Júbilo Iwata vs Shimizu S-Pulse Live Stream, Predictions

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Júbilo Iwata

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Júbilo Iwata will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 1-0 J2 League losing effort in their last game against Ōmiya Ardija.

Rodrigo Angelotti (94') scored for Ōmiya Ardija.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Júbilo Iwata have shown defensive steel. In fact, Júbilo Iwata have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 7 goals on the way.

Coming into this clash, Júbilo Iwata have not beaten Shimizu S-Pulse in their last 2 matches in the league.

Shimizu S-Pulse

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In their previous fixture, Shimizu S-Pulse drew 0-0 in the J2 League match with Oita Trinita.

Zé Ricardo's Shimizu S-Pulse have fired home a total of 7 times throughout their most recent six matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during that period adds up to 7.

Their prior results show that Shimizu S-Pulse:

• remain unbeaten by Júbilo Iwata when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
• are without a win away from home in their last 6 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 07/04/2018 tells us that Júbilo Iwata have won 1 of them & Shimizu S-Pulse 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

An aggregate of 17 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 of them for Júbilo Iwata and 11 being from Shimizu. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The last league fixture between these clubs was J1 League match day 31 on 22/10/2022 when it ended Shimizu S-Pulse 1-1 Júbilo Iwata.

On that occasion, Shimizu S-Pulse had 42% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Their only player to score was Thiago Santana (34').

On the other side, Júbilo Iwata got 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Ryo Germain (92') scored.

The referee was Ryuji Sato.

ℹ️ Team News: Júbilo Iwata

There is just a single fitness concern for the Júbilo Iwata manager Akinobu Yokouchi to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust group. Riku Morioka (Fractured Foot) is out of contention. So Nakagawa cannot play in this game through suspension.

🗞️ Team News: Shimizu S-Pulse

Shimizu S-Pulse manager Zé Ricardo has a number of players out of action. Renato Augusto (Cartilage Damage), Sena Saito (Knee Injury), Hikaru Naruoka (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury) and Takumi Kato (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

✨ Prediction

Our assessment here is that Júbilo Iwata might well have a job on their hands to break down this Shimizu S-Pulse lineup who we think will likely win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re therefore anticipating a good battle with a 0-1 win for Shimizu S-Pulse when the referee blows for full-time.

Should be interesting.

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

Peter Guest, 02:34 14/03/2023