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Cerezo Osaka v Shimizu S-Pulse : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

KINCHO Stadium, Osaka

Saturday morning at the KINCHO Stadium, and it’s a J-League showdown between Cerezo Osaka and Shimizu S-Pulse. Pablo Javier Machín Díez and Tadahiro Akiba will be doing all they can to guide their side to victory. Ahead of the game, it's our goal to help you find the perfect bet for you. To this end, statistics for every betting market have been published below, with head-to-head records and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds are included as well.

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Cerezo Osaka's next match is v Tokyo Verdy at 11:00 on Sunday 6th September
Shimizu S-Pulse's next match is v Kawasaki at 11:00 on Sunday 6th September
The last Japanese J-League meeting between Cerezo and Shimizu was on Saturday 22nd August 2026
Japanese J-League
August 22nd 2026
Cerezo 1
0 Shimizu
 
T. de Andrade 62'
 
CER
SHI
Shots On
5
3
Shots Off
4
4
Corners
7
6
Possession
58%
42%
Fouls
10
13
Yellow/red cards
2/0
2/0
 
CerezoShimizu
 
K. Nakamura
T. Nakamura
R. Inoue
S. Kagawa (Y. Komi 46')
S. Tanaka
Y. Yokoyama (T. de Andrade 58')
S. Sakuragawa (L. Fernandes 77')
D. Cools
S. Hatanaka
A. Ohata (K. Noborizato 90')
J. Irvine
T. Umeda
(S. Hasukawa 76') S. Park
Y. Honda
(K. Kinoshita 66') S. Oh
R. Germain
(J. Ibraim Fagundes 66') M. Yumiba
H. Sugai
M. Brunetti Valor
(K. Koizumi 57') Y. Shimamoto
K. Kitagawa
(J. da Vitória Fernandes 66') T. Fujii

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Cerezo or Shimizu are in the sort of form that would have us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so we've opted for over 1.5 goals. The statistics tell us that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 77% chance of 2 goals or more.

In-Play
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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cerezo are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 38% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Cerezo
38%
13/10
2%
-
Draw
26%
21/10
2%
-
Shimizu
36%
11/5
3%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
5/1-
Cerezo 1-0
9%
13/2-
Shimizu 1-0
9%
17/2-
Cerezo 2-1
8%
17/2-
Shimizu 2-1
8%
11/1
9%
-
Draw 0-0
6%
15/2-
Cerezo 2-0
6%
10/1-
Shimizu 2-0
6%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1
8%
-
Cerezo 3-1
4%
18/1-
Shimizu 3-1
4%
25/1-
Cerezo 3-0
3%
22/1-
Cerezo 3-2
3%
28/1
12%
-
Shimizu 3-0
3%
33/1-
Shimizu 3-2
3%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
43/40-
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
8/11-
Home 1st Goal
48%
5/6-
Away 1st Goal
48%
6/5-
No 1st Goal
4%
15/2-
BTTS - Yes
56%
4/5-
BTTS - No
44%
19/20-
BTTS - Home Win
19%
4/1-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
8%
-
BTTS - Away Win
18%
11/2-
Home/draw
64%
4/11-
Away/draw
62%
4/7
3%
-
Home/away
74%
4/11-
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
1/3-
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
9/4-
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
11/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
1/4-
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
7/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/12-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
16/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/33-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/14-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
8/1-
Home DNB
56%
8/13-
Away DNB
54%
6/5-
Cerezo win to nil
20%
3/1-
Shimizu win to nil
18%
9/2-
Cerezo / Cerezo
21%
11/4-
Cerezo / Shimizu
3%
28/1-
Cerezo / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Cerezo
14%
9/2-
Draw / Shimizu
13%
6/1-
Draw / Draw
15%
4/1-
Shimizu / Cerezo
3%
25/1-
Shimizu / Shimizu
18%
4/1-
Shimizu / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win J-League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Cerezo
Shimizu
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Avispa000000 
Apr 9
l
 
3-0A
Sep 12
Dec 19
2
JEF United000000 
Oct 25
Dec 19
Sep 19
May 9
3
Kashima000000 
Apr 17
Oct 31
Mar 21
Nov 20
4
Cerezo000000 
-
-
May 15
l
 
1-0A
5
Kashiwa000000 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 3
l
 
0-1A
Feb 13
6
Fagiano000000 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 24
Apr 29
Nov 25
7
Kawasaki000000 
Oct 17
May 22
Mar 10
Sep 6
8
Gamba Osaka000000 
Feb 13
Nov 8
Oct 17
May 29
9
Machida000000 
Dec 12
Jun 6
Oct 21
Mar 6
10
Kyoto Sanga000000 
Mar 20
Nov 28
Feb 20
Oct 31
11
Nagoya000000 
May 9
Oct 21
Apr 17
w
 
0-1F
12
Mito000000 
Dec 5
Mar 10
Apr 10
Oct 11
13
Tokyo000000 
Nov 21
Mar 13
d
 
1-1A
May 3
14
Hiroshima000000 
Mar 6
Sep 12
Feb 27
Oct 24
15
Tokyo Verdy000000 
Sep 6
May 3
Nov 7
Apr 24
16
Shimizu000000 
w
 
1-0F
May 15
-
-
17
Urawa Reds000000 
May 29
Nov 25
Nov 28
Apr 3
18
V-V Nagasaki000000 
Apr 29
Sep 19
Jun 6
Dec 5
19
Vissel Kobe000000 
Feb 20
l
 
