Nagoya Grampus vs Shimizu S-Pulse Live Stream, Predictions (Jun 21)

📏 Form Guide

Nagoya Grampus

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Nagoya Grampus will be hoping to bounce back here following the 2-1 J1 League defeat in their last game at the hands of Vissel Kobe.

In that match, Nagoya Grampus managed 50% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Nagoya Grampus, goals were scored by Takuya Uchida (44' Own goal) and Teruki Hara (57'). At the other end, Vissel Kobe had 21 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Taisei Miyashiro (45') scored for Vissel Kobe.

In their past six games, Kenta Hasegawa's Nagoya Grampus have netted a combined total of 8 times which gives them an average number of goals per match of 1.33.

Coming into this fixture, Nagoya Grampus have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

Shimizu S-Pulse

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Last time out, Shimizu S-Pulse drew 0-0 in the J1 League tie with Gamba Osaka.

In that match, Shimizu S-Pulse had 40% possession and 16 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Gamba Osaka got 17 shots at goal with 6 of them on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Shimizu S-Pulse have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in all. In defence, Shimizu S-Pulse just haven’t been too solid at all.

Pre-game facts show that Shimizu S-Pulse:

• remain undefeated by Nagoya Grampus when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 29/08/2021 shows that Nagoya Grampus have won 3 of these & Shimizu S-Pulse 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.

A sum of 11 goals were scored between them in these games, with 7 of them from N. Grampus and 4 created by Shimizu. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The last league encounter between the two was J1 League match day 14 on 03/05/2025 when the final score was Shimizu S-Pulse 0-3 Nagoya Grampus.

In that game, Shimizu S-Pulse managed 53% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

At the other end, Nagoya Grampus got 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Sho Inagaki (36'), Ryuji Izumi (48') and Keiya Shiihashi (50') scored.

The match was refereed by Hiroki Kasahara.

🗞️ Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Daniel Schmidt (Hip injury) and Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear) won’t be available for Nagoya Grampus boss Kenta Hasegawa.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Shimizu S-Pulse will need to put in a solid display to see themselves scoring against this Nagoya Grampus team who we think will likely get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a 1-0 victory for Nagoya Grampus at the end of the 90 minutes.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Looking at the betting prices for the match on the win-draw-win market, victory for Nagoya Grampus is available for 2.15, going for a drawn result is 3.3 and taking a punt on the winner to be Shimizu S-Pulse gets 3.4. Those are the best of the returns being offered at the current time.

Lucas Pereira, 10:05 17/06/2025