Shimizu S-Pulse vs Vegalta Sendai Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Shimizu S-Pulse

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Shimizu S-Pulse, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-3 J2 League success over Iwaki.

For Shimizu S-Pulse, the goalscorers were Lucas Braga (7'), Takashi Inui (9') and Koya Kitagawa (68'). Jun Nishikawa (22') and Kaina Tanimura (80') scored for Iwaki.

Over their preceding six games, Tadahiro Akiba's Shimizu S-Pulse have netted 9 times resulting in an average number of goals per match equal to 1.5.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Shimizu S-Pulse:

• have not been beaten in the league by Vegalta Sendai in their last 4 matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 5 home league matches.

Vegalta Sendai

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Vegalta Sendai come into this game following on from a 2-0 J2 League win vs Montedio Yamagata in their last outing.

For Vegalta Sendai, the scorers were Ryunosuke Sagara (10') and Masahiro Sugata (38').

A run of accomplished performances from the Vegalta Sendai defensive players has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their past 6 outings combined. In that time, their own forwards have managed to score 6. Nevertheless, we must now wait to see whether the trend might be sustained in this next game or not.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Vegalta Sendai:

• have not registered a win against Shimizu S-Pulse when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 5 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 15/08/2020 shows us that Shimizu S-Pulse have won 3 of them & Vegalta Sendai 1, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

A sum of 18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 11 of them for Shimizu and 7 belonging to Vegalta. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league contest between these clubs was J2 League match day 24 on 05/07/2023 when it finished Vegalta Sendai 0-3 Shimizu S-Pulse.

The match was refereed by Tomokazu Sato.

📋 Team News: Shimizu S-Pulse

Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the Shimizu S-Pulse manager Tadahiro Akiba to be concerned about from a near full-strength group. Takumi Kato (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out.

📰 Team News: Vegalta Sendai

Due to a completely healthy group available to choose from, the Vegalta Sendai manager Yoshiro Moriyama has zero fitness worries whatsoever before this game.

🔮 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Shimizu S-Pulse have it within them to get a couple of goals in this one when they come up against Vegalta Sendai, who will be up against it scoring a goal of their own.

Therefore, we are anticipating a controlled 2-0 win for Shimizu S-Pulse when all’s said and done.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 01:13 20/04/2024