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Nagoya Grampus Eight v Shimizu S-Pulse : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

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We’ve J-League action to enjoy on Saturday morning, as Mihailo Petrović and his Nagoya Grampus Eight side host Tadahiro Akiba’s Shimizu S-Pulse at the Toyota Stadium. We have custom-designed statistics for the biggest betting markets, from team to score first to full time result, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come straight from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Nagoya Grampus Eight's next match is v Gamba Osaka at 11:00 on Saturday 22nd August
Shimizu S-Pulse's next match is v Cerezo at 11:00 on Saturday 22nd August
The last Japanese J-League meeting between Nagoya and Shimizu was on Saturday 8th August 2026
Japanese J-League
August 8th 2026
Nagoya 0
1 Shimizu
 
38' K. Kitagawa
 
NAG
SHI
Shots On
6
6
Shots Off
8
6
Corners
13
7
Possession
76%
24%
Fouls
5
14
Yellow/red cards
2/1
 
NagoyaShimizu
 
Y. Nogami (T. Morishima 76')
H. Fujii
R. Izumi (H. Koda 61')
S. Inagaki
M. dos Santos Castro (Y. Asano 70')
Y. Yamagishi (S. Sugiura 76')
A. Pisano
K. Nakayama
T. Takamine
Y. Kimura
T. Hara
S. Park
S. Oh
R. Germain
(Y. Yoshida 83') Y. Honda
T. Umeda
(S. Takagi 83') H. Sugai
M. Brunetti Valor
Y. Shimamoto
(S. Hasukawa 76') T. Fujii
(K. Koizumi 76') football iconK. Kitagawa

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We've made over 1.5 goals our tip on this match, meaning that the sides will score 2 goals or more between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Nagoya and Shimizu's current form stats suggest things will go that way, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it the most likely outcome in this market too, available at 1.25.

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 Nagoya are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 46% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.05.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Nagoya
46%
81/100
3%
-
Draw
25%
12/5-
Shimizu
29%
10/3
6%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2
8%
-
Nagoya 1-0
10%
15/2-
Nagoya 2-1
9%
15/2-
Nagoya 2-0
8%
17/2-
Shimizu 1-0
7%
12/1-
Shimizu 2-1
7%
14/1-
Draw 0-0
6%
11/1
9%
-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1-
Nagoya 3-1
5%
14/1-
Shimizu 2-0
4%
22/1
12%
-
Nagoya 3-0
4%
14/1-
Nagoya 3-2
3%
22/1-
Shimizu 3-1
3%
33/1
12%
-
Shimizu 3-2
2%
33/1-
Nagoya 4-1
2%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
4/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
1/1-
Home 1st Goal
51%
8/13-
Away 1st Goal
45%
7/5-
No 1st Goal
4%
11/1
9%
-
BTTS - Yes
55%
7/10-
BTTS - No
45%
21/20-
BTTS - Home Win
22%
13/5-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
14%
13/2-
Home/draw
71%
1/5
1%
-
Away/draw
54%
10/11
2%
-
Home/away
75%
3/10-
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
3/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
7/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
2/5-
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
9/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/7-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
10/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/20-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
11/1-
Home DNB
64%
1/3-
Away DNB
46%
9/4-
Nagoya win to nil
24%
12/5-
Shimizu win to nil
14%
7/1
8%
-
Nagoya / Nagoya
25%
15/8-
Nagoya / Shimizu
3%
33/1-
Nagoya / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Nagoya
15%
15/4-
Draw / Shimizu
11%
8/1-
Draw / Draw
15%
5/1-
Shimizu / Nagoya
4%
20/1-
Shimizu / Shimizu
15%
11/2-
Shimizu / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win J-League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Nagoya
Shimizu
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kashiwa220036 
May 15
Oct 17
Aug 29
Feb 13
2
Kashima000000 
Apr 10
l
 
2-1A
Mar 21
Nov 21
3
Vissel Kobe211014 
Mar 20
Oct 31
Dec 12
-
4
Avispa210123 
Nov 29
Feb 20
Sep 12
Dec 19
5
Yokohama FM210103 
Oct 25
Apr 29
l
 
