Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Kashima Antlers - Nagoya Grampus!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Kashima Antlers form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Kashima Antlers have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Kashima Soccer Stadium.
Kashima Antlers's last game was hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima (placed 10th) and winning 1-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Vissel Kobe with a 3-1 scoreline.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kashima Antlers 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 seven wins, two draws and one defeat.
Kashima are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Yokohama F. Marinos awaits in three days.
The Kashima fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Nagoya Grampus seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Impressive finishing from S. Inagaki secured the home win 1-0 against Vegalta Sendai in their previous game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Yokohama F. Marinos wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
Grampus are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of three matches.
Grampus has another fixture away, a J-League game, against Sagan Tosu in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Grampus find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Nagoya Grampus have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Nagoya Grampus - Kashima 1-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Kashima won eight games, zero matches ended with a draw and Nagoya Grampus has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  E. Stum 13 goals |  S. Doi 6 goals |  N. Maeda 6 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 40 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 37 |
| 33 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 77% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 60% |
| 54% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 46% | 52% |
| 31% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 20% |
| 15% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 54% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 44% |
| 15% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 38% | 40% |
| 31% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 329 | 143 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 125 | 214 |
| 120 | 57 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 41 | 86 |
| 32% | 28% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 34% | 35% |
- Kashima Antlers 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 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 49 | 65 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 25 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 48 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 48 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 47 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 25 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 45 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 45 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 44 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 20 | -1 | 40 |
| 9 | Kashiwa Reysol | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 37 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | -2 | 33 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -9 | 29 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 27 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -18 | 24 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 21 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -19 | 14 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -23 | 13 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 23 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -25 | 13 |