Kyoto Sanga vs Shimizu S-pulse — J1 League 2025
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 27+ matches
Kyoto Sanga46%
Shimizu S-pulse28%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Kyoto Sanga creates 35% more chances
Season form · 27 home / 35 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over51
- Under49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes54
- No46
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Kyoto Sanga ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Kyoto Sanga at home — creates 1.59, concedes 1.26 · 27 matches
Shimizu S-pulse away — creates 1.03, concedes 1.51 · 35 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Kyoto Sanga attack 1.59 + Shimizu S-pulse defence 1.51 → ÷2 → 1.55
Shimizu S-pulse attack 1.03 + Kyoto Sanga defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.15
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 46%?"
Kyoto Sanga at 46% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 46% does not mean "Kyoto Sanga will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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Statistics
Kyoto Sanga host Shimizu S-pulse on Saturday, 2 May 2026 at 05:00. The match is part of the J1 League 2025/2026 season.
J1 League: Kyoto Sanga 1–2 Shimizu S-pulse
Shimizu S-pulse beat Kyoto Sanga 2-1 in J1 League on May 2, 2026.
Goals: Marco Tulio (16'), Z. Uno (64'), Y. Shimamoto (68').
Shimizu S-pulse controlled possession (55%) and registered 18 shots to 16.
The match was played at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera in Kameoka.