AFC Champions League full preview and statistics: Nagoya Grampus to fight Daegu

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Tue 14.September
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)

AFC Champions League betting and spectator preview: Nagoya Grampus and Daegu meet at venue to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.

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 Grampus and Daegu.

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Nagoya Grampus form and stats

All-inclusive J-League statistics playing at home this season for Nagoya Grampus are 8-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the AFC Champions League, Nagoya Grampus has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

A nice win for Grampus last time playing, versus Tokushima Vortis. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Mateus and Mu Kanazaki scoring for the victors. Midfield player Mateus got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Mateus scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the game before, an away victory in the Nabisco Cup match versus Kashima Antlers with a 2-0 scoreline.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Grampus's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won two matches, drawn one and lost two.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Grampus as they have a new game in only four days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Yokohama F. Marinos are visiting.

Grampus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Nagoya Grampus have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Daegu form and stats

They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.

5-3-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Daegu in their K-League Classic matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Champions League stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.

Daegu play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Pohang Steelers. Cesinha, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.63. Cesinha scored one goal, hit seven key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 19 successful passes (of 21 total).

Ahead of that match was the K-League Classic away draw versus Seongnam that ended 0-0.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Daegu when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning zero games.

After this away game Daegu return home for a K-League Classic game against Ulsan. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Daegu have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Daegu have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

DaeguC. Silva dos Santos
C. Silva dos Santos
8 goals
Nagoya GrampusS. Inagaki
S. Inagaki
7 goals
Nagoya GrampusM. dos Santos Castro
M. dos Santos Castro
7 goals

Nagoya Grampus missing players

Daegu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nagoya Grampus Daegu
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   13 25
16 11   Won W   6 14
4 1   Drew D   2 4
5 2   Lost L   5 7
38 24   Scored S   21 49
13 5   Conceded C   16 25
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
64% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 84%
32% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 60%
12% 7%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 28%
4% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 16%
16% 14%   BTTS BTTS   54% 52%
68% 71%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 40%
24% 14%   Failed to Score F T   23% 12%
 
5.1 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.4
3.9 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.8
0.9 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.4 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.9 11.5
5.3 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.6
29% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kawasaki Frontale 27 20 6 1 58 17 13 11 2 0 27 10 14 9 4 1 31 7 41 66
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 27 19 5 3 60 23 15 11 3 1 35 9 12 8 2 2 25 14 37 62
3 Nagoya Grampus 28 15 5 8 31 21 14 8 2 4 15 10 14 7 3 4 16 11 10 50
4 Vissel Kobe 27 13 9 5 41 26 13 6 4 3 19 9 14 7 5 2 22 17 15 48
5 Kashima Antlers 27 14 5 8 46 25 12 7 3 2 25 12 15 7 2 6 21 13 21 47
6 Sagan Tosu 27 13 8 6 36 22 13 8 3 2 23 10 14 5 5 4 13 12 14 47
7 Urawa Reds 27 13 6 8 29 26 14 9 3 2 18 13 13 4 3 6 11 13 3 45
8 Tokyo 27 12 6 9 36 35 11 6 1 4 19 18 16 6 5 5 17 17 1 42
9 Avispa Fukuoka 27 11 6 10 30 30 14 8 1 5 18 13 13 3 5 5 12 17 0 39
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 27 8 12 7 31 27 14 4 6 4 15 13 13 4 6 3 16 14 4 36
11 Cerezo Osaka 27 9 9 9 38 35 14 6 5 3 20 18 13 3 4 6 18 17 3 36
12 Consadole Sapporo 27 10 6 11 33 39 15 7 2 6 23 23 12 3 4 5 10 16 -6 36
13 Gamba Osaka 27 8 6 13 19 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 14 5 3 6 9 11 -8 30
14 Kashiwa Reysol 27 9 3 15 28 37 14 5 1 8 17 22 13 4 2 7 11 15 -9 30
15 Shonan Bellmare 27 5 11 11 28 31 14 2 8 4 10 11 13 3 3 7 18 20 -3 26
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 27 5 11 11 26 39 13 2 5 6 10 21 14 3 6 5 16 18 -13 26
17 Tokushima Vortis 28 6 5 17 20 40 14 3 4 7 11 15 14 3 1 10 9 25 -20 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 27 3 10 14 19 44 14 2 5 7 9 18 13 1 5 7 10 26 -25 19
19 Yokohama 27 4 6 17 21 57 13 3 4 6 14 21 14 1 2 11 7 36 -36 18
20 Oita Trinita 27 4 5 18 18 47 14 3 5 6 10 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -29 17
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ulsan 28 15 10 3 46 30 15 9 5 1 29 16 13 6 5 2 17 14 16 55
2 Jeonbuk Motors 28 14 9 5 50 29 15 9 3 3 30 18 13 5 6 2 20 11 21 51
3 Daegu 28 11 8 9 33 33 13 6 5 2 17 12 15 5 3 7 16 21 0 41
4 Pohang Steelers 28 10 9 9 29 30 14 5 5 4 12 13 14 5 4 5 17 17 -1 39
5 Suwon 27 10 8 9 39 40 12 5 3 4 17 17 15 5 5 5 22 23 -1 38
6 Incheon United 26 10 6 10 31 35 13 6 5 2 14 9 13 4 1 8 17 26 -4 36
7 Suwon Bluewings 27 9 8 10 33 33 14 4 4 6 16 19 13 5 4 4 17 14 0 35
8 Jeju United 26 6 13 7 28 30 13 4 5 4 17 20 13 2 8 3 11 10 -2 31
9 Gwangju 26 8 4 14 25 31 13 5 3 5 14 12 13 3 1 9 11 19 -6 28
10 Gangwon 24 6 9 9 26 29 12 4 6 2 16 9 12 2 3 7 10 20 -3 27
11 Seongnam 27 6 9 12 22 33 13 4 3 6 11 16 14 2 6 6 11 17 -11 27
12 Seoul 27 6 7 14 27 36 14 3 3 8 15 20 13 3 4 6 12 16 -9 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ulsan 28 15 10 3 46 30 15 9 5 1 29 16 13 6 5 2 17 14 16 55
2 Jeonbuk Motors 28 14 9 5 50 29 15 9 3 3 30 18 13 5 6 2 20 11 21 51
3 Daegu 28 11 8 9 33 33 13 6 5 2 17 12 15 5 3 7 16 21 0 41
4 Pohang Steelers 28 10 9 9 29 30 14 5 5 4 12 13 14 5 4 5 17 17 -1 39
5 Suwon 27 10 8 9 39 40 12 5 3 4 17 17 15 5 5 5 22 23 -1 38
6 Incheon United 26 10 6 10 31 35 13 6 5 2 14 9 13 4 1 8 17 26 -4 36
7 Suwon Bluewings 27 9 8 10 33 33 14 4 4 6 16 19 13 5 4 4 17 14 0 35
8 Jeju United 26 6 13 7 28 30 13 4 5 4 17 20 13 2 8 3 11 10 -2 31
9 Gwangju 26 8 4 14 25 31 13 5 3 5 14 12 13 3 1 9 11 19 -6 28
10 Gangwon 24 6 9 9 26 29 12 4 6 2 16 9 12 2 3 7 10 20 -3 27
11 Seongnam 27 6 9 12 22 33 13 4 3 6 11 16 14 2 6 6 11 17 -11 27
12 Seoul 27 6 7 14 27 36 14 3 3 8 15 20 13 3 4 6 12 16 -9 25

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