On the 16th of July, in this week 22 match, Urawa Reds will travel to Shizuoka to battle Shimizu S-Pulse in a meeting of these two J-League teams. Shimizu S-Pulse sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Nagoya Grampus. Kenta Nishizawa struck first for Shimizu S-Pulse in the 38th minute on a feed from Carlinhos Junior, then Thiago Santana added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nagoya Grampus couldn’t manage to score, and Shimizu S-Pulse took the shutout win. Shimizu S-Pulse looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while urawa Reds is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Tokyo. David Moberg Karlsson scored the first goal for Urawa Reds in the 31st minute, then Ito added another in the 50th minute In the end, Tokyo couldn’t muster any offence and Urawa Reds ran away with the shutout win. Urawa Reds is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Wednesday Apr 6th, Urawa Reds hosted Shimizu S-Pulse in their last match together. Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse battled to a 1-1 draw. Ataru Esaka struck first for Urawa Reds in the 33rd minute on a penalty kick, then Valdo tied it up for Shimizu S-Pulse in the 69th minute on a penalty kick squeezing out at least the one point for Shimizu S-Pulse.
David Moberg Karlsson has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Urawa Reds. Thiago Santana has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Shimizu S-Pulse.