📊 Form Guide

Shimizu S-Pulse

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Shimizu S-Pulse will be wanting a better result here following a 1-0 J1 League losing effort in their last game against Kashima Antlers.

In that game, Shimizu S-Pulse managed 55% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 0 on target. Kashima Antlers got 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Yuma Suzuki (7') scored for Kashima Antlers.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Shimizu S-Pulse have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Shimizu S-Pulse have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 8 goals during that time.

Their past results show that Shimizu S-Pulse:

• have not registered a win against Vissel Kobe in their last 4 matches in the league.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Vissel Kobe

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Vissel Kobe come into this encounter following on from a 1-2 J1 League win to beat Yokohama F. Marinos in their previous fixture.

In that match, Vissel Kobe managed 48% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Vissel Kobe, goals were scored by Erik (19') and Yuya Osako (51'). Yokohama F. Marinos had 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Takuya Kida (43') was the scorer for Yokohama F. Marinos.

Takayuki Yoshida's Vissel Kobe have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 9 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during that period comes to 7.

Ahead of this meeting, Vissel Kobe remain undefeated by Shimizu S-Pulse when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 18/07/2020 shows that Shimizu S-Pulse have won 1 of these games and Vissel Kobe 3, with the tally of drawn results being 2.

15 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 6 for Shimizu and 9 coming from Ushi. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.

The previous league game between these sides was J1 League match day 20 on 06/07/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Vissel Kobe 2-1 Shimizu S-Pulse.

On that day, Vissel Kobe managed 52% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 on target. The goalscorers were Koya Yuruki (8') and Yuya Osako (92').

Shimizu S-Pulse had 7 shots at goal with 2 on target. Thiago Santana (66') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Ryo Tanimoto.

🗞️ Team News: Vissel Kobe

Out of a mainly available squad, there is only the lone fitness problem for the Vissel Kobe manager Takayuki Yoshida to be concerned with. Klismahn (unknown injury) misses out for this game.

💡 Prediction

Here is a game where Shimizu S-Pulse could well find it tough to see themselves scoring against this Vissel Kobe outfit who we think will likely end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore anticipating a good battle with a 0-1 winning score for Vissel Kobe at the end of the match.

Little in this one.

Andre Moura, 04:03 25/05/2025