Shimizu S-pulse vs Kyoto Sanga — J1 League 2025
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 5+ matches
Shimizu S-pulse44%
Kyoto Sanga33%✓ 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.
Shimizu S-pulse creates 18% more chances
Season form · 20 home / 5 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over60
- Under40
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes62
- No38
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Shimizu S-pulse ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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Winning margin
Team goals
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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
Shimizu S-pulse at home — creates 1.40, concedes 1.56 · 20 matches
Kyoto Sanga away — creates 1.28, concedes 1.96 · 5 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Shimizu S-pulse attack 1.40 + Kyoto Sanga defence 1.96 → ÷2 → 1.68
Kyoto Sanga attack 1.28 + Shimizu S-pulse defence 1.56 → ÷2 → 1.42
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 44%?"
Shimizu S-pulse at 44% 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 44% does not mean "Shimizu S-pulse 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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Possession
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Statistics
Shimizu S-pulse host Kyoto Sanga on Saturday, 14 February 2026 at 05:00. The match is part of the J1 League 2025/2026 season.
J1 League: Shimizu S-pulse 1–1 Kyoto Sanga
Shimizu S-pulse and Kyoto Sanga drew 1-1 in J1 League on February 14, 2026.
Goals: H. Appiah Tawiah (46' o.g.), Rafael Elias (90').
Kyoto Sanga controlled possession (56%) and registered 10 shots to 12.
The match was played at IAI Stadium Nihondaira in Shizuoka.