A crucial fixture in J-League as both teams are battling for the top league positions. With Nagoya Grampus in 3rd position and Cerezo Osaka placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting duel. Read on to find out more!
- Nagoya Grampus have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Nagoya Grampus and Cerezo Osaka 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.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
3-4-0 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Nagoya Grampus so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Grampus bring valid hopes of a third.
Nagoya Grampus are returning here after visiting Consadole Sapporo and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Junker and Mateus scored the goal(s). The striker Junker outperformed all the other footballers in that game and received a match rating of 7.23 out of 10. Junker scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that result, a home defeat in the Nabisco Cup against Vissel Kobe. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nagoya Grampus have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Grampus, as the Emperor Cup