FC Tōkyō vs Shimizu S-Pulse, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

FC Tōkyō

4 – 0

Full Time

Shimizu S-Pulse

Wed 3 Nov 2021 · 05:00 UTC Ajinomoto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 73' Eiichi Katayama

Overview

Match Preview

FC Tokyo vs Shimizu S-Pulse — J. League at Ajinomoto Stadium.

FC Tokyo 18 games · 37 pts (2026/27)
Shimizu S-Pulse 18 games · 24 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Vissel Kobe	18	35
2	Cerezo Osaka FC	18	31
3	Nagoya Grampus	18	31
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	30
5	Gamba Osaka	18	28
6	Fagiano Okayama FC	18	26
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	18	24
8	Kyoto Sanga FC	18	23
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	21
10	Avispa Fukuoka	18	21
11	Kashima Antlers	18	45
12	FC Tōkyō	18	37
13	FC Machida Zelvia	18	37
14	Kawasaki Frontale	18	28
15	Tokyo Verdy	18	28
16	Urawa Red Diamonds	18	25
17	Kashiwa Reysol	18	20
18	Yokohama F·Marinos	18	20
19	FC Mito Holly Hock	18	18
20	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	18	12

Head-to-Head

FC Tōkyō 21 games · Avg 2.5 goals Shimizu S-Pulse

Last 5 meetings

2021-11-03 FC Tōkyō 4–0 Shimizu S-Pulse 2021-05-26 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–0 FC Tōkyō 2020-10-14 FC Tōkyō 3–1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2020-02-23 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–3 FC Tōkyō 2019-07-20 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 FC Tōkyō

Recent Form

FC Tōkyō

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Nov	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	4–0	W
23 Oct	Kashima Antlers	H	1–2	L
02 Oct	Kawasaki Frontale	A	0–1	L
25 Sep	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	1–2	L
22 Sep	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–1	D
18 Sep	Yokohama FC	H	4–0	W

Shimizu S-Pulse

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Nov	FC Tōkyō	A	0–4	L
24 Oct	Kawasaki Frontale	A	0–1	L
16 Oct	Kashiwa Reysol	H	0–1	L
02 Oct	Avispa Fukuoka	A	2–1	W
24 Sep	Vissel Kobe	H	0–2	L
18 Sep	Vegalta Sendai	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

FC Tōkyō		Shimizu S-Pulse
#12	Position	#7
37	Points	24
18	Played	18
13 / 0 / 5	W / D / L	8 / 0 / 10
55	Scored	40
42	Conceded	42
+13	GD	-2
2.06	PPG	1.33
72%	Win %	44%

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

48% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

71% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season

14% Clean Sheets
Shimizu S-Pulse this season

FC Tōkyō are 12th (37 pts). Shimizu S-Pulse are 7th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Tōkyō

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

4/1

46-60

4/1

61-75

4/–

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Shimizu S-Pulse

0-15

–/1

16-30

–/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

2/1

61-75

3/2

76+

–/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Tōkyō

Motoki Nagakura	5 G	2 A
Marcelo Ryan	3 G	2 A
Soma Anzai	3 G

Shimizu S-Pulse

Se-hun Oh	2 G
Koya Kitagawa	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Ajinomoto Stadium. FC Tōkyō are looking to make home advantage count against Shimizu S-Pulse.
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
7' A stunning finish from Adailton — that came from absolutely nowhere!
12' Goal! Ronaldo scores his 5 goal in 390 matches.
13' Ronaldo makes no mistake. The score reads 0-3 and FC Tokyo are in front.
18' It is a cagey affair so far. FC Tōkyō in their trying to find a way past Shimizu S-Pulse's compact .
23' Shimizu S-Pulse fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
24' Against the run of play, Diego Oliveira has scored! This game has turned on its head.
25' What composure from Diego Oliveira! The Brazil international strokes it home. 0-5.
30' The home supporters are growing impatient. FC Tōkyō must find a spark to ignite this game.
35' It looks surprising FC Tōkyō does not make any changes. Thiago Santana has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
40' Reon Yamahara, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
45' Shimizu S-Pulse come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
46' Noriaki Fujimoto has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yuito Suzuki on 46 minute.
51' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
56' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yuta Taki made 372 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
58' Tsuyoshi Watanabe gets the nod from FC Tokyo. He replaces Joan Oumari and will look to change the dynamic.
63' FC Tōkyō are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Shimizu S-Pulse's shape.
66' Another change for FC Tokyo made on 66 minute. Yojiro Takahagi leaves to be changed by Keigo Higashi.
68' Another substitution for Shimizu S-Pulse to replace Ronaldo by Ryo Takeuchi on 68 minute.
73' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Eiichi Katayama on 73 minutes.
78' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Shimizu S-Pulse winning 0% of all matches.
80' The Shimizu S-Pulse manager makes a substitution. Thiago Santana departs to be replaced by Reon Yamahara.
83' Fresh legs for FC Tokyo! Hirotaka Mita comes on to replace Takuya Aoki.
87' GOAL! Masato Morishige fires home to make it 0-6!
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 4-0.

