Nagoya Grampus get ready to welcome Kyoto Sanga for something different than the ordinary league football: The J-League Cup Play-offs leg 1 of 2.
It's no vacation for neither Nagoya Grampus nor Kyoto Sanga 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
Grampus have reached this J-League Cup stage through battling and winning against Tokushima Vortis, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Shimizu S-Pulse.4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Nagoya Grampus so far this season.
Nagoya Grampus's previous match was a Emperor Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 2-0 against Doshisha University. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
A J-League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Sanfrecce Hiroshima.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nagoya Grampus have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Grampus has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Nagoya Grampus have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kashiwa Reysol, Sagan Tosu and Consadole Sapporo in order to reach play-offs of J-League Cup.Playing away, Kyoto Sanga have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the J-League this season.
The followers enjoyed Kyoto's previous game versus Kochi United, a Emperor Cup win (3-1) played at home.
Before that, Kyoto Sanga secured a home win against Kawasaki Frontale with the score 1-0.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kyoto Sanga have scored 9 goals in 8 league games away. 10 goals have been conceded by Kyoto Sanga in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these squads: Grampus won five, Kyoto Sanga triumphed in three and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 8 goals |   M. dos Santos Castro 3 goals | S. Nakatani 2 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | ||
| 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 26% | ||
| 8.9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Jubilo Iwata | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
