Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tokushima Vortis & Shimizu S-Pulse face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ybc Levain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Tokushima and Shimizu S-Pulse.
Tokushima Vortis form and stats
Last season their Ybc Levain Cup adventure ended in the group stage.When playing at home in the J2-League, Tokushima Vortis have managed 0 wins, 5 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
Bakenga was the last player to score a league goal for Tokushima Vortis and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Tokushima Vortis haven't scored in 422 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager Algaba led his Tokushima to a defeat away at Oita Trinita. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Pocari Sweat Stadium.
In the match before that, Tokushima Vortis hosted V-Varen Nagasaki and drew the J2-League game 0-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tokushima Vortis as they are travelling to their away game against Mito Hollyhock in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.
Tokushima have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Tokushima Vortis are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pocari Sweat Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
Shimizu's mission in Ybc Levain Cup last season failed in the play-offs against Kashima Antlers.Playing away, Shimizu S-Pulse have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the J-League this season.
Shimizu S-Pulse's last game was the home draw against Gamba Osaka (1-1). Attacker Suzuki got a player rating of 7.7 in the game. "Man of the match" Suzuki hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
A 1-1 draw at Urawa Reds's stadium before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Shimizu S-Pulse manager Hiraoka as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sagan Tosu.
In the opposite end, Shimizu S-Pulse have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the sides faced each other previously this season; Shimizu S-Pulse - Tokushima 1-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Tokushima Vortis victories, two draws and three Shimizu S-Pulse wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Bakenga Joar Namugunga 3 goals |   Y. Suzuki 2 goals | K. Nishiya 1 goals |
Tokushima Vortis missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Tokushima Vortis | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 12 | 23 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 27% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | ||
| 9.1 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Tokushima Vortis | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Tokyo Verdy | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Machida Zelvia | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Vegalta Sendai | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Fagiano Okayama | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | JEF United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Roasso Kumamoto | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Blaublitz Akita | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Grulla Morioka | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | Tochigi | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 18 | Montedio Yamagata | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 19 | Ventforet Kofu | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 20 | Mito Hollyhock | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 21 | Ryukyu | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 5 |
| 22 | Omiya Ardija | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 3 |
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 4 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
