March 6th features a match where Yokohama F. Marinos will play host to Shimizu S-Pulse in a meeting of these two evenly matched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Yokohama F. Marinos is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Vissel Kobe. Takuma Nishimura scored the first goal for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 38th minute, then Takuma Nishimura added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Kota Mizunuma At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vissel Kobe couldn’t manage to score, and Yokohama F. Marinos took the shutout win. Yokohama F. Marinos is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while shimizu S-Pulse sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Júbilo Iwata. Suzuki struck first for Shimizu S-Pulse in the 9th minute on a feed from Yuta Kamiya, then Yuto Suzuki tied it up for Júbilo Iwata in the 23rd minute. Shimizu S-Pulse is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Yokohama F. Marinos won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Shimizu S-Pulse’s most prolific scorer has been Suzuki. The Japaneese attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Teruhito Nakagawa has been the most prolific scorer on Yokohama F. Marinos in the last 5 matches with three goals.