📊 Form Guide

V-Varen Nagasaki

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V-Varen Nagasaki fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 0-1 J1 100 Year Vision League success against Fagiano Okayama.

In that match, V-Varen Nagasaki had 45% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for V-Varen Nagasaki was Ryogo Yamasaki (90'). Fagiano Okayama got 12 shots at goal with 3 on target.

V-Varen Nagasaki haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They have claimed a sum of 9 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 6. Putting that to one side, we will just have to wait and see if that pattern might continue on in this match.

Shimizu S-Pulse

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Vissel Kobe in J1 100 Year Vision League competition, Shimizu S-Pulse will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Shimizu S-Pulse had 53% possession and 5 shots on goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Vissel Kobe had 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Katsuya Nagato (28') and Takahiro Ohgihara (61') scored for Vissel Kobe.

The stats tell the story, and Shimizu S-Pulse have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals overall. Defensively, Shimizu S-Pulse could really do with shoring things up.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 11/04/2018 shows us that V-Varen Nagasaki have won 2 of these games & Shimizu S-Pulse 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 3.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 23 in total at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.

The last league fixture featuring the two was J2 League match day 30 on 07/09/2024 and the score finished Shimizu S-Pulse 1-1 V-Varen Nagasaki.

The referee was Hayato Shimizu.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that Shimizu S-Pulse and V-Varen Nagasaki may well find themselves both scoring in what promises to be a very even battle here.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. That is why we are leaning toward a close game with a 1-1 score draw when the referee blows the full-time whistle.

Victor Martins, 03:02 05/04/2026