📏 Form Guide

Shimizu S-Pulse

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Shimizu S-Pulse won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 2-0 J1 100 Year Vision League defeat in their last game at the hands of Fagiano Okayama.

In that game, Shimizu S-Pulse had 60% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Fagiano Okayama had 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Kosuke Shirai (11') was the scorer for Fagiano Okayama.

It has not been often in recent times that Shimizu S-Pulse have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Shimizu S-Pulse have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 9 goals in the process.

Gamba Osaka

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in J1 100 Year Vision League competition, Gamba Osaka and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Gamba Osaka managed 53% possession and 13 shots on goal with 6 on target. For their opponents, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Shunki Higashi (68') scored for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

The numbers tell their own story, and Gamba Osaka have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 7 goals overall. At the back, Gamba Osaka can certainly do much better. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head to head clashes stretching back to 13/08/2021 shows us that Shimizu S-Pulse have won 1 of them and Gamba Osaka 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

10 goals were produced between them in these games, with 5 of them from Shimizu and 5 created by Gamba Osaka. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The previous league fixture between the two was J1 100 Year Vision League match day 4 on 28/02/2026 when the final score was Gamba Osaka 2-2 Shimizu S-Pulse.

That day, Gamba Osaka had 56% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Ryotaro Meshino (27') and Deniz Hümmet (41').

For their opponents, Shimizu S-Pulse had 16 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Koya Kitagawa (83') and Capixaba (86') scored.

📋 Team News: Gamba Osaka

Gamba Osaka boss Jens Wissing has some current player fitness concerns. Shogo Sasaki (Hamstring injury), Asahi Uenaka (Meniscus damage), Yuya Yokoi (Cruciate ligament injury), Riku Handa (Cruciate ligament injury), Jun Ichimori (Finger injury) and Shota Fukuoka (Hamstring injury) won’t be making appearances.

🔮 Prediction

Our assessment is that Gamba Osaka and Shimizu S-Pulse may both struggle to make a breakthrough here.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw with few scoring chances is looking likely to us. We’re therefore expecting a tight encounter with a 0-0 scoreline at the end of this one.

Andre Moura, 07:02 24/05/2026