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Shimizu S-pulse 2–2 Gamba Osaka

Final score · Half-time 2–0 · Latest results

When the micro-edge on Gamba Osaka was recorded live, the sharp market made Shimizu S-pulse the most likely outcome at 38% (fair odds 2.61). On Gamba Osaka, 1xBet offered 2.98 against a fair price of 2.95, a +0.8% gap: too small to call value (Micro-edge). Recent form — Shimizu S-pulse: WLDLL; Gamba Osaka: WWWWD.

After the whistle

Goals and cards

  1. 9' 1–0 Yuki Honda · goal · assist Masaki Yumiba · Shimizu S-pulse
  2. 23' Ryoya Yamashita · yellow card · Gamba Osaka
  3. 24' Ryo Hatsuse · yellow card · Gamba Osaka
  4. 42' 2–0 Kai Matsuzaki · goal · assist Oh Se-hun · Shimizu S-pulse
  5. 47' Hidehiro Sugai · yellow card · Shimizu S-pulse
  6. 75' Takayuki Yoshida · yellow card · Shimizu S-pulse
  7. 84' 2–1 Ryotaro Meshino · goal · Gamba Osaka
  8. 90+5' 2–2 Issam Jebali · goal · assist Takeru Kishimoto · Gamba Osaka

Match stats

Match statsShimizu S-pulseGamba Osaka
Possession %3565
Expected goals (xG)0.771.23
Shots1212
Shots on target54
Corners74
Fouls913
Offsides01
Goalkeeper saves23

What the market said before kick-off

  • Shimizu S-pulse win 35% did not happen
  • Draw 28% happened
  • Gamba Osaka win 37% did not happen
  • Over 2.5 goals 47% happened
  • Micro-edge flagged before kick-off (under 1.5%, monitor only): 2 · Gamba Osaka @ 2.98 (1xBet) Lost

CLV +9.2% vs the fair close. One flag on its own says little; the rule is judged on all of them.

Pinnacle closing price with the margin removed, next to what happened. It is the market's view, not a tip: an outcome priced at 30% happens about 3 times in 10.

Referee: Keigo Sendachi · Venue: IAI Stadium Nihondaira, Shizuoka

Next matches

Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Starting line-ups

Shimizu S-pulse 4-3-3

  1. 16 T. Umeda GK
  2. 24 H. Sugai DF
  3. 4 S. Hasukawa DF
  4. 15 Y. Honda DF
  5. 25 Mateus Brunetti DF
  6. 37 K. Koizumi MF
  7. 17 M. Yumiba MF
  8. 21 K. Matsuzaki MF
  9. 8 K. Inoue FW
  10. 9 Oh Se-Hun FW
  11. 13 R. Germain FW

Bench: Capixaba, T. Fujii, T. Hirato, K. Kinoshita, K. Kozuka, Y. Oki, Park Seung-Wook, Y. Shimamoto, Y. Yoshida

Coach: T. Yoshida

Gamba Osaka 4-2-3-1

  1. 22 J. Ichimori GK
  2. 15 T. Kishimoto DF
  3. 4 S. Nakatani DF
  4. 2 S. Fukuoka DF
  5. 47 S. Nakano DF
  6. 13 S. Abe MF
  7. 27 R. Mito MF
  8. 17 R. Yamashita MF
  9. 11 I. Jebali MF
  10. 97 Welton Felipe MF
  11. 41 Y. Toshida FW

Bench: T. Usami, T. Suzuki, S. Sasaki, T. Ogashiwa, R. Meshino, M. Higashiguchi, R. Hatsuse, S. Fujiwara, E. Adams

Coach: Tomokazu Myojin

Pinnacle, margin removed (home / draw / away): 35 / 28 / 37% when the line-ups came out, 35 / 28 / 37% at kick-off. The price barely moved after the line-ups.

In the big leagues, line-up news is usually already in the price by the time it is official.

The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.

Value check before kick-off Micro-edge

2 Gamba Osaka @ 2.98
Bookmaker 1xBet
Price observed
Flag recorded @ 2.98 (1xBet) · recorded live, before kick-off
Market 1X2 (match result)
Availability and exact price varied by country and over time.
Fair price 2.95
1xBet 2.98
Market Gap +0.8%
Value flag result Lost · 2 -1.00u

Market discrepancy: before kick-off, Gamba Osaka (2) was priced at 2.98 by a soft bookmaker, above the fair price of 2.95 — a +0.8% gap. An observation about the price, not an instruction to bet.

The gap was smaller than 1.5% — likely to vanish in rounding, latency or line movement. We logged it for transparency, but it was not a strong signal.

A single result where a bookmaker pays above the fair price — separate from the main prediction below.

Two most likely results

1/2 Home or away 74% · as recorded

When no single result is likely enough, our pick covers the two most probable outcomes (double chance).

1X2
Sharp, recorded44%26%30%
Other estimates
Our model27%27%46%

Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.

Fair odds of the pick (as recorded) 1.35
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 2.19 / 3.57 / 3.09
Pick result (single or double chance) Lost · X

Value lifecycle Settled

Detected ·
2 Gamba Osaka · soft 2.98 (1xBet) · fair 2.95 · edge +0.8%
Opening sharp
3.09
At close
2.73 · CLV +9.2%
Result
Lost -1.00u 🔒 Recorded live before kick-off

“Detected” is the moment the flag was first shown on the site and written to our ledger (recorded live since 26 September 2026). For earlier matches the flag was reconstructed afterwards from the prices we had stored, and the time shown is when the rule would have fired: a backtest, not a live record. When the gap closes, we say so instead of pretending the value is still there.

Match context

Shimizu S-pulse averaged 0.8 goals scored and 1.8 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; Gamba Osaka averaged 2.6 and 1.0 over 5.

Since opening around 3.09, the sharp market price on Gamba Osaka has shortened to 2.73 — the market has moved towards this outcome.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Market-relevant trends

Gamba Osaka has won its last 4 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on Gamba Osaka here.

We show the trend and whether it is already in the price. Most sites show the streak and let you assume you should bet it.

Why this price?

Shimizu S-pulse
W L D L L
avg 0.8 scored · 1.8 conceded (last 5)
Gamba Osaka
W W W W D
avg 2.6 scored · 1 conceded (last 5)

Form: most recent match first.

Recent head-to-head
24 May 2026 Shimizu S-pulse 1–2 Gamba Osaka
28 Feb 2026 Gamba Osaka 2–2 Shimizu S-pulse
15 Jun 2025 Shimizu S-pulse 0–0 Gamba Osaka
08 Mar 2025 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Shimizu S-pulse

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off
Prediction record
Pick 1/2 · Home or away
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.28
Pinnacle closing odds (with margin) 1.35
Prediction CLV -5.2%
Result Lost
Value-bet record

Recorded when the site showed it, before kick-off. Its seal is in our public export once this match’s row is published, and in the next daily external snapshot (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter); for flags recorded on match day that snapshot comes after kick-off, so the pre-kick-off proof is our own timestamp.

Value selection 2 · Gamba Osaka
Odds when flagged 2.98
Fair odds 2.95
Fair closing odds (Pinnacle, margin removed) 2.73
Value CLV +9.2%
Profit (units) -1.00
Result Lost
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint 58355b5aa64e50f5

This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →

Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →

Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.

Methodology

The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.

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