Shimizu S-Pulse vs Urawa Red Diamonds, 2018

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J. League · 2018

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Urawa Red Diamonds

Sun 19 Aug 2018 · 09:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Shimizu S-Pulse vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League .

Shimizu S-Pulse 18 games · 24 pts (2026/27)
Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Tadashi Baba
Referee Tomohiro Inoue
Referee Takeshi Suhara
Referee Akihiro Takeda

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 20 games · Avg 2.3 goals Urawa Red Diamonds

Last 5 meetings

2018-08-19 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2018-04-15 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2018-03-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Shimizu S-Pulse 2017-09-30 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2017-01-20 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Shimizu S-Pulse

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	3–3	D
15 Aug	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	1–3	L
11 Aug	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1–2	L
05 Aug	Kashima Antlers	A	0–1	L
01 Aug	Sagan Tosu FC	H	1–0	W
22 Jul	Gamba Osaka	A	2–1	W

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	3–3	D
15 Aug	Jubilo Iwata	H	4–0	W
11 Aug	Sagan Tosu FC	A	0–1	L
05 Aug	V-Varen Nagasaki	H	0–0	D
01 Aug	Kawasaki Frontale	H	2–0	W
28 Jul	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	4–1	W

Season Stats

Shimizu S-Pulse		Urawa Red Diamonds
#7	Position	#16
24	Points	25
18	Played	18
8 / 0 / 10	W / D / L	7 / 0 / 11
40	Scored	37
42	Conceded	37
-2	GD	+0
1.33	PPG	1.39
44%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Shimizu S-Pulse this season

0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Shimizu S-Pulse are 7th (24 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Shimizu S-Pulse welcome Urawa Red Diamonds for this crunch clash at .
5' With 0 assists to his name this season, Yosuke Kashiwagi is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Shimizu S-Pulse.
10' Urawa Red Diamonds is showing some good football. However, Urawa Red Diamonds are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Urawa Red Diamonds needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
20' The energy levels are beginning to show. Oswaldo de Oliveira might look to freshen things up shortly.
25' Douglas has been relatively quiet despite scoring 51 goals in his last 367 appearances.
30' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Shimizu S-Pulse side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
35' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
40' Urawa Red Diamonds are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
45' 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.
50' Over 50 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
55' Yosuke Kawai has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
60' It’s high time Oswaldo de Oliveira made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
65' It looks like no one’s ball. Urawa Red Diamonds is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
70' Urawa Red Diamonds seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
75' Hideki Ishige has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
80' It is a cagey affair so far. Shimizu S-Pulse in their trying to find a way past Urawa Red Diamonds's compact .
85' Shimizu S-Pulse have won 286 goals from 367 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
90' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-3 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Shimizu S-Pulse Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jan Jonsson

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

5
Tomoaki Makino
30
Shinzo Koroki C ↓ Tadanari Lee 74'
12
Fabricio
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
2
Mauricio
27
Daiki Hashioka
31
Takuya Iwanami ↓ Yosuke Kashiwagi 59'
22
Yuki Abe
16
Takuya Aoki
38
Daisuke Kikuchi ↓ Kazuki Nagasawa 79'
9
Yuki Muto

Bench

Coach Oswaldo de Oliveira

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shinzo Koroki	5
Shota Kaneko	3
Shota Kaneko	3
Shinzo Koroki	2
Valdo	2
Douglas	2
Takuya Iwanami	1
Tomoaki Makino	1

Head to Head

Shimizu S-Pulse Form

2018-08-19 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–3 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2018-08-15 Cerezo Osaka FC 3–1 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2018-08-11 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale L 2018-08-05 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2018-08-01 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–0 Sagan Tosu FC W 2018-07-22 Gamba Osaka 1–2 Shimizu S-Pulse W

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2018-08-19 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–3 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2018-08-15 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–0 Jubilo Iwata W 2018-08-11 Sagan Tosu FC 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2018-08-05 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 V-Varen Nagasaki D 2018-08-01 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale W 2018-07-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 Urawa Red Diamonds W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.09 Shimizu S-Pulse xG

Expected Goals

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

2.16 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 77%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Shimizu S-Pulse38% Draw24% Urawa Red Diamonds38%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes77% 0% No23%

Avg goals/match: 4.25

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	78%	22%
± 3.5	60%	40%
± 4.5	42%	58%

Double Chance

Shimizu S-Pulse or Draw

61%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

62%

Shimizu S-Pulse or Urawa Red Diamonds

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Shimizu S-Pulse31% Draw37% Urawa Red Diamonds32%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

7.2%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.8%

2 – 1

6.6%

2 – 3

1 – 3

4.8%

3 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.5%

3 – 3

Actual

0 – 2

3.5%

2 – 0

3.2%

2 – 4

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Shimizu S-Pulse

Handicap	Shimizu S-Pulse covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	11%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	16%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	17%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	12%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Shimizu S-Pulse keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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