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

Minato Soccer Stadium, Nagoya

Tadahiro Akiba pays counterpart Kenta Hasegawa a visit on Saturday morning in the J-League, as their Shimizu S-Pulse and Nagoya Grampus Eight charges face each other at the Minato Soccer Stadium. Our aim is to give you all the tools you need to make a smart, well-informed bet on this tie, so we've delved into our expansive database and pulled out the statistics that matter the most. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and these are used to generate our predictions. The best odds are there to ensure you get the best price.

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Nagoya Grampus Eight's next match is v Hiroshima at 11:00 on Saturday 28th June
Shimizu S-Pulse's next match is v Kashiwa at 10:30 on Saturday 28th June
The last Japanese J-League meeting between Nagoya and Shimizu was on Saturday 21st June 2025
Japanese J-League
June 21st 2025
Nagoya 1
1 Shimizu
 
Y. Yamagishi 64'88' H. Chiba
 
NAG
SHI
Shots On
2
1
Shots Off
6
5
Corners
3
6
Possession
45%
55%
Fouls
17
11
Yellow/red cards
4/0
1/0
 
NagoyaShimizu
 
A. Pisano
Y. Sato
T. Hara (M. Ono 90')
S. Tokumoto (K. Junker 90')
K. Mikuni
T. Morishima (Y. Yamagishi 61')
S. Inagaki
K. Shiihashi
R. Izumi (Y. Nogami 74')
M. dos Santos Castro
K. Nagai (Y. Asano 74')
Y. Oki
(S. Jeranireshōn 42') Y. Takahashi
S. Hasukawa
Reon Yamahara
M. Brunetti Valor
(S. Yajima 69') Z. Uno
(H. Nakahara 69') M. Kai
M. Bueno Batista
(H. Chiba 80') K. Kitagawa
T. Inui
(M. Nishihara 80') J. da Vitória Fernandes

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There is 75% chance of Nagoya and Shimizu a maximum of 3 goals combined during this J-League fixture according to our predictive algorithm and, in the absense of a strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's where the smart money should go. Our calculations are made based on recent form, historical head-to-head (H2H) stats and the view of the betting market, and you can get it at top odds of 1.25.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Correct Score
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Nagoya are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.10.

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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Nagoya
45%
29/2018/1
Draw
26%
9/41/80
Shimizu
28%
19/1016/1
Draw 1-1
13%
5/11/9
Nagoya 1-0
12%
13/22/7
Nagoya 2-1
9%
9/19/1
Shimizu 1-0
9%
15/219/5
Nagoya 2-0
8%
10/16/1
Draw 0-0
8%
15/213/10
Shimizu 2-1
7%
10/19/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/145/1
Shimizu 2-0
5%
12/114/1
Nagoya 3-1
4%
20/160/1
Nagoya 3-0
4%
22/133/1
Shimizu 3-1
2%
22/160/1
Nagoya 3-2
2%
33/1150/1
Shimizu 3-2
2%
33/1125/1
Shimizu 3-0
2%
28/140/1
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
23/209/2
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
4/61/9
Home 1st Goal
51%
5/69/5
Away 1st Goal
44%
6/521/10
No 1st Goal
5%
15/213/10
BTTS - Yes
50%
10/1117/4
BTTS - No
50%
10/111/8
BTTS - Home Win
19%
9/29/1
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/21/9
BTTS - Away Win
13%
5/19/1
Home/draw
72%
2/51/25
Away/draw
55%
8/151/33
Home/away
74%
1/319/4
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
4/119/4
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
2/12/7
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
11/428/1
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
1/41/200
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
8/170/1
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/141/500
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
18/180/1
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/501/200
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/1411/20
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
8/15/4
Home DNB
64%
8/117/10
Away DNB
47%
1/11/1
Nagoya win to nil
26%
3/1-
Shimizu win to nil
16%
7/2-
Nagoya / Nagoya
19%
3/112/1
Nagoya / Shimizu
3%
28/140/1
Nagoya / Draw
6%
14/125/1
Draw / Nagoya
14%
5/19/4
Draw / Shimizu
14%
11/213/5
Draw / Draw
17%
15/46/4
Shimizu / Nagoya
3%
28/140/1
Shimizu / Shimizu
18%
15/412/1
Shimizu / Draw
6%
14/125/1
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Nagoya have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Nagoya have conceded 22 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Nagoya have played 9 games at home, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 15 goals, conceded 9 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Shimizu lay in 11th place on 26 points in the J-League league table having played 20 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 12 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Shimizu have conceded 9 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Shimizu have played 10 away games, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Nagoya
Shimizu
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kashima2113261341 
Sep 27
l
 
1-0A
Aug 31
l
 
1-0A
2
Kashiwa211083838 
l
 
1-2F
Nov 8
Jun 28
l
 
1-0A
3
Hiroshima2011361036 
w
 
2-1F
Jun 28
d
 
1-1F
Aug 10
4
Vissel Kobe201136636 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-2F
Sep 27
5
Kyoto Sanga211056835 
Aug 10
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2A
Sep 20
6
Urawa Reds21975634 
w
 
2-1A
Aug 16
Sep 23
l
 
2-1A
7
Cerezo22967533 
Oct 4
d
 
1-1A
Nov 8
l
 
4-2F
8
Kawasaki208841132 
Aug 23
l
 
4-0A
d
 
1-1F
Oct 18
9
Machida21948131 
l
 
1-2A
Nov 30
d
 
2-2A
Jul 5
10
Avispa21858-229 
Dec 6
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-1F
Aug 23
11
Gamba Osaka21849-228 
Oct 25
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
12
Shimizu21768027 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-3F
-
-
13
Fagiano21768-127 
d
 
