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Shimizu S-Pulse v Albirex Niigata : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 22nd Feb, 05:00 BST, Iwagin Stadium, Morioka

Daisuke Sudo will be hoping for a crucial away win in the J-League on Saturday morning, as he takes his Albirex Niigata side to the IAI Stadium Nihondaira to visit Shimizu S-Pulse and Tadahiro Akiba. Ahead of the game, it's our goal to help you find the perfect bet for you. To this end, statistics for seventeen major betting market have been published below, with head to head (H2H) history and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. Odds are provided too.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Shimizu or Albirex are in the sort of form that would leave us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The statistics tell us that both have a track record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 78% 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 Shimizu are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 42% 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

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Shimizu
42%
13/10
12%
6/5
Draw
26%
21/10
5%
11/5
2%
Albirex
32%
11/5
23%
15/8
3%
Draw 1-1
12%
5/1
8%
5/1
Shimizu 1-0
10%
7/1
27%
6/1
7%
Shimizu 2-1
9%
17/2
5%
15/2
Albirex 1-0
9%
9/1
9%
15/2
Albirex 2-1
7%
11/1
20%
17/2
Shimizu 2-0
7%
10/1
27%
9/1
Draw 0-0
7%
8/1
31%
15/2
6%
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1
18%
11/1
Albirex 2-0
5%
14/111/1
Shimizu 3-1
4%
18/114/1
Shimizu 3-0
3%
20/1
19%
16/1
Albirex 3-1
3%
25/1
37%
16/1
Shimizu 3-2
3%
28/1
12%
18/1
Albirex 3-2
2%
33/1
31%
22/1
10%
Albirex 3-0
2%
33/1
31%
20/1
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
21/20
19%
10/11
4%
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
3/4
16%
3/4
3%
Home 1st Goal
50%
8/11
11%
-
Away 1st Goal
45%
13/10
18%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
8/1
31%
-
BTTS - Yes
53%
4/5
15%
3/4
1%
BTTS - No
47%
19/20
13%
19/20
3%
BTTS - Home Win
19%
15/417/5
2%
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
8%
10/3
BTTS - Away Win
15%
11/2
37%
9/2
5%
Home/draw
68%
4/11
9%
4/11
Away/draw
58%
4/7
5%
3/5
Home/away
74%
4/11
2%
3/10
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
3/10
7%
2/7
3%
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
12/5
15%
21/10
5%
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
5/2
34%
11/5
7%
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
2/7
10%
2/7
1%
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
6/1
27%
19/4
5%
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
1/10
4%
1/12
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
16/1
55%
10/1
10%
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/40
3%
1/80
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/14
3%
1/25
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
8/1
31%
7/1
6%
Home DNB
60%
8/13
11%
13/20
Away DNB
50%
6/5
20%
11/10
Shimizu win to nil
23%
3/1
20%
-
Albirex win to nil
17%
9/2
10%
-
Shimizu / Shimizu
22%
11/4
13%
13/5
Shimizu / Albirex
3%
28/1
26%
22/1
Shimizu / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Shimizu
15%
9/2
8%
17/4
5%
Draw / Albirex
12%
6/1
17%
11/2
Draw / Draw
16%
4/1
9%
19/5
4%
Albirex / Shimizu
3%
25/1
13%
20/1
Albirex / Albirex
17%
4/1
15%
18/5
Albirex / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
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Win / draw / win J-League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Shimizu
Albirex
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kawasaki110043 
Apr 12
Oct 18
Aug 16
Jun 25
2
Cerezo110033 
Nov 8
Jun 1
Mar 2
Aug 11
3
Fagiano110023 
Dec 6
Mar 2
Oct 4
May 18
4
Hiroshima110013 
Feb 26
Aug 10
Jul 20
Apr 29
5
Tokyo110013 
Oct 4
Apr 29
May 3
Dec 6
6
Shonan110013 
Mar 29
Nov 30
May 25
Nov 8
7
Kashiwa110013 
Jun 28
May 6
Nov 30
Apr 26
8
Shimizu Home110013 
-
-
Sep 13
Feb 22
9
Albirex Away101001 
Feb 22
Sep 13
-
-
10
Yokohama FM101001 
Aug 16
Apr 16
Jun 15
d
 
1-1F
11
Urawa Reds101001 
Sep 23
Apr 2
May 11
Aug 31
12
Vissel Kobe101001 
May 25
Sep 27
Oct 25
Apr 6
13
Machida1001-10 
May 11
Jul 5
Jun 29
Mar 15
14
Kashima1001-10 
Aug 31
May 17
Aug 23
Feb 26
15
Avispa1001-10 
Apr 20
Aug 23
Apr 2
Jun 21
16
Tokyo Verdy1001-10 
Oct 25
w
 
