📊 Form Guide

Shimizu S-Pulse

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Shimizu S-Pulse head into this game after a 1-1 J1 100 Year Vision League drawn match vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

In that game, Shimizu S-Pulse had 43% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 1 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Shimizu S-Pulse was Se-hun Oh (71'). Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 20 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Kosuke Kinoshita (74') scored for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the match 4-5 in a dramatic penalty shootout.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Shimizu S-Pulse have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Shimizu S-Pulse have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 6 goals in the process.

Nagoya Grampus

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In their previous fixture, Nagoya Grampus drew 2-2 in the J1 100 Year Vision League match with Avispa Fukuoka.

In that game, Nagoya Grampus had 64% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. For Nagoya Grampus, the goals were scored by Yuya Asano (83') and Yudai Kimura (90'). For their opponents, Avispa Fukuoka had 9 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Masato Shigemi (35') scored for Avispa Fukuoka. After a tense 5-4 penalty shootout, Nagoya Grampus were victorious.

Indicating their bias toward high-scoring encounters, we’ve had goals 20 times in the previous 6 games in which Nagoya Grampus have taken to the field, giving an average of 3.33 goals each fixture. Opposing teams have got 10 from this total. That aside, it remains to be seen whether such a trend will persist in this upcoming match.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 23/04/2022 shows that Shimizu S-Pulse have won 1 of them and Nagoya Grampus 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A combined total of 12 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 4 from Shimizu and 8 being from N. Grampus. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The last league encounter between these clubs was J1 100 Year Vision League match day 1 on 08/02/2026 which finished with the scoreline of Nagoya Grampus 1-0 Shimizu S-Pulse.

On that occasion, Nagoya Grampus had 52% possession and 14 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Yudai Kimura (58').

For their opponents, Shimizu S-Pulse had 6 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

📰 Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Nagoya Grampus boss Mihailo Petrović has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Tomoya Koyamatsu (Meniscus damage), Tsukasa Morishima (Hamstring injury), Ryuji Izumi (Hamstring injury), Marcus Vinicius (Tibia and fibula fracture) and Yota Sato (Fracture of the eye socket) can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Nagoya Grampus and Shimizu S-Pulse could both find goals hard to come by here.

A draw is a real possibility, as a clear-cut winner doesn’t appear to be obvious. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very competitive game with a 0-0 draw at full-time.

Renata Leite, 04:02 25/04/2026