Kashima Antlers welcomes Nagoya Grampus to this second leg of the J-League Cup Quarter-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Last season, Kashima Antlers's J-League Cup journey ended in the play-offs against Avispa Fukuoka.Kashima Antlers have played 12 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Kashima's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 0-1 versus Nagoya Grampus (in J-League Cup).
In the fixture before, 1-1 away to Nagoya Grampus (J-League Cup). This is expected to be a close game, with Kashima Antlers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kashima Antlers as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Kashima Antlers has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.
Kashima Antlers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kashima Soccer Stadium with 18 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Kashima Antlers have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Grampus's mission in J-League Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against Urawa Reds.Playing away, Nagoya Grampus have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 6 defeats in the J-League this season.
Two away games in a row for Nagoya Grampus, whose manager Hasegawa could celebrate last time after the J-League Cup win against Kashima Antlers.
One game before, 1-1 at home against Kashima Antlers in the J-League Cup. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Nagoya Grampus in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Nagoya Grampus, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Nagoya Grampus are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Grampus have conceded 15 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the contenders faced each other previously this season; Nagoya Grampus - Kashima Antlers 1-1. Numbers for the prior ten meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Kashima Antlers, three draws and five wins for Nagoya Grampus. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: ten games.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 11 goals |   K. Junker 11 goals | K. Chinen 5 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 6 | 33 | ||
| 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 28% | ||
| 9.9 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 12.3 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 25 | 52 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 50 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 46 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 45 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 43 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 41 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 38 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -2 | 33 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -11 | 33 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 29 | -1 | 32 |
| 13 | Sagan Tosu | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 29 |
| 15 | Albirex Niigata | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 29 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 23 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -24 | 22 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -19 | 18 |
