📏 Form Guide

Yokohama F. Marinos

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Yokohama F. Marinos will be looking for an improved result here after the 2-1 J1 League losing effort in their last game against Avispa Fukuoka.

In that game, Yokohama F. Marinos managed 59% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Yokohama F. Marinos was Daiya Tono (11'). At the other end, Avispa Fukuoka got 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Kazuki Fujimoto (37') and Tomoya Miki (81') scored for Avispa Fukuoka.

Steve Holland's Yokohama F. Marinos have managed to score 6 times over their last six outings. The tally of goals that have been scored against them in those games amounts to 8.

Looking at their past form shows that Yokohama F. Marinos:

• are unbeaten in the league by Shimizu S-Pulse in their previous 6 games.
• are unbeaten in their last 5 home league matches.

Shimizu S-Pulse

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In their last fixture, Shimizu S-Pulse drew 1-1 in the J1 League tie with Kawasaki Frontale.

In that game, Shimizu S-Pulse managed 48% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Shimizu S-Pulse was Koya Kitagawa (62'). At the other end, Kawasaki Frontale got 19 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Yuki Yamamoto (68') scored for Kawasaki Frontale.

Looking at their form, and Shimizu S-Pulse have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 8 goals overall. Defensively, Shimizu S-Pulse seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. Let’s find out whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.

Their prior results show that Shimizu S-Pulse:

• have not won against Yokohama F. Marinos when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 4 league games.

↔️ Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head results going back to 19/08/2020 tells us that these fixtures have been miserable for Shimizu S-Pulse. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins whatsoever whereas Yokohama F. Marinos have just been stronger than them, running out winners in 83% of those match-ups.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 27 in total at an average of 4.5 goals per match.

The last league contest between these sides was J1 League match day 19 on 02/07/2022 when it finished Shimizu S-Pulse 3-5 Yokohama F. Marinos.

On that day, Shimizu S-Pulse managed 37% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Yuta Kamiya (13'), Thiago Santana (47') and Eiichi Katayama (96').

Yokohama F. Marinos had 18 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Takuma Nishimura (10'), Léo Ceará (45', 49', 52') and Ryō Miyaichi (88') scored.

The referee was Ryuji Sato.

📰 Team News: Yokohama F. Marinos

Reno Noguchi (Hamstring injury) and Takuto Kimura (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be able to feature for Yokohama F. Marinos manager Steve Holland.

ℹ️ Team News: Shimizu S-Pulse

Owing to an otherwise healthy squad, there’s just a single fitness issue for the Shimizu S-Pulse manager Tadahiro Akiba to be concerned with. Sena Saito (Meniscus injury) won’t be playing here.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment is that Shimizu S-Pulse and Yokohama F. Marinos are probably both going to find scoring goals difficult here.

At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. We’re therefore predicting a very competitive game with a 0-0 score when all is said and done.

Andre Moura, 09:09 16/04/2025