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

Grenada National Stadium, Grenada National Stadium

Shimizu S-Pulse and their manager Tadahiro Akiba will be looking to get one over on Kenta Hasegawa and his Nagoya Grampus Eight side on Saturday morning, as the pair meet at the Grenada National Stadium in the J-League. You'll find stats supporting our top of under 3.5 goals below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other betting markets we cover too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with J-League performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.

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Shimizu S-Pulse's next match is v Kashima at 07:00 on Saturday 17th May
Nagoya Grampus Eight's next match is v Avispa at 06:30 on Saturday 17th May
The last Japanese J-League meeting between Shimizu and Nagoya was on Saturday 3rd May 2025
Japanese J-League
May 3rd 2025
Shimizu 0
3 Nagoya
 
36' S. Inagaki
48' R. Izumi
50' K. Shiihashi
 
SHI
NAG
Shots On
4
Shots Off
3
4
Corners
6
3
Possession
53%
47%
Fouls
17
11
Yellow/red cards
1/0
1/0
 
ShimizuNagoya
 
Y. Oki
K. Kitazume
L. Yamahara (S. Takagi 72')
Y. Takahashi
M. Bueno Batista
M. Yumiba (S. Yajima 55')
M. Kai
Z. Uno
K. Kitagawa (A. Ahmedov 64')
T. Inui (Y. Shimamoto 64')
J. da Vitória Fernandes (M. Nishihara 64')
A. Pisano
(D. Miya 84') Y. Sato
(K. Nakayama 46') S. Tokumoto
K. Mikuni
T. Hara
football iconS. Inagaki
T. Uchida
football iconK. Shiihashi
(T. Morishima 61') football iconR. Izumi
(Y. Asano 72') M. dos Santos Castro
(Y. Yamagishi 46') K. Nagai

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We can expect some goalmouth action in this one, but don't count on an all-time classic. Under 3.5 goals is the prediction, meaning there will be no more than 3 goals scored during 90 mins. The best odds on that outcome are just below, followed by market-specific form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

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 Shimizu are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 59% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.35.

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

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Shimizu
59%
7/5
7%
-
Draw
23%
19/10
6%
-
Nagoya
17%
9/4
7%
-
Shimizu 1-0
14%
11/2
8%
-
Shimizu 2-0
12%
9/1
5%
-
Draw 1-1
11%
5/1-
Shimizu 2-1
10%
9/1-
Draw 0-0
8%
11/2
7%
-
Shimizu 3-0
7%
22/1
10%
-
Nagoya 1-0
6%
7/1-
Shimizu 3-1
6%
22/1
10%
-
Nagoya 2-1
5%
11/1
8%
-
Draw 2-2
4%
16/1-
Shimizu 4-0
3%
50/1-
Nagoya 2-0
3%
14/1-
Shimizu 4-1
2%
50/1-
Shimizu 3-2
2%
40/1-
Nagoya 3-1
1%
28/1
15%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
47%
6/4
4%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
53%
1/2
2%
-
Home 1st Goal
57%
5/6
6%
-
Away 1st Goal
38%
7/5
4%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
11/2
7%
-
BTTS - Yes
46%
21/20-
BTTS - No
54%
7/10-
BTTS - Home Win
23%
5/1
9%
-
BTTS - Draw
16%
7/2
5%
-
BTTS - Away Win
8%
7/1-
Home/draw
83%
1/3
3%
-
Away/draw
41%
8/15
6%
-
Home/away
77%
2/5
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
4/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
13/8-
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
4/1
11%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
1/6
1%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
10/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/20-
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
25/1
13%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/80-
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/10-
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
6/1-
Home DNB
76%
8/13
3%
-
Away DNB
34%
6/5
2%
-
Shimizu win to nil
36%
5/2
3%
-
Nagoya win to nil
10%
4/1-
Shimizu / Shimizu
21%
3/1
7%
-
Shimizu / Nagoya
2%
33/1-
Shimizu / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Shimizu
15%
9/2-
Draw / Nagoya
13%
11/2
7%
-
Draw / Draw
19%
10/3-
Nagoya / Shimizu
3%
28/1-
Nagoya / Nagoya
15%
9/2-
Nagoya / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Shimizu have played 13 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the J-League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 3 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Shimizu have outscored their opponents by 19 goals to 14 goals.

