Shimizu S-Pulse vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2022

Shimizu S-Pulse

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Fri 29 Apr 2022 · 05:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Ronaldo 33' Y

Daiki Matsuoka 90' Y

Overview

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Shimizu S-Pulse vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League .

Shimizu S-Pulse 18 games · 24 pts (2026/27)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 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 Tokyo	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

Shimizu S-Pulse 16 games · Avg 3.1 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2022-04-29 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2021-11-20 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2021-03-17 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Shimizu S-Pulse 2020-10-10 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-09-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–1 Shimizu S-Pulse

Recent Form

Shimizu S-Pulse

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Apr	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	2–2	D
17 Apr	Sagan Tosu FC	A	0–0	D
10 Apr	Gamba Osaka	H	1–1	D
06 Apr	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	1–1	D
02 Apr	Kashima Antlers	A	1–2	L
19 Mar	Vissel Kobe	H	0–0	D

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Apr	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	2–2	D
17 Apr	Jubilo Iwata	A	2–2	D
10 Apr	Avispa Fukuoka	H	1–0	W
06 Apr	Yokohama F.Marinos	H	2–0	W
02 Apr	Shonan Bellmare	A	1–0	W
19 Mar	Kawasaki Frontale	H	0–2	L

Season Stats

Shimizu S-Pulse		Sanfrecce Hiroshima
#7	Position	#4
24	Points	30
18	Played	18
8 / 0 / 10	W / D / L	10 / 0 / 8
40	Scored	41
42	Conceded	33
-2	GD	+8
1.33	PPG	1.67
44%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Shimizu S-Pulse this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

Shimizu S-Pulse are 7th (24 pts). Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

2/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Shimizu S-Pulse gets underway.
5' The travelling Sanfrecce Hiroshima supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Shimizu S-Pulse side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
15' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
20' Shimizu S-Pulse is taking the lead after the goal scored by Thiago Santana on 20.
25' Sanfrecce Hiroshima has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
30' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
33' Ronaldo catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 33.
38' Yoshifumi Kashiwa has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
43' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
46' Tsukasa Shiotani is replacing Taishi Matsumoto for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima side.
51' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
56' A quiet spell here at . Sanfrecce Hiroshima seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
61' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
66' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
68' What an equalizer from Tsukasa Morishima!
69' A tactical swap from Shimizu S-Pulse — Daiki Matsuoka on, Ronaldo off on 69 minutes.
70' A stunning finish from Thiago Santana — that came from absolutely nowhere!
73' The supporters are chanting for Akira Disaro. He replaces Katsuhiro Nakayama on 73 minute.
78' The home supporters are growing impatient. Shimizu S-Pulse must find a spark to ignite this game.
80' Brilliant from the ! Yoshifumi Kashiwa makes it 2-2 with a superb finish on 80.
81' A tactical swap from Shimizu S-Pulse — Eiichi Katayama on, Ryohei Shirasaki off on 81 minutes.
86' It looks surprising Shimizu S-Pulse does not make any changes. Kota Miyamoto has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
90' Shimizu S-Pulse receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Shimizu S-Pulse Lineups

Starting XI

3
Ronaldo ↓ Daiki Matsuoka 69'
5
Valdo
21
Shuichi Gonda
9
Thiago Santana ↓ Se-Hun Oh 81'
18
Ryohei Shirasaki ↓ Eiichi Katayama 81'
50
Yoshinori Suzuki
4
Teruki Hara
11
Katsuhiro Nakayama ↓ Akira Disaro 73'
13
Kota Miyamoto
23
Yuito Suzuki
29
Reon Yamahara

Bench

1
Takuo Okubo
8
Daiki Matsuoka ↑ 69'
7
Eiichi Katayama ↑ 81'
10
Carlinhos
17
Yuta Kamiya
19
Akira Disaro ↑ 73'
20
Se-Hun Oh ↑ 81'

Coach Hiroaki Hiraoka

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

37
Junior Santos
19
Sho Sasaki
38
Keisuke Osako
2
Yuki Nogami
18
Yoshifumi Kashiwa
10
Tsukasa Morishima
17
Taishi Matsumoto ↓ Tsukasa Shiotani 46'
24
Shunki Higashi ↓ Gakuto Notsuda 46'
4
Hayato Araki
15
Tomoya Fujii
39
Makoto Mitsuta

Bench

Coach Michael Skibbe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Thiago Santana	3
Yoshifumi Kashiwa	3
Tsukasa Morishima	2
Koya Kitagawa	2
Hayato Araki	2
Hayao Kawabe	2
Takumu Kawamura	2
Douglas Vieira	2

Head to Head

Shimizu S-Pulse Form

2022-04-29 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2022-04-17 Sagan Tosu FC 0–0 Shimizu S-Pulse D 2022-04-10 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–1 Gamba Osaka D 2022-04-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse D 2022-04-02 Kashima Antlers 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2022-03-19 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–0 Vissel Kobe D

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2022-04-29 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2022-04-17 Jubilo Iwata 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2022-04-10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Avispa Fukuoka W 2022-04-06 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Yokohama F.Marinos W 2022-04-02 Shonan Bellmare 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2022-03-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.76 Shimizu S-Pulse xG

Expected Goals

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

2.05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Shimizu S-Pulse or Sanfrecce Hiroshima 75% + Over 2.5 goals 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Shimizu S-Pulse34% Draw25% Sanfrecce Hiroshima41%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 3.81

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Shimizu S-Pulse or Draw

59%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

66%

Shimizu S-Pulse or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Shimizu S-Pulse27% Draw39% Sanfrecce Hiroshima34%

Actual: Shimizu S-Pulse win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.8%

1 – 2

7.9%

2 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

6.8%

1 – 3

5.4%

0 – 2

4.7%

2 – 3

4.7%

3 – 2

4.1%

0 – 1

3 – 1

2 – 0

3.5%

0 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Shimizu S-Pulse

Handicap	Shimizu S-Pulse covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	16%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	19%	26%
+1.5	74%	—	26%
+2	74%	13%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Shimizu S-Pulse keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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