Nagoya Grampus get ready to welcome Urawa Reds for something different than the ordinary league football: The J-League Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
It's no vacation for neither Grampus nor Urawa Reds as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Nagoya Grampus have to build on here at Toyota Stadium in the J-League.
Nagoya Grampus drew their last game, 2-2 away at Consadole Sapporo. Midfield player Inagaki got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Inagaki hit three key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).
Erik lost again
The match schedule is unforgiving for Nagoya Grampus as they have a new game in only three days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Urawa Reds are visiting.
Grampus are not conceding a lot of goals here at Toyota Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa Reds's mission in J-League Cup last season failed in the semi-finals against Cerezo Osaka.Urawa Reds have only collected 11 points from their away games in the J-League, after 2-5-4 (11 played).
Urawa won their last game, 3-1 versus Kawasaki Frontale played at home. Midfielder Ito was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.41. Ito scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Urawa Reds secured a home win against Tokyo with the score 3-0.The schedule is very tough for Urawa Reds now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Nagoya Grampus is waiting in only three days.
The attacking power of Urawa when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
Nagoya Grampus-Urawa Reds H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nagoya Grampus four wins, Urawa Reds three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. dos Santos Castro 6 goals |   D. Moberg-Karlsson 6 goals |  A. Scholz 4 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 14 | 42 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 10 | 19 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 13.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 32% | ||
| 9.3 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 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 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 48 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 40 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 39 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Kawasaki Frontale | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -18 | 25 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Jubilo Iwata | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 22 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 21 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