1-0A
Dec 12
-
20
Yokohama FM000000 
Oct 10
Feb 27
l
 
0-1A
May 22
Final Series
Play Offs
Win / draw / win form
Cerezo 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cerezo2 - 1Fagiano
Cerezo1 - 3Yokohama
Cerezo2 - 0Kawasaki
Cerezo1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
Cerezo1 - 1Kashiwa
Cerezo1 - 1Hiroshima
Cerezo1 - 1Vissel Kobe
Cerezo3 - 1Albirex
Cerezo0 - 1Gamba Osaka
Cerezo2 - 1Tokyo Verdy
Cerezo4 - 2Shimizu
Cerezo2 - 0Avispa
Cerezo1 - 0Yokohama FM
Cerezo1 - 2Machida
Cerezo1 - 1Tokyo
Cerezo1 - 0Kashima
Cerezo2 - 1Fagiano
Cerezo1 - 1Urawa Reds
Cerezo1 - 1Nagoya
Cerezo1 - 2Shonan
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACerezo0 - 3Avispa
HCerezo2 - 1Fagiano
HCerezo1 - 3Yokohama
ACerezo1 - 3Yokohama FM
ACerezo4 - 1Shimizu
HCerezo2 - 0Kawasaki
ACerezo2 - 1Fagiano
ACerezo1 - 2Nagoya
HCerezo1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
ACerezo1 - 3Kashima
HCerezo1 - 1Kashiwa
ACerezo4 - 2Avispa
HCerezo1 - 1Hiroshima
HCerezo1 - 1Vissel Kobe
ACerezo0 - 3Machida
HCerezo3 - 1Albirex
ACerezo3 - 3Shonan
HCerezo0 - 1Gamba Osaka
HCerezo2 - 1Tokyo Verdy
ACerezo2 - 2Tokyo
Shimizu 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nagoya0 - 1Shimizu
Shonan1 - 0Shimizu
Kawasaki5 - 3Shimizu
Vissel Kobe2 - 1Shimizu
Kyoto Sanga0 - 1Shimizu
Albirex0 - 1Shimizu
Avispa0 - 0Shimizu
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
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HShimizu0 - 1Yokohama FM
AShimizu1 - 0Nagoya
HShimizu1 - 2Fagiano
AShimizu0 - 1Shonan
HShimizu1 - 4Cerezo
HShimizu1 - 0Tokyo Verdy
AShimizu3 - 5Kawasaki
HShimizu1 - 1Tokyo
AShimizu1 - 2Vissel Kobe
HShimizu0 - 0Urawa Reds
AShimizu1 - 0Kyoto Sanga
AShimizu1 - 0Albirex
HShimizu1 - 1Kashima
AShimizu0 - 0Avispa
HShimizu1 - 3Yokohama FM
AShimizu0 - 0Hiroshima
HShimizu2 - 0Yokohama
AShimizu0 - 3Machida
HShimizu0 - 2Kashiwa
AShimizu1 - 1Nagoya
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Cerezo since 2018
Cerezo
Shimizu
Goals: Scored
14
6
Games: Scored
6 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
0 / 6
CER
5
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cerezo
Cerezo4 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
Cerezo2 - 1
Cerezo2 - 0
Cerezo2 - 1
Cerezo3 - 1
League games at Shimizu since 2018
Shimizu
Cerezo
Goals: Scored
11
9
Games: Scored
6 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
0 / 6
CER
2
SHI
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shimizu
1 - 4Cerezo
1 - 3Cerezo
Shimizu2 - 1
Shimizu3 - 1
Shimizu1 - 0
Shimizu3 - 0
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Shimizu S-Pulse of late. It has been 6 J-League matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday morning against Cerezo Osaka.

Cerezo 2nd Shimizu 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Cerezo will score no more than 1 goal
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Shimizu will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+1
Cerezo’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-16
Shimizu have scored 16% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2026/2027 season
Cerezo
PG (predicted goals)
Shimizu
1.4
1.4
Attack rating
7%
better
CER
SHI
view stats
Games scored1
1
Failed to score1
1
Scored first0
1
Goals scored2
1
Avg. goals scored1
0.5
Avg. shots per game5
11
Avg. shots per goal5
21
Conversion rate for20
5
Avg. XG for0.6
1.5
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
CER
SHI
61%
better
view stats
Games conceded2
1
Clean sheets0
1
Conceded first2
1
Goals conceded4
1
Avg. goals conceded2
0.5
Avg. shots/game conceded13
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
21
Conversion rate against15%
5%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.1
KickOff rating
+61%

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

Cerezo J-League squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5311
K NakamuraS SakuragawaJ IrvineS Hatanaka
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Nakamura GLK5
-
D Cools DEF5
-
S Hatanaka DEF5
1
-
R Inoue DEF5
-
T Nakamura MID4
-
J Irvine MID41
1
-
S Tanaka MID5
-
A Ohata MID5
1
-
S Kagawa  FWD51
-
Y. Yokoyama FWD51
-
S Sakuragawa FWD53
1
-
Subs
K Abe GLK
-
K Noborizato DEF2
-
H Okuda DEF21
-
T. Takahashi DEF
-
K Okazawa MID31
-
L Fernandes MID3
1
-
Y Komi FWD3
-
T Andrade FWD51
-
P Sabbag FWD4
-
Shimizu J-League squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5113
T UmedaK KitagawaT FujiiS Oh
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Umeda GLK5
-
H Sugai DEF5
-
P Seung-Wook DEF4
1
-
Y Honda DEF4
-
M Brunetti DEF3
1
-
Y. Shimamoto MID5
-
M Yumiba MID3
-
R Germain MID
-
K Kitagawa FWD31
-
S Oh FWD4
2
1
T Fujii FWD51
-
Subs
Y Oki GLK
-
S Hasukawa DEF2
-
Y Yoshida DEF3
-
S Takagi DEF2
-
Diego MID3
-
Capixaba MID3
-
K Matsuzaki MID2
-
K Koizumi MID4
-
K Kinoshita FWD
-