Match Info

J1 League - Round 1

Date: 8 August 2026, Saturday

Location: Toyota Stadium (Toyota City)

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	Nagoya Grampus		Shimizu S-Pulse

	1	X	2
	1.81	3.40	4.33	Watch
	1.87	3.60	3.80
	2.02	3.30	3.45	Watch
	1.91	3.75	4.14
	2.08	3.53	3.45	Watch
	1.83	3.70	4.15
	1.86	3.54	4.33	Watch
	1.91	3.55	3.95
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.91 ↓ (2.09)	3.55 ↓ (3.56)	3.95 ↑ (3.43)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.50

The best margin for this event is 3.2%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Nagoya Grampus
49.4%

Draw
26.6%

Shimizu S-Pulse
23.9%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

45.5%

26.7%

27.8%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Nagoya Grampus has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+3.9%)

Shimizu S-Pulse has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-3.9%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
62.5%	0%	37.5%

Nagoya Grampus - Shimizu S Pulse Predictions

Users Predictions: 8 users predict this event. Nagoya will win (votes: 5 - 62.5%). Shimizu will win (votes: 3 - 37.5%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Nagoya: 29% – 96%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 1 Selected Experts predict this event. Shimizu (votes: 1 - 100%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 2:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
35. Pisano A. (G) 70. Hara T. 13. Fujii H. 2. Nogami Y. 7. Izumi R. 15. Inagaki S. (C) 31. Takamine T. 27. Nakayama K. 10. Mateus 22. Kimura Y. 11. Yamagishi Y.	16. Umeda T. (G) 24. Sugai H. 14. Park Seung-Wook 15. Honda Y. 25. Brunetti M. 47. Shimamoto Y. 2. Diego 49. Kitagawa K. (C) 13. Germain R. 9. Oh Se-Hun 50. Fujii T.
Substitutes
9. Asano Y. 36. Hagi H. (G) 19. Koda H. 14. Morishima T. 41. Ono M. 3. Sato Y. 30. Sugiura S. 55. Tokumoto S. 17. Uchida T.	7. Capixaba 4. Hasukawa S. 19. Kinoshita K. 37. Koizumi K. 81. Kozuka K. 21. Matsuzaki K. 1. Oki Y. (G) 70. Takagi S. 28. Yoshida Y.
Coaches
Petrovic M.	Yoshida T.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 1)
38', 0 - 1, Kitagawa K. ⚽, Fujii T. (A),
2nd Half (0 - 0)
61', Izumi R. ↓, Koda H. ↑,
61', Oh Se-Hun 🟨,
61', Oh Se-Hun 🟨,
70', Mateus ↓, Asano Y. ↑,
76', Kitagawa K. ↓, Koizumi K. ↑,
76', Fujii T. ↓, Hasukawa S. ↑,
76', Nogami Y. ↓, Morishima T. ↑,
76', Yamagishi Y. ↓, Sugiura S. ↑,
83', Honda Y. ↓, Yoshida Y. ↑,
83', Sugai H. ↓, Takagi S. ↑,
85', Park Seung-Wook 🟨,
90+2', Diego ↓, Kinoshita K. ↑,

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Nagoya won 3.

Nagoya will hold a modest advantage in this match.

There will not play in Nagoya: Koyamatsu T. (Knee Injury) Marcus Vinicius (Broken Leg)

There will not play in Shimizu: Chiba K. (Injury) Inoue K. (Injury) Takahashi Y. (Injury)

There are questionable in Nagoya: Inagaki S. (Ankle Injury) Nogami Y. (Injury) Schmidt D. (Injury)

There are questionable in Shimizu: Sumiyoshi J. (Injury) Won Du-Jae (Shoulder Injury)

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Nagoya won 11 matches, drew 4 matches, lost 5 matches, and goals 33:21. (average 1.7:1.1).

Including home matches between the teams, Nagoya won 3 matches, drew 3 matches, lost 3 matches, and goals 11:11. (average 1.2:1.2).

Outrights of Japan J1 League for now

Nagoya Grampus: 0.78% Shimizu S-Pulse: 0.65%

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
8	Nagoya Grampus	4	2	0	2	6:5	1	6
16	Shimizu S-Pulse	4	1	0	3	1:3	-2	3

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Nagoya Grampus
Japan J1 League
06.06.26	Machida Zelvia - Nagoya Grampus	2:1 ET ✺
30.05.26	Nagoya Grampus - Machida Zelvia	2:2 ✺
23.05.26	Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Nagoya Grampus	4:2 ✺
17.05.26	Cerezo Osaka - Nagoya Grampus	6:1 ✺
10.05.26	Nagoya Grampus - Kyoto Sanga	3:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 4.9 LTLLW
- Shimizu S-Pulse
Club Friendly
18.07.26	Karlsruher - Shimizu S-Pulse	1:1 ✺
18.07.26	Karlsruher - Shimizu S-Pulse	1:3 ✺
14.07.26	Polissya Zhytomyr - Shimizu S-Pulse	1:3 ✺
Japan J1 League
06.06.26	Yokohama F. Marinos - Shimizu S-Pulse	3:0 ✺
31.05.26	Shimizu S-Pulse - Yokohama F. Marinos	1:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 22.9 TWWLT

Latest Head to Head

Japan J1 League
25.04.26	Shimizu S-Pulse - Nagoya Grampus	0:2
08.02.26	Nagoya Grampus - Shimizu S-Pulse	1:0
21.06.25	Nagoya Grampus - Shimizu S-Pulse	1:1
03.05.25	Shimizu S-Pulse - Nagoya Grampus	0:3
10.07.22	Nagoya Grampus - Shimizu S-Pulse	0:2
21.05.22	Shimizu S-Pulse - Nagoya Grampus	1:2
Japan J League Cup
23.04.22	Shimizu S-Pulse - Nagoya Grampus	0:1

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