Lineups

FC Tokyo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

Shimizu S-Pulse Lineups

Starting XI

3
Ronaldo ↓ Ryo Takeuchi 68'
5
Valdo
37
Shuichi Gonda
9
Thiago Santana ↓ Reon Yamahara 80'
33
Daiki Matsuoka
7
Eiichi Katayama
32
Benjamin Kololli ↓ Yuta Taki 68'
38
Akira Ibayashi
4
Teruki Hara
11
Katsuhiro Nakayama ↓ Keita Nakamura 46'
23
Yuito Suzuki ↓ Noriaki Fujimoto 46'

Bench

20
Keita Nakamura ↑ 46'
6
Ryo Takeuchi ↑ 68'
26
Yuta Taki ↑ 68'
50
Yoshinori Suzuki
24
Noriaki Fujimoto ↑ 46'
25
Kengo Nagai
39
Reon Yamahara ↑ 80'

Coach Miguel Angel Lotina

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Adailton	4
Thiago Santana	4
Diego Oliveira	4
Koya Kitagawa	3
Kensuke Nagai	3
Ryoya Ogawa	2
Shuto Abe	2
Carlinhos	2

Head to Head

FC Tokyo Form

2021-11-03 FC Tōkyō 4–0 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2021-10-23 FC Tōkyō 1–2 Kashima Antlers W 2021-10-02 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 FC Tōkyō L 2021-09-25 FC Tōkyō 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2021-09-22 FC Tōkyō 1–1 Nagoya Grampus D 2021-09-18 FC Tōkyō 4–0 Yokohama FC L

Shimizu S-Pulse Form

2021-11-03 FC Tōkyō 4–0 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2021-10-24 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2021-10-16 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–1 Kashiwa Reysol L 2021-10-02 Avispa Fukuoka 1–2 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2021-09-24 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 Vissel Kobe L 2021-09-18 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 Vegalta Sendai W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

3.08 FC Tokyo xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.59 Shimizu S-Pulse xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 83% + Both teams to score 75%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Tokyo64% Draw18% Shimizu S-Pulse18%

Actual: FC Tokyo win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes75% 0% No25%

Avg goals/match: 4.67

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	83%	17%
± 3.5	67%	33%
± 4.5	48%	52%

Double Chance

FC Tokyo or Draw

82%

Draw or Shimizu S-Pulse

36%

FC Tokyo or Shimizu S-Pulse

82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Tokyo51% Draw32% Shimizu S-Pulse17%

Actual: FC Tokyo win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

7.1%

3 – 1

7.1%

3 – 2

5.5%

2 – 2

5.5%

4 – 1

5.4%

1 – 1

5.3%

2 – 0

4.7%

3 – 0

4.6%

4 – 2

4.3%

1 – 2

3.7%

4 – 0

Actual

5 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — FC Tokyo

Handicap	FC Tokyo covers	Push	Shimizu S-Pulse covers
-2.5	30%	—	70%
-2	30%	18%	53%
-1.5	47%	—	53%
-1	47%	18%	34%
-0.5	66%	—	34%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	9%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

FC Tokyo keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

Shimizu S-Pulse keeps clean sheet

5% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.