Shonan Bellmare vs Shimizu S-Pulse Prediction & Betting Tips

Shimizu S-Pulse arrive at Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka on Saturday for the J1 League game with home team Shonan Bellmare.

For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Shonan Bellmare v Shimizu S-Pulse, scroll down - along with the latest match odds.

📊 Form Guide

Shonan Bellmare LLLDDW

Shonan Bellmare, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-1 J1 League victory versus Gamba Osaka.

The only player to score from Shonan Bellmare was Kazunari Ono (75').

It’s been all too rare in recent games where Shonan Bellmare have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Shonan have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 11 goals in the process. Let’s find out whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.

Heading into this contest, Shonan Bellmare are without a home win in the past 3 matches in the league.

Shimizu S-Pulse LLLLLL 🚑

After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Yokohama F. Marinos in J1 League action, Shimizu S-Pulse will be hoping to turn things around here.

Erik (9', 28') and Ado Onaiwu (22') scored for Yokohama F. Marinos.

In as many as 6 out of the previous 6 clashes involving Shimizu S-Pulse, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per match during that spell is 4, with the average number of goals for Shimizu coming out as 0.83.

Heading into this contest, Shimizu S-Pulse have not been beaten by Shonan Bellmare when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 23/05/2015 shows that Shonan Bellmare have won 3 of these games and Shimizu S-Pulse 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 23 overall at an average of 3.83 goals per match.

The previous league clash between the two was J1 League match day 27 on 29/09/2019 and the score finished Shonan Bellmare 0-6 Shimizu S-Pulse.

The match was refereed by Hajime Matsuo.

📋 Team News: Shonan Bellmare

Tsukasa Umesaki (Torn Meniscus) and Yuki Ohashi (Collarbone fracture) won’t be available for Shonan boss Bin Ukishima.

📋 Team News: Shimizu S-Pulse

Shimizu boss Peter Cklamovski has to choose a team with limited availability. Naoya Fukumori (Ankle Surgery), Takashi Kanai (Thigh Muscle Strain) and Hideki Ishige (Hamstring Injury) are not able to play.

💭 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Shimizu S-Pulse and Shonan Bellmare should end up playing out a closely-fought contest here.

While there should be goals at both ends, it’s too close to call. We therefore think that it’s going to be a really entertaining tussle with a 2-2 score at the end of the 90.

Andre Moura, 23:14 14/09/2020