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Avispa Fukuoka v Shimizu S-Pulse : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 23rd Aug, 10:00 BST, Best Denki Stadium (Fukuoka), Fukuoka

Avispa Fukuoka and their boss Do-Kyun Kim will be hoping for victory against Tadahiro Akiba and his Shimizu S-Pulse side on Saturday morning, as the pair meet at the Best Denki Stadium (Fukuoka) in the J-League. This preview has the best odds for 17 different betting markets, alongside bespoke data that changes as you go between markets. Our predictions run off 20-game form, so all stats are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home, away and overall records can be viewed, while you'll also find head to head (H2H) history later on in the preview.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Avispa
43%
--
Draw
28%
--
Shimizu
29%
--
Avispa 1-0
13%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Draw 0-0
10%
--
Shimizu 1-0
10%
--
Avispa 2-0
8%
--
Avispa 2-1
8%
--
Shimizu 2-1
7%
--
Shimizu 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Avispa 3-0
4%
--
Avispa 3-1
4%
--
Shimizu 3-1
2%
--
Avispa 3-2
2%
--
Shimizu 3-0
2%
--
Shimizu 3-2
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
40%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
60%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
7%
--
BTTS - Yes
46%
--
BTTS - No
54%
--
BTTS - Home Win
16%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
11%
--
Home/draw
71%
--
Away/draw
57%
--
Home/away
72%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
--
Home DNB
63%
--
Away DNB
48%
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Avispa win to nil
27%
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Shimizu win to nil
17%
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Avispa have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the J-League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 4 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 29 goals to 26 goals.

Home League Performance

Avispa have played 13 games at home winning 4, drawing 6 and losing 3 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Shimizu are in 13th position in the J-League on 31 points having played 25 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 18 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 6 and won 2. Shimizu have conceded 24 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Avispa
Shimizu
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kashima2515281347 
l
 
0-1A
Aug 16
Aug 31
l
 
1-0A
2
Kashiwa2513841247 
l
 
0-1A
Aug 31
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
3
Vissel Kobe2514471046 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-2F
Sep 27
4
Kyoto Sanga2513661245 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
Sep 20
5
Machida2513481143 
d
 
2-2A
Oct 18
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-0A
6
Hiroshima2513481143 
Sep 27
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
7
Urawa Reds251186941 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
Sep 23
l
 
2-1A
8
Kawasaki251087938 
l
 
1-2F
w
 
2-5A
d
 
1-1F
Oct 18
9
Cerezo251078637 
Sep 13
l
 
2-0A
Nov 8
l
 
4-2F
10
Avispa25988135 
-
-
w
 
3-1F
Aug 23
11
Gamba Osaka2510411-534 
Nov 30
l
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
12
Fagiano259610133 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-1F
Dec 6
d
 
1-1F
13
Shimizu258710-331 
Aug 23
l
 
3-1A
-
-
14
Tokyo Verdy258710-831 
d
 
0-00-0
Nov 8
Oct 25
w
 
0-1F
15
Tokyo258512-829 
w
 
1-0F
Sep 23
Oct 4
w
 
0-2F
16
Nagoya257711-628 
d
 
1-1A
Dec 6
l
 
0-3A
d
 
1-1A
17
Shonan256613-1924 
Oct 25
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-0F
Nov 30
18
Yokohama FM255614-1021 
w
 
2-1A
Sep 20
Aug 16
w
 
2-3A
19
Yokohama255416-1719 
Oct 4
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
20
Albirex254714-1919 
w
 
