On May 7th, Kawasaki Frontale will travel to Shizuoka to battle Shimizu S-Pulse in a clash of these two extremely mismatched J-League teams. Shimizu S-Pulse sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-1 win against Shonan Bellmare. Katsuhiro Nakayama struck first for Shimizu S-Pulse in the 32nd minute, then Suzuki added another in the 36th minute. Shimizu S-Pulse is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Kawasaki Frontale is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Kashiwa Reysol. Leandro Damiao da Silva dos Santos scored the first goal for Kawasaki Frontale in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kashiwa Reysol couldn’t manage to score, and Kawasaki Frontale took the shutout win. Kawasaki Frontale should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Kawasaki Frontale won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Kawasaki Frontale’s most prolific scorer has been Marcinho. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Thiago Santana has been the most prolific scorer on Shimizu S-Pulse in his last five matches with two goals.