About Match
The points column shows no gap: 0 apiece, Nagoya Grampus 7th and Shimizu S-Pulse 4th. Three points here take Nagoya Grampus to 3 and up to 1st, overtaking Shimizu S-Pulse, assuming other results stand.
Momentum sits with Shimizu S-Pulse, winners of their last six, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Nagoya Grampus have banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Shimizu S-Pulse, 15.
8 meetings are on record — 3 won by Nagoya Grampus, 2 by Shimizu S-Pulse, 3 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings. 1.6 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 2.5.