These two teams are enjoying a good season so far and occasions like this one could be decisive. Here's the preview for Cerezo Osaka - Nagoya Grampus!
- Cerezo Osaka have the fewest points from losing position (2) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Cerezo Osaka and Nagoya Grampus should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Cerezo Osaka have collected 19 points from their J-League home games so far after 6-1-5.
Happy days for Cerezo in their previous game, a fixture away at Yokohama (placed 17th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Defender Maikuma got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.14/10. Maikuma hit eight key passes and won 1 of 2 duels.
1-1 away at Kashiwa Reysol before that.The Cerezo Osaka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the J-League. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Nagoya Grampus are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Two away games in a row for Grampus, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Urawa Reds. Midfielder Inagaki was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.44. Inagaki hit three key passes and had 50 successful passes (of 59 total).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Kashima Antlers.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nagoya Grampus manager Hasegawa as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kashiwa Reysol.
Grampus find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Nagoya Grampus have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Nagoya Grampus - Cerezo Osaka 3-1 was the outcome when this pair of contenders last did battle, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Cerezo won three, Nagoya Grampus triumphed in seven and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 11 goals |   L. de Sousa Pereira 9 goals |  K. Nagai 4 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 32 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 32 |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 67% | 58% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 62% |
| 50% | 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 46% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 21% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 46% |
| 29% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 38% |
| 21% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 25% |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 0.8 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 11.4 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 31% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 27% | 29% |
| 11.6 | 11.3 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 12.7 | 12.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
- Cerezo Osaka have the fewest points from losing position (2) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nagoya Grampus haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 50 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 24 | 48 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 45 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -7 | 32 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 27 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 28 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 19 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -27 | 18 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -18 | 17 |
