A win for the hosts is anticipated from this game if the league standings is to be trusted. The Kashima Antlers fans are hoping that the contrast between 3rd and Nagoya Grampus's 13th position in the table will be revealed on the grass.
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (5-0-1) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest points (0) away in J-League
It's no vacation for neither Kashima nor Nagoya Grampus 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.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Kashima Antlers have played 5 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Kashima Antlers are returning here after visiting Cerezo Osaka in a Nabisco Cup game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
Preceding that match was a J-League defeat to Yokohama F. Marinos (0-3).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kashima handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and three defeats.
On the other hand, Kashima Antlers have conceded 7 goals.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
It's not happening yet for Nagoya Grampus on their J-League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Nagoya Grampus have lost on their last two travels.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Nabisco Cup home loss versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Consadole Sapporo.Nagoya Grampus are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Grampus manager Hasegawa as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Tokyo.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Nagoya Grampus has managed 1 goal and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Kashima Antlers, zero draws and six wins for Nagoya Grampus. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 5 goals |  J. Alano Nascimento 1 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 86% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 38% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 10.5 | 7 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 5.7 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 10.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| 6 | 4.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 23% | 22% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 8.9 | 9.8 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 12 | 9 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 6 | 4.4 |
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kashima Antlers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nagoya Grampus have scored away.
- Kashima Antlers have the most points from losing position (6) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (5-0-1) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have lost all their away matches so far.
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest points (0) away in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest scored goals (1) away in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Nagoya Grampus have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Nagoya Grampus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 4 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
