National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nagoya Grampus or Urawa Reds that keep their silverware dream alive.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Nagoya Grampus are steadily winning J-League games and points here at Toyota Stadium. 6 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 11 games.
The regulars are hoping that Nagoya Grampus will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Kyoto Sanga. Heartbreak for Grampus in their last match as Kyoto Sanga's Patric scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Izumi got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Izumi scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Previously, the Emperor Cup-game at home against Vegalta Sendai (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) that ended 1-1. A letdown as the team were huge pre-match favourites. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nagoya Grampus have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 7 and lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Albirex Niigata in only three days. This game is also played here at Toyota Stadium.
The Nagoya Grampus fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Grampus have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa Reds was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 3rd round last season.4-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Urawa Reds in their J-League matches away.
The attacking players of Urawa Reds have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 232 minutes.
Urawa lost away at Cerezo Osaka (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Sakai was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.12. The defender Sakai won 7 of 9 duels.
A home victory as anticipated against Montedio Yamagata ahead of that, in the Emperor Cup. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Urawa Reds playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 1 Urawa Reds win, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
After this away game Urawa Reds return home for a J-League game against Yokohama F. Marinos. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Urawa when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Urawa Reds are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nagoya Grampus three wins, five draws and Urawa Reds two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 11 goals |  M. dos Santos Castro 4 goals |  K. Nagai 4 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 10 | 31 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 28% | ||
| 12 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 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 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 43 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 43 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 37 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Kawasaki Frontale | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 29 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -26 | 15 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -15 | 14 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -18 | 13 |
