Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nagoya Grampus & Cerezo Osaka face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nagoya Grampus and Cerezo Osaka.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nagoya Grampus participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.The story so far in the J-League for Nagoya Grampus at their home stadium is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Grampus's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Shimizu S-Pulse. Mateus, a forward, was the champion performer for the team in that game, earning a rating of 7.82 (out of 10). Mateus hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Kashiwa Reysol and winning 1-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kawasaki Frontale are coming to town in three days.
From these home matches, Nagoya Grampus have conceded only 9 goals.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Cerezo Osaka's mission in Emperor Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.As the visiting team in J-League matches, Cerezo Osaka have produced an overall stat of 4-4-2 so far.
Cerezo Osaka's last game was the home draw against Yokohama F. Marinos (2-2). It looked so good for Cerezo vs Yokohama F. Marinos, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. As mentioned above, Cerezo Osaka drew the match against Yokohama F. Marinos. Manager Kogiku brought on Taggart to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Attacker Kato got a player rating of 7.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Kato scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that, Cerezo Osaka travelled to Kashima Antlers and returned home with a draw after the J-League game finished 3-3.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cerezo manager Kogiku as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Gamba Osaka.
Cerezo Osaka has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Cerezo have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nagoya Grampus five wins, one draw and Cerezo Osaka four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. dos Santos Castro 5 goals |  M. Kato 4 goals |  T. Inui 3 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.2 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 28% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 9.3 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 39 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Kyoto Sanga | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -17 | 24 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 16 | Vissel Kobe | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | Júbilo Iwata | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