0-1F
Mar 8
Oct 18
17
Yokohama1001-10 
Jul 20
Apr 6
Apr 13
Sep 20
18
Kyoto Sanga1001-20 
Mar 16
Sep 20
Apr 19
Jul 5
19
Gamba Osaka1001-30 
Jun 15
Mar 8
Mar 29
Sep 27
20
Nagoya1001-40 
May 3
Jun 21
Sep 23
May 31
Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
4
Albirex have drawn 4 consecutive away league games
4
Shimizu have won 4 consecutive league games
10
Albirex have not won in 10 consecutive league games
4
Shimizu have kept a clean sheet for 4 consecutive league games
Shimizu 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
11
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
15
D
4
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Shimizu3 - 2Vegalta
Shimizu1 - 1Tokushima
Shimizu1 - 0Blaublitz
Shimizu2 - 0Oita Trinita
Shimizu2 - 0Ehime
Shimizu0 - 0Montedio
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AShimizu1 - 0Tokyo Verdy
HShimizu1 - 0Roasso
HShimizu1 - 0Iwaki
AShimizu1 - 0Tochigi
HShimizu1 - 2Montedio
AShimizu2 - 2Mito
HShimizu1 - 1Yokohama
AShimizu3 - 2Fujieda MYFC
AShimizu2 - 1Tokushima
HShimizu4 - 1Renofa
HShimizu1 - 1V-V Nagasaki
AShimizu1 - 0Kagoshima
HShimizu3 - 0Ventforet
HShimizu4 - 0TK Gunma
AShimizu1 - 2Vegalta
AShimizu2 - 0Oita Trinita
HShimizu2 - 0JEF United
HShimizu3 - 1Fagiano
AShimizu1 - 3Blaublitz
AShimizu0 - 3Ehime
Albirex 9TH
20 league games
Away
4
Overall
10
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Yokohama FM1 - 1Albirex
Urawa Reds0 - 0Albirex
Kashiwa1 - 1Albirex
Yokohama FM0 - 0Albirex
Kawasaki5 - 1Albirex
Nagoya3 - 0Albirex
Avispa0 - 1Albirex
Cerezo1 - 2Albirex
Tokyo2 - 0Albirex
Sapporo0 - 1Albirex
Hiroshima1 - 1Albirex
Kashima1 - 1Albirex
Machida1 - 3Albirex
Shonan2 - 1Albirex
Vissel Kobe3 - 2Albirex
Kyoto Sanga0 - 1Albirex
Jubilo Iwata2 - 0Albirex
Tokyo Verdy2 - 2Albirex
Gamba Osaka1 - 0Albirex
Sagan Tosu1 - 2Albirex
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AAlbirex1 - 1Yokohama FM
AAlbirex0 - 0Urawa Reds
HAlbirex0 - 1Gamba Osaka
AAlbirex1 - 1Kashiwa
HAlbirex0 - 2Tokyo Verdy
AAlbirex0 - 0Yokohama FM
HAlbirex0 - 4Kashima
AAlbirex1 - 5Kawasaki
HAlbirex2 - 3Vissel Kobe
AAlbirex0 - 3Nagoya
HAlbirex3 - 1Shonan
HAlbirex0 - 0Machida
AAlbirex1 - 0Avispa
HAlbirex2 - 0Kyoto Sanga
HAlbirex2 - 2Jubilo Iwata
AAlbirex2 - 1Cerezo
AAlbirex0 - 2Tokyo
HAlbirex3 - 4Sagan Tosu
AAlbirex1 - 0Sapporo
AAlbirex1 - 1Hiroshima
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Shimizu S-Pulse of late. It has been 5 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 Albirex Niigata.

Shimizu 8th Albirex 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Shimizu will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Albirex will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+10
Shimizu’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-18
Albirex have scored 18% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.1
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
0.6
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season
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Shimizu
PG (predicted goals)
Albirex
1.4
1.2
Attack rating
8%
better
SHI
ALB
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Games scored1
1
Failed to score0
0
Scored first1
1
Goals scored1
1
Avg. goals scored1
1
Avg. shots per game4
9
Avg. shots per goal4
9
Conversion rate for25
11
Avg. XG for0.6
1.9
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
43%
better
SHI
ALB
view stats
Games conceded0
1
Clean sheets1
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
1
Avg. goals conceded0
1
Avg. shots/game conceded4
4
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
4
Conversion rate against0%
25%
Avg. XG against0.7
1.2
KickOff rating
+43%

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

Shimizu J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
1111
Y OkiK KitagawaS TakagiK Kitagawa
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Y Oki GLK1
-
S Hasukawa DEF1
-
J Sumiyoshi DEF1
-
Y Takahashi DEF1
-
S Takagi DEF11
-
Y Yoshida DEF1
-
R Yamahara  DEF1
-
H Nakahara MID1
-
M Bueno MID1
-
K Miyamoto MID1
-
Z Uno MID1
-
Capixaba FWD1
-
A Ahmedov FWD1
-
K Kitagawa FWD11
1
-
T Inui FWD1
-
Albirex J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
1110
K FujitaS OtaK Hashimoto
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Fujita GLK1
-
M Fitzgerald DEF1
-
K Hashimoto DEF11
-
H Inamura DEF1
-
T Arai MID1
-
Y Takagi MID1
-
J. Okumura MID1
-
M Hasegawa MID1
-
Y Hoshi MID1
-
E Miyamoto MID1
-
S Fujiwara MID1
-
Y Wakatsuki FWD1
-
K Taniguchi FWD1
-
K Yamura FWD1
-
Y Komi FWD1
-
S Ota FWD11
-