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

📏 Form Guide

Nagoya Grampus

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Nagoya Grampus will be wanting a better result here following a 2-1 J1 League losing effort in their last game against Vissel Kobe.

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

In that game, Shimizu S-Pulse had 40% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Gamba Osaka had 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 review of their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 29/08/2021 shows us that Nagoya Grampus have won 3 of them & Shimizu S-Pulse 1, with the number of drawn games being 2.

11 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for N. Grampus and 4 being from Shimizu. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was J1 League match day 14 on 03/05/2025 when the final score was Shimizu S-Pulse 0-3 Nagoya Grampus.

On that day, Shimizu S-Pulse had 53% possession and 8 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

On the other side, Nagoya Grampus had 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Sho Inagaki (36'), Ryuji Izumi (48') and Keiya Shiihashi (50') scored.

The referee was Hiroki Kasahara.

📰 Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Daniel Schmidt (Hip injury) and Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear) will be missing 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 2.1, going for a drawn result is 3.2 and taking a punt on the winner to be Shimizu S-Pulse gets 3.6. Those are the best of the returns being offered at the current time.

Lucas Pereira, 07:01 18/06/2025