Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Yokohama & Nagoya Grampus face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the J-League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Yokohama form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.When playing at home in the J-League, Yokohama have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 5 games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Yokohama's attacking players as they have now played 225 minutes without scoring in a league game. Ogawa was their last goal scorer.
Yokohama played out an unpredictable loss 0-3 against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their previous outing, also played in front of their own fans. Yokohama's goalkeeper Ichikawa was extremely busy against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning ten saves.
Heartbreak before that as Yokohama lost 0-5 at Yokohama F. Marinos's place.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Yokohama as they are travelling to their away game against Gamba Osaka in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.
Yokohama have scored {3 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. Yokohama have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
They also participated in J-League Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Urawa Reds drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W4-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
Nagoya Grampus play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Kawasaki Frontale. Midfield player Inagaki was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. Inagaki hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A draw for Grampus before that, at their own venue hosting Urawa Reds (0-0).The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shonan Bellmare in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Nagoya Grampus's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Nagoya Grampus are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; Nagoya Grampus - Yokohama 3-2. Yokohama-Nagoya Grampus H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Yokohama three wins, Nagoya Grampus five wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  K. Ogawa 5 goals |   K. Junker 4 goals |  K. Nagai 3 goals |
Yokohama missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Yokohama | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Scored | S | 18 | 29 | ||
| 49 | 22 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 40% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.1 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
| 12.7 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 10.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nagoya Grampus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -6 | 3 |
| 4 | Yokohama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Avispa Fukuoka | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Kawasaki Frontale | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 2 |
