A fast pace is expected at Grenada National Stadium when Kashima Antlers face Nagoya Grampus in what promises to be a brilliant match. Read on!
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in J-League
Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their previous match. Let's hope for an animated game!
Kashima Antlers form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Kashima Antlers at their home stadium (Grenada National Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Kashima are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Tomoki Hayakawa not having conceded a league goal in 365 minutes.
Happy days for Kashima Antlers in their previous game, a fixture away at Cerezo Osaka (placed 9th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Sekigawa, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Sekigawa scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Consadole Sapporo with a 1-0 scoreline.Kashima has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kashima Antlers defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nagoya Grampus have an excellent away record in the J-League so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.
Grampus had fun at their own home (Grenada National Stadium) last time out, beating Gamba Osaka 1-0. Inagaki scored. That victory felt nice as this side had gone three league games without winning. Inagaki got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, top player of the team. Inagaki scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A draw for Nagoya Grampus before that, at their own venue hosting Vissel Kobe (2-2).Nagoya Grampus are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Nagoya Grampus have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Kashima Antlers.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 6 goals |   K. Junker 5 goals | K. Chinen 3 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 13 | 9 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 92% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 25% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 8% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 10.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.8 | 13.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 44% | 41% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | 27% |
| 9.2 | 11 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 12 | 10.7 |
| 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nagoya Grampus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nagoya Grampus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Vissel Kobe | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 26 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 24 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Kawasaki Frontale | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Avispa Fukuoka | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Kyoto Sanga | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 11 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 7 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -21 | 6 |
