J-League
- Yokohama have the the worst goal difference (-38) in J-League
- Yokohama haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 55 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Tokushima Vortis | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | Vegalta Sendai | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 15 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Kashiwa Reysol | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 14 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 20 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 31 | -38 | 7 |