Home League Performance

Shimizu have played 6 games at home winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 11 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 5 goals at home.

Nagoya are in 19th position in the J-League on 11 points having played 13 matches so far this season. Nagoya are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 3 of those games.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 15 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 4 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Nagoya have conceded 23 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept no clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Shimizu
Nagoya
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kashima1611141434 
Aug 31
May 17
Sep 27
l
 
1-0A
2
Kashiwa169611033 
Jun 28
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2F
Nov 8
3
Kyoto Sanga17845328 
l
 
1-2A
Sep 20
Aug 10
d
 
1-1A
4
Urawa Reds16754526 
Sep 23
l
 
2-1A
May 24
Aug 16
5
Hiroshima15825326 
d
 
1-1F
Aug 10
w
 
2-1F
Jun 28
6
Gamba Osaka16727-223 
Jun 15
l
 
1-0A
Oct 25
l
 
2-0A
7
Cerezo16646222 
Nov 8
Jun 1
Oct 4
d
 
1-1A
8
Shimizu Home16646222 
-
-
Jun 21
w
 
0-3F
9
Kawasaki14563821 
d
 
1-1F
Oct 18
Aug 23
l
 
4-0A
10
Vissel Kobe14635121 
May 25
Sep 27
d
 
2-2F
Jun 15
11
Machida16637-121 
d
 
2-2A
Jul 5
l
 
1-2A
Nov 30
12
Avispa16637-221 
w
 
3-1F
Aug 23
Dec 6
May 17
13
Shonan16637-721 
w
 
3-0F
Nov 30
Sep 20
l
 
2-1A
14
Tokyo Verdy16556-520 
Oct 25
w
 
0-1F
Jul 5
l
 
2-1F
15
Tokyo15546-219 
Oct 4
w
 
0-2F
Aug 31
l
 
3-1A
16
Fagiano16547-219 
Dec 6
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Sep 13
17
Nagoya Away16448-616 
l
 
0-3A
Jun 21
-
-
18
Yokohama16439-715 
Jul 20
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
Oct 18
19
Albirex15276-513 
w
 