0-00-0
Sep 13
Dec 6
d
 
1-1F
14
Nagoya21669-324 
-
-
l
 
0-3A
d
 
1-1A
15
Tokyo Verdy21669-924 
Jul 5
l
 
2-1F
Oct 25
w
 
0-1F
16
Shonan206410-1022 
Sep 20
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-0F
Nov 30
17
Tokyo205510-1120 
Aug 31
l
 
3-1A
Oct 4
w
 
0-2F
18
Albirex20479-819 
w
 
3-0F
Sep 23
w
 
2-0F
Sep 13
19
Yokohama215412-1219 
w
 
2-1F
Oct 18
Jul 20
l
 
2-0A
20
Yokohama FM203512-1014 
w
 
2-0F
Jul 20
Aug 16
w
 
2-3A
Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Shimizu have lost 3 consecutive away league games
Nagoya 14TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nagoya3 - 0Albirex
Nagoya2 - 1Urawa Reds
Nagoya0 - 0Fagiano
Nagoya1 - 2Kashiwa
Nagoya2 - 1Hiroshima
Nagoya2 - 0Yokohama FM
Nagoya2 - 1Yokohama
Nagoya1 - 2Machida
Nagoya2 - 2Vissel Kobe
Nagoya0 - 3Sagan Tosu
Nagoya0 - 2Sapporo
Nagoya2 - 0Jubilo Iwata
Nagoya2 - 0Kawasaki
Nagoya3 - 0Albirex
Nagoya1 - 2Hiroshima
Nagoya1 - 0Tokyo Verdy
Nagoya2 - 1Kashiwa
Nagoya0 - 1Urawa Reds
Nagoya1 - 1Shonan
Nagoya1 - 1Kyoto Sanga
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANagoya1 - 2Vissel Kobe
HNagoya3 - 0Albirex
HNagoya2 - 1Urawa Reds
ANagoya1 - 1Avispa
ANagoya1 - 1Kyoto Sanga
HNagoya0 - 0Fagiano
ANagoya3 - 0Shimizu
HNagoya1 - 2Kashiwa
ANagoya0 - 1Kashima
HNagoya2 - 1Hiroshima
ANagoya0 - 2Gamba Osaka
ANagoya1 - 2Shonan
HNagoya2 - 0Yokohama FM
HNagoya2 - 1Yokohama
ANagoya1 - 2Tokyo Verdy
ANagoya1 - 1Cerezo
HNagoya1 - 2Machida
ANagoya1 - 3Tokyo
HNagoya2 - 2Vissel Kobe
ANagoya0 - 4Kawasaki
Shimizu 9TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Blaublitz3 - 1Shimizu
Ehime3 - 0Shimizu
Renofa2 - 0Shimizu
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AShimizu0 - 1Gamba Osaka
AShimizu1 - 1Fagiano
HShimizu1 - 1Hiroshima
HShimizu2 - 0Albirex
AShimizu1 - 0Tokyo Verdy
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Nagoya since 2018
Nagoya
Shimizu
Goals: Scored
6
9
Games: Scored
4 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
1 / 5
NAG
1
D
1
SHI
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nagoya
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 14th Shimizu 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Nagoya will score 1 or more goals
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Shimizu will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+6
Nagoya’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-4
Shimizu’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Nagoya
PG (predicted goals)
Shimizu
1.4
1.1
Attack rating
2%
better
NAG
SHI
view stats
Games scored16
14
Failed to score4
6
Scored first9
10
Goals scored25
26
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.3
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
16
Avg. XG for1.2
1.2
KickOff rating
+2%
Defence rating
NAG
SHI
9%
better
view stats
Games conceded16
15
Clean sheets4
5
Conceded first10
9
Goals conceded28
26
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against17%
14%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+9%

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

Nagoya J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21745
S Inagaki S Inagaki T MorishimaY Sato
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A. Pisano GLK8
-
T Hara DEF151
1
-
K Mikuni DEF17
-
Y Sato DEF142
5
-
R Izumi MID213
2
-
S Inagaki  MID2171
3
-
K Shiihashi MID2121
2
-
S Tokumoto MID162
-
T Morishima FWD2014
2
-
Mateus FWD2032
3
-
K Nagai FWD1911
4
-
Subs
Y Takeda GLK6
-
Y Nogami DEF13
1
-
A Kawazura DEF131
1
-
Y Asano MID191
1
-
T Uchida MID112
-
T Kikuchi MID1112
-
M Ono MID6
1
-
Y Yamagishi FWD1423
1
-
K Junker FWD6
-
Shimizu J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21833
Y OkiK KitagawaK MatsuzakiY Takahashi
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Y Oki GLK21
2
-
M Brunetti DEF2
1
-
Y Takahashi DEF15
3
-
S Hasukawa DEF15
-
R Yamahara  MID141
-
Z Uno MID201
3
-
M Bueno MID2112
3
-
Capixaba MID1612
1
-
K Matsuzaki FWD1843
2
-
T Inui FWD2121
-
K Kitagawa FWD218
3
-
Subs
Y. Inokoshi GLK
-
K Haneda DEF5
-
J Sumiyoshi DEF161
-
H Nakahara MID1812
-
M Yumiba MID81
1
-
S Yajima MID14
-
M. Nishihara MID11
-
K Chiba FWD21
-
S Saito FWD
-