Tokyo Verdy vs Shimizu S-Pulse, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Tokyo Verdy vs Shimizu S-Pulse — J. League at National Stadium.
- Tokyo Verdy 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
- Shimizu S-Pulse 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Futoshi Nakamura
8 games this season 🟨 1.1/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/gameStandings
# 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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Feb Shimizu S-Pulse H 0–1 L 08 Dec Kyoto Sanga FC A 0–0 D 30 Nov Kawasaki Frontale H 4–5 L 10 Nov Vissel Kobe H 1–1 D 23 Oct Albirex Niigata A 2–0 W 19 Oct Urawa Red Diamonds H 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Feb Tokyo Verdy A 1–0 W 05 Nov Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo A 3–4 L 29 Oct Kashima Antlers H 0–1 L 22 Oct Jubilo Iwata H 1–1 D 08 Oct Kawasaki Frontale A 2–3 L 17 Sep Avispa Fukuoka A 2–3 L Season Stats
Tokyo Verdy Shimizu S-Pulse #15 Position #7 28 Points 24 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 8 / 0 / 10 29 Scored 40 32 Conceded 42 -3 GD -2 1.56 PPG 1.33 56% Win % 44% Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Tokyo Verdy this season22% Clean Sheets
Shimizu S-Pulse this seasonTokyo Verdy are 15th (28 pts). Shimizu S-Pulse are 7th (24 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Tokyo Verdy0-15–/–16-301/331-452/446-603/361-752/176+1/3■ Scored ■ ConcededShimizu S-Pulse0-152/116-301/331-451/246-601/161-754/476+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to National Stadium that hosts another battle between Tokyo Verdy and Shimizu S-Pulse.
- 5' It looks surprising Tokyo Verdy does not make any changes. Capixaba has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 10' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 15' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Yuya Oki suffering a number of foals already.
- 25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
- 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 35' Shimizu S-Pulse 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.
- 40' Koya Kitagawa puts Shimizu S-Pulse on the lead.
- 45' 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.
- 49' Koya Kitagawa was booked on 49.
- 54' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Tokyo Verdy needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 56' The Tokyo Verdy manager makes a substitution. Yuan Matsuhashi departs to be replaced by Yuta Arai.
- 57' Itsuki Someno has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yuya Fukuda on 57 minute.
- 62' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yuto Tsunashima made 89 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 64' The referee shows Tokyo Verdy player a card on 64.
- 66' The whistle greets Koya Kitagawa as he departs to be replaced by Ahmed Ahmedov.
- 71' It looks like no one’s ball. Tokyo Verdy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 76' It is a substitution in Tokyo Verdy team. Yuto Tsunashima is replaced by Hijiri Onaga on 76 minute.
- 79' The supporters are chanting for Ryosuke Shirai. He replaces Yudai Kimura on 79 minute.
- 84' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Tokyo Verdy that had 89 games and scored 75 goals.
- 85' Time for substitution for Shimizu S-Pulse. Reon Yamahara is replaced by Yuji Takahashi.
- 90' Kota Miyamoto is replacing Hikaru Nakahara for the Shimizu S-Pulse side.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Tokyo Verdy.
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Lineups
Tokyo Verdy Lineups
Starting XI
- 14
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 1
- 19
- 10
- 11
- 5
- 3
- 23
Bench
- 16
- 22
- 9
- 21
- 20
- 17
- 27
- 40
- 25
Shimizu S-Pulse Lineups
Starting XI
- 7
- 33
- 1
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23
Koya Kitagawa ↓ Ahmed Ahmedov 66'
- 98
- 4
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14
Reon Yamahara ↓ Yuji Takahashi 85'
- 66
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11
Hikaru Nakahara ↓ Kota Miyamoto 90'
- 36
- 70
Bench
- 99
- 28
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3
Yuji Takahashi ↑ 85'
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6
Kota Miyamoto ↑ 90'
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29
Ahmed Ahmedov ↑ 66'
- 19
- 47
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Koya Kitagawa 1 Naoki Hayashi 1 Head to Head
Tokyo Verdy Form
Shimizu S-Pulse Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.61 Tokyo Verdy xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.71 Shimizu S-Pulse xGI would bet for: Tokyo Verdy or Shimizu S-Pulse 74% + Both teams to score 65%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Shimizu S-Pulse winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.32Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 84% 16% ± 2.5 63% 37% ± 3.5 42% 58% ± 4.5 24% 76% Double Chance
Tokyo Verdy or Draw 63%Draw or Shimizu S-Pulse 63%Tokyo Verdy or Shimizu S-Pulse 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Shimizu S-Pulse win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.8%1 – 2 8.2%2 – 1 7.7%2 – 2 6.5%0 – 1 Actual0 – 2 5.3%0 – 0 5.1%1 – 0 5.1%2 – 0 4.7%1 – 3 4.7%3 – 1 4.1%2 – 3 3.8%Asian Handicap — Tokyo Verdy
Handicap Tokyo Verdy covers Push Shimizu S-Pulse covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 11% 82% -1.5 18% — 82% -1 18% 17% 65% -0.5 35% — 65% +0.5 61% — 39% +1 61% 19% 21% +1.5 79% — 21% +2 79% 12% 9% +2.5 91% — 9% Clean Sheet
Tokyo Verdy keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Shimizu S-Pulse keeps clean sheet 21% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.