2-0F
Sep 13
May 31
Sep 23
20
Yokohama FM14158-98 
Aug 16
w
 
2-3A
w
 
2-0F
Jul 20
Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Shimizu 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
14
D
4
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shimizu3 - 1Avispa
Shimizu1 - 1Kawasaki
Shimizu3 - 0Shonan
Shimizu1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
Shimizu1 - 1Hiroshima
Shimizu2 - 0Albirex
Shimizu1 - 0Roasso
Shimizu1 - 0Iwaki
Shimizu1 - 2Montedio
Shimizu1 - 1Yokohama
Shimizu4 - 1Renofa
Shimizu1 - 1V-V Nagasaki
Shimizu3 - 0Ventforet
Shimizu4 - 0TK Gunma
Shimizu2 - 0JEF United
Shimizu3 - 1Fagiano
Shimizu1 - 0Fujieda MYFC
Shimizu2 - 1Mito
Shimizu4 - 0Kagoshima
Shimizu4 - 1Tochigi
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
HShimizu1 - 0Roasso
HShimizu1 - 0Iwaki
AShimizu1 - 0Tochigi
HShimizu1 - 2Montedio
AShimizu2 - 2Mito
HShimizu1 - 1Yokohama
AShimizu3 - 2Fujieda MYFC
Nagoya 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
3
D
3
Lost
14
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Kashima1 - 0Nagoya
Gamba Osaka2 - 0Nagoya
Shonan2 - 1Nagoya
Tokyo Verdy2 - 1Nagoya
Cerezo1 - 1Nagoya
Tokyo3 - 1Nagoya
Kawasaki4 - 0Nagoya
Yokohama FM0 - 2Nagoya
Kashima0 - 0Nagoya
Gamba Osaka3 - 2Nagoya
Avispa1 - 0Nagoya
Tokyo4 - 1Nagoya
Shonan0 - 1Nagoya
Kyoto Sanga3 - 2Nagoya
Vissel Kobe3 - 3Nagoya
Machida1 - 0Nagoya
Cerezo2 - 1Nagoya
Tokyo Verdy1 - 0Nagoya
Kawasaki2 - 1Nagoya
Sagan Tosu0 - 2Nagoya
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ANagoya2 - 0Yokohama FM
HNagoya0 - 3Sagan Tosu
ANagoya0 - 0Kashima
ANagoya2 - 3Gamba Osaka
HNagoya0 - 2Sapporo
ANagoya0 - 1Avispa
HNagoya2 - 0Jubilo Iwata
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Nagoya have beaten Shimizu in 3 consecutive away league meetings
League games at Shimizu since 2018
Shimizu
Nagoya
Goals: Scored
7
9
Games: Scored
4 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
1 / 5
SHI
2
NAG
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Shimizu
1 - 2Nagoya
0 - 3Nagoya
1 - 2Nagoya
Shimizu3 - 2
Shimizu2 - 0
League games at Nagoya since 2018
Nagoya
Shimizu
Goals: Scored
6
9
Games: Scored
4 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
1 / 5
SHI
3
D
1
NAG
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nagoya
0 - 2Shimizu
Draw1 - 1Draw
Nagoya3 - 1
1 - 2Shimizu
1 - 3Shimizu
Goal Statistics

Shimizu S-Pulse's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday morning, not least because Nagoya Grampus Eight have conceded in each of their last 5 J-League matches. A PG of 1.7 for Tadahiro Akiba's side suggests that run should continue.

Shimizu 8th Nagoya 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
27%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 82% probability that Shimizu will score 1 or more goals
0
44%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 80% probability of Nagoya scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+27
Shimizu have scored 27% more goals at home than predicted
-19
Nagoya have scored 19% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.2
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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0
0
Attack rating
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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
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0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
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better
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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
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Shimizu v Nagoya J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Shimizu J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16623
Y OkiK KitagawaM BuenoK Kitagawa
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Y Oki GLK16
1
-
K Kitazume DEF131
1
1
Y Takahashi DEF11
2
-
Z Uno DEF151
2
-
R Yamahara  DEF9
-
M Yumiba MID61
1
-
M Bueno MID1612
1
-
K Matsuzaki MID1341
1
-
T Inui MID162
-
Capixaba MID1112
1
-
K Kitagawa FWD166
3
-
Subs
Y. Inokoshi GLK
-
K Haneda DEF5
-
S Takagi DEF122
1
-
H Nakahara MID141
-
S Yajima MID9
-
Y. Shimamoto MID5
-
M. Nishihara MID9
-
A Ahmedov FWD9
1
-
D Tanque FWD71
-
Nagoya J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16633
S Inagaki S Inagaki T MorishimaY Sato
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A. Pisano GLK3
-
K Mikuni DEF12
-
Y Sato DEF92
3
-
T Hara DEF10
-
R Izumi MID162
1
-
S Inagaki  MID1661
3
-
K Shiihashi MID1621
1
-
S Tokumoto MID111
-
Mateus FWD1631
2
-
T Uchida FWD81
-
K Nagai FWD151
3
-
Subs
Y Takeda GLK6
-
Y Nogami DEF11
1
-
D Miya DEF5
1
-
Y Asano MID161
1
-
T Morishima MID1513
1
-
G. Kato MID3
-
K Nakayama MID11
1
-
T Kikuchi MID8
-
Y Yamagishi FWD92
-