0-1A
May 22
6
Hiroshima000000 
Dec 19
Sep 2
Feb 27
Oct 24
7
Fagiano210103 
Aug 29
Apr 3
Apr 29
Nov 25
8
Machida000000 
Sep 6
Mar 13
Oct 21
Mar 6
9
Gamba Osaka000000 
Aug 22
Mar 6
Oct 17
May 29
10
V-V Nagasaki210103 
Mar 10
Sep 12
Jun 6
Dec 5
11
Shimizu210103 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 17
-
-
12
Cerezo2101-23 
Oct 21
May 9
May 15
Aug 22
13
Kawasaki202002 
Apr 24
Oct 11
Mar 10
Sep 6
14
Kyoto Sanga2011-11 
Nov 7
May 29
Feb 20
Oct 31
15
Mito2011-11 
Dec 13
May 22
Apr 10
Oct 11
16
Tokyo Verdy2011-21 
Jun 6
Nov 21
Nov 7
Apr 24
17
Tokyo2011-41 
Feb 13
Sep 19
Sep 2
May 3
18
Nagoya2002-20 
-
-
Apr 17
w
 
0-1F
19
Urawa Reds2002-40 
Feb 27
Dec 5
Nov 28
Apr 3
20
JEF United2002-70 
May 3
Nov 25
Sep 19
May 9
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Play Offs
Final Series
Play Offs
Relegation
Final Series
Play Offs
Win / draw / win form
Nagoya 18TH
league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shimizu 11TH
league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Goals: Scored
Conceded
Games: Scored
/ 0
Conceded
/ 0
Clean sheets
/ 0
Failed to score
/ 0
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Nagoya since 2018
Nagoya
Shimizu
Goals: Scored
7
10
Games: Scored
5 / 6
6 / 6
Clean sheets
0 / 6
1 / 6
NAG
1
D
2
SHI
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nagoya
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Shimizu
Draw1 - 1Draw
Nagoya3 - 1
1 - 2Shimizu
1 - 3Shimizu
League games at Shimizu since 2018
Shimizu
Nagoya
Goals: Scored
7
12
Games: Scored
4 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
2 / 6
NAG
4
SHI
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shimizu
0 - 3Nagoya
1 - 2Nagoya
0 - 3Nagoya
1 - 2Nagoya
Shimizu3 - 2
Shimizu2 - 0
Goal Statistics
Nagoya 18th Shimizu 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Nagoya will score 1 or more goals
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Shimizu will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2026/2027 season
Nagoya
PG (predicted goals)
Shimizu
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
0%
better
NAG
SHI
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
0%
better
NAG
SHI
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Nagoya J-League squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2001
A. PisanoS Inagaki 
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A. Pisano GLK2
-
T Hara DEF2
-
H Fujii DEF2
-
Y Nogami DEF2
-
R Izumi DEF2
-
K Nakayama DEF2
-
S Inagaki  MID2
1
-
T Takamine MID2
-
Mateus MID2
-
Y Kimura MID2
-
Y Yamagishi FWD2
-
Subs
Y Sato1
-
Y Asano2
-
T Morishima1
-
T Uchida1
-
H Koda1
-
S. Sugiura
-
H. Hagi
-
M Ono
-
S Tokumoto1
-
Shimizu J-League squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2112
T UmedaK KitagawaT FujiiS Oh
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Umeda GLK2
-
H Sugai DEF2
-
P Seung-Wook DEF2
1
-
Y Honda DEF2
-
M Brunetti DEF2
-
Y. Shimamoto MID2
-
K Kitagawa MID21
-
R Germain FWD
-
S Oh FWD1
1
1
T Fujii FWD21
-
Subs
S Hasukawa1
-
Capixaba1
-
K Kinoshita
-
K Matsuzaki1
-
Y Yoshida1
-
K Koizumi2
-
S Takagi1
-
K Kozuka1
-
Y Oki
-