Kashiwa Reysol play host to visiting club Shimizu S-Pulse at Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium in this J1 League game on Tuesday.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Kashiwa Reysol v Shimizu S-Pulse can be seen below (including the best match odds).
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Kashiwa Reysol
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Kashiwa Reysol, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-2 J1 League success vs Nagoya Grampus.
In that match, Kashiwa Reysol had 50% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Kashiwa Reysol, the scorers were Yuto Yamada (33') and Mao Hosoya (50'). Nagoya Grampus had 13 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Sho Inagaki (2') scored for Nagoya Grampus.
Kashiwa Reysol haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 games.
They have totted up the amount of 9 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5. We shall soon see if that trend will be sustained here.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Kashiwa Reysol:
- haven't lost in the league to Shimizu S-Pulse in their previous 3 matches.
- are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.
Shimizu S-Pulse
LDWWWL
Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Nagoya Grampus in J1 League action, Shimizu S-Pulse and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that match, Shimizu S-Pulse managed 53% possession and 8 shots on goal with 0 of them on target. Nagoya Grampus got 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Sho Inagaki (36'), Ryuji Izumi (48') and Keiya Shiihashi (50') scored for Nagoya Grampus.
The stats don’t lie, and Shimizu S-Pulse have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals in total. At the back, Shimizu S-Pulse have seen their frailties exposed.
Going into this contest, Shimizu S-Pulse are undefeated in their last 2 away league matches.
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Head to head
A glance at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 05/09/2020 tells us that Kashiwa Reysol have won 3 of these & Shimizu S-Pulse 1, with the number of drawn matches being 2.
In all, 13 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 from Reysol and 5 for Shimizu. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.
The previous league meeting between these sides was J1 League match day 26 on 20/08/2022 and the score finished Shimizu S-Pulse 1-1 Kashiwa Reysol.
On that occasion, Shimizu S-Pulse had 42% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The scorer was Thiago Santana (8').
Kashiwa Reysol got 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Yuki Muto (94') scored.
The match was refereed by Futoshi Nakamura.
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Team News: Kashiwa Reysol
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the Kashiwa Reysol gaffer Ricardo Rodríguez to be concerned with from an otherwise complete set of players. Daiki Sugioka (Hamstring injury) won’t play.
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Prediction
We think that Shimizu S-Pulse may not find it easy to breach the defence of this Kashiwa Reysol outfit who we think will score & stay on top.
With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very even match with a 1-0 win for Kashiwa Reysol at the end of the 90 minutes.
Let’s see what happens.
Andre Moura,
04:09 04/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Kashiwa Reysol
Formed: 1940
Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium (15,109)
Captain: Tomoya Inukai
Chairman: Kazunobu Yamazaki
Manager: Ricardo Rodríguez
Competitions: J1 League position 2, J. League Cup (3rd Round)
🔑 Star Man: Kosuke Kinoshita
Customarily playing in the Striker position, Kosuke Kinoshita was born in Tokyo, Japan. After having made a senior debut playing for Halmstads BK in the 2017 season, the gifted Forward has accumulated 2 league goals in the J1 League 2025 season to date from a total of 10 appearances.