3-2A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
Sep 13
Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
Avispa have not lost in 5 consecutive home league games
Avispa 10TH
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Avispa2 - 2Kyoto Sanga
Avispa0 - 0Vissel Kobe
Avispa3 - 2Albirex
Avispa0 - 0Tokyo Verdy
Avispa1 - 1Nagoya
Avispa0 - 1Kashima
Avispa1 - 1Fagiano
Avispa2 - 1Yokohama FM
Avispa1 - 0Urawa Reds
Avispa2 - 2Machida
Avispa1 - 0Tokyo
Avispa1 - 2Kawasaki
Avispa0 - 1Kashiwa
Avispa1 - 0Urawa Reds
Avispa2 - 1Kashiwa
Avispa1 - 0Nagoya
Avispa0 - 3Machida
Avispa0 - 2Vissel Kobe
Avispa0 - 1Albirex
Avispa0 - 1Tokyo Verdy
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AAvispa5 - 2Kawasaki
AAvispa0 - 0Urawa Reds
HAvispa2 - 2Kyoto Sanga
HAvispa0 - 0Vissel Kobe
HAvispa3 - 2Albirex
AAvispa1 - 0Fagiano
HAvispa0 - 0Tokyo Verdy
AAvispa0 - 2Cerezo
HAvispa1 - 1Nagoya
AAvispa0 - 1Yokohama
HAvispa0 - 1Kashima
AAvispa1 - 2Hiroshima
AAvispa0 - 0Shonan
HAvispa1 - 1Fagiano
AAvispa1 - 3Shimizu
HAvispa2 - 1Yokohama FM
HAvispa1 - 0Urawa Reds
AAvispa1 - 0Albirex
HAvispa2 - 2Machida
HAvispa1 - 0Tokyo
Shimizu 13TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hiroshima0 - 0Shimizu
Machida3 - 0Shimizu
Nagoya1 - 1Shimizu
Cerezo4 - 2Shimizu
Kashima1 - 0Shimizu
Kashiwa1 - 0Shimizu
Tokyo0 - 2Shimizu
Yokohama FM2 - 3Shimizu
Yokohama2 - 0Shimizu
Urawa Reds2 - 1Shimizu
Gamba Osaka1 - 0Shimizu
Fagiano1 - 1Shimizu
Tokyo Verdy0 - 1Shimizu
Tochigi0 - 1Shimizu
Mito2 - 2Shimizu
Fujieda MYFC2 - 3Shimizu
Tokushima1 - 2Shimizu
Kagoshima0 - 1Shimizu
Vegalta2 - 1Shimizu
Oita Trinita0 - 2Shimizu
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AShimizu0 - 0Hiroshima
HShimizu2 - 0Yokohama
AShimizu0 - 3Machida
HShimizu0 - 2Kashiwa
AShimizu1 - 1Nagoya
HShimizu0 - 0Gamba Osaka
AShimizu2 - 4Cerezo
HShimizu3 - 2Vissel Kobe
AShimizu0 - 1Kashima
HShimizu2 - 2Machida
AShimizu0 - 1Kashiwa
HShimizu0 - 3Nagoya
AShimizu2 - 0Tokyo
HShimizu3 - 1Avispa
AShimizu3 - 2Yokohama FM
HShimizu1 - 1Kawasaki
AShimizu0 - 2Yokohama
AShimizu1 - 2Urawa Reds
HShimizu3 - 0Shonan
HShimizu1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Avispa since 2021
Avispa
Shimizu
Goals: Scored
4
4
Games: Scored
2 / 2
2 / 2
Clean sheets
0 / 2
0 / 2
AVI
1
SHI
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Avispa
Avispa3 - 2
1 - 2Shimizu
League games at Shimizu since 2021
Shimizu
Avispa
Goals: Scored
8
4
Games: Scored
3 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
0 / 3
D
1
SHI
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shimizu
Shimizu3 - 1
Shimizu3 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics
Avispa 10th Shimizu 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 63% probability that Avispa will score no more than 1 goal
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Shimizu scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-17
Avispa have scored 17% fewer goals at home than predicted
=0
Shimizu’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
0.9
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season
Avispa
PG (predicted goals)
Shimizu
1.3
1
Attack rating
AVI
SHI
15%
better
view stats
Games scored16
16
Failed to score8
8
Scored first8
11
Goals scored21
29
Avg. goals scored0.8
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal10
7
Conversion rate for10
15
Avg. XG for1.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+15%
Defence rating
18%
better
AVI
SHI
view stats
Games conceded14
18
Clean sheets10
6
Conceded first12
12
Goals conceded23
32
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against12%
14%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+18%

Avispa v Shimizu J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Avispa J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24425
T AndoT AndoS NagoT Kamijima
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Ando DEF254
2
-
S Nago MID2522
2
-
Y Iwasaki FWD2512
-
D Matsuoka MID241
2
-
K Konno FWD243
2
-
Y Maejima DEF211
3
-
K Fujimoto FWD2112
1
-
T Kamijima DEF20
4
1
Wellington FWD2011
1
-
M Tashiro DEF1911
4
-
T Shichi DEF18
2
1
H Akino MID171
2
-
M Shigemi MID1711
-
T Miki MID1641
2
-
S Zahedi FWD151
-
Y. Hashimoto DEF141
-
T Kanamori FWD131
-
M Murakami GLK12
-
M Yuzawa DEF10
1
-
Y Kitajima MID1012
1
-
Y Obata GLK9
-
N Khalifa FWD81
-
T Nagaishi GLK4
-
T Nara DEF3
-
S. Sato FWD2
-
I Oda DEF1
-
I Maeda FWD1
-
Shimizu J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24834
M BuenoK KitagawaK MatsuzakiM Bueno
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Kitagawa FWD258
3
-
T Inui FWD2521
-
M Bueno MID2412
4
-
Y Oki GLK23
2
-
Z Uno MID231
3
-
H Nakahara MID2222
-
K Matsuzaki MID2243
3
-
J Sumiyoshi DEF201
1
-
Capixaba FWD2022
3
-
S Hasukawa DEF19
-
S Takagi DEF1722
1
-
R Yamahara  DEF171
-
S Yajima MID171
-
K Kitazume DEF161
1
1
Y Takahashi DEF15
3
-
M. Nishihara MID12
-
Y Yoshida DEF10
-
K Kozuka MID9
-
D Tanque FWD91
-
A Ahmedov FWD9
1
-
Y. Shimamoto MID8
-
M Yumiba MID81
1
-
M Brunetti DEF6
1
-
K Haneda MID5
-
K Miyamoto MID4
-
T Umeda GLK2
-
S Kotake MID2
-
R. Gunji FWD11
-