The Kashima Antlers manager A. Zago attacks this game with the team placed 15th so far. In the visitors dressing room Nagoya Grampus and their manager M. Ficcadenti are in 2nd place before this match.
- Nagoya Grampus have the most points (9) away in J-League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kashima and Nagoya Grampus.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Kashima Antlers have collected 4 points from their J-League home games so far after 1-1-1.
The fans are hoping that Kashima Antlers will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the J-League game against Avispa Fukuoka (placed 9th). Before that, Kashima drew at home versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kashima have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn five and lost zero.
Kashima have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kashima Soccer Stadium with 5 goals in 3 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kashima Antlers defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nagoya Grampus, who have the most points (9) away in J-League, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the J-League.
Grampus have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Mitchell James Langerak. It's been 368 minutes since they last conceded in J-League.
Grampus won their last game, 3-0 versus Yokohama played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Vissel Kobe with the score of 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Nagoya Grampus in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Grampus, four draws and ten defeats.
Grampus are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). The Grampus defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kashima seven wins, zero draws and Nagoya Grampus three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Araki 4 goals |  M. dos Santos Castro 3 goals | K. Machida 1 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.8 | 19.3 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
| 6 | 6.3 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 21% | 26% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 42% |
- Nagoya Grampus have the most points (9) away in J-League
| Kashima Antlers | Last season | Nagoya Grampus | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 55 | 27 | Scored | S | 17 | 45 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 16 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 82% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 59% | 53% | ||
| 53% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 41% | ||
| 35% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 6% | 18% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 56% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 35% | ||
| 18% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 50% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 26% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.1 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Vissel Kobe | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Urawa Reds | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 1 |
| 19 | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 0 |