Urawa Reds 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.
It's no vacation for neither Urawa Reds nor Nagoya Grampus 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.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Last season, Urawa Reds's J-League Cup journey ended in the semi-finals against Cerezo Osaka.Urawa Reds have collected 21 points from their J-League home games so far after 5-6-1.
Urawa's previous match was a J-League Cup game also played at their home, ending 3-0 against Nagoya Grampus. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nagoya Grampus (0-3).Early season league goal statistics from Urawa Reds's 12 home games: 24 goals, 12 conceded.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Nagoya Grampus, as they won the J-League Cup.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nagoya Grampus so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-6 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for Grampus, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 vs Urawa Reds in the J-League Cup.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Urawa Reds.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Nagoya Grampus have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the sides faced each other previously this campaign; Urawa Reds - Nagoya Grampus 3-0. Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Urawa won two games, four matches ended with a tie and Nagoya Grampus got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five
Top Goalscorers
  M. dos Santos Castro 7 goals |   D. Moberg-Karlsson 6 goals |  A. Scholz 4 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Urawa Reds | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 44 | 30 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 14 | 22 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 28% | ||
| 6.7 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 32% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9.6 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 48 |
| 2 | Kashiwa Reysol | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 42 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 40 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -2 | 35 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 32 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -14 | 28 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -11 | 25 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 17 | Jubilo Iwata | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 22 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 21 |
