Week 37 brings us a match on Nov 27th, where Urawa Reds and Shimizu S-Pulse will play a match in Saitama in a clash of these two extremely mismatched J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Urawa Reds recorded a 2-1 win against Yokohama F. Marinos. Atsuki Ito struck first for Urawa Reds in the 18th minute, then Tatsuya Tanaka added another in the 48th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Urawa Reds should be reasonably happy with their performance, while shimizu S-Pulse is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Thiago Santana struck first for Shimizu S-Pulse in the 30th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Sanfrecce Hiroshima was frustrated by Shimizu S-Pulse’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Shimizu S-Pulse ended the match with the shutout victory. Shimizu S-Pulse is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Iai Stadium Nihondaira, Urawa Reds won by a score of 2 to 0. Iwanami struck first for Urawa Reds in the 40th minute on a feed from Ryosuke Yamanaka, then Kenyu Sugimoto added another in the 90th minute In the end, Shimizu S-Pulse couldn’t muster any offence and Urawa Reds ran away with the shutout win.
Thiago Santana has been the most prolific scorer on Shimizu S-Pulse in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. Both Ataru Esaka and Yuruki have been the hottest scorers for Urawa Reds in the last five each having scored 2 goals.