Shimizu S-Pulse vs Gamba Osaka Prediction and Betting Tips

Shimizu S-Pulse will host Gamba Osaka at the IAI Stadium Nihondaira on Sunday in another round of the 2025 J1 League campaign. The hosts have hit a rough patch in recent weeks and will be looking to get back to winning ways this weekend.

Shimizu were outclassed as they suffered a 4-2 defeat away to Cerezo Osaka in their last league outing and have lost four and drawn one of their last six league games. S-Pa’s recent struggles have seen them drop to ninth place in the league table and the newly-promoted side will be keen to put up a good performance this weekend.

Gamba Osaka are also in a poor run of form, having lost four of their last five games across all competitions and will need to turn things around soon if they are to achieve a top-four finish for a second consecutive year.

The visitors were slightly the better team in their narrow 1-0 loss to league leaders Kashima Antlers last time out but will hope to be more clinical this weekend and get all three points.

Shimizu S-Pulse vs Gamba Osaka Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

The sides have met on 75 previous occasions going into the weekend. Shimizu have won 27 of those games, and 13 ended in draws while Gamba have won the remaining 35.
The hosts have won only two of the last 10 editions of this fixture.
The visitors have a decent goalscoring record in recent meetings between the sides with 10 goals scored across the last 10.
Shimizu have the joint-third worst defensive record in the Japanese top division with 26 goals conceded after only 19 games played.
Gamba have the joint-worst defensive record in the division with 27 goals conceded so far.

Shimizu S-Pulse vs Gamba Osaka Prediction

The sides are very evenly matched going into the weekend and will likely see the result be decided by individual brilliance. The hosts have, however, lost just one of their last seven home games and will fancy their chances of a positive result here.

Gamba Osaka will rely on their recent dominance in this fixture to get a result but will need to be at their best to get anything more than a draw this weekend.

Prediction: Shimizu S-Pulse 1-1 Gamba Osaka

Shimizu S-Pulse vs Gamba Osaka Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Each of the last six matches between the two teams have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes (Both teams have gotten on the scoresheet in four of the hosts' last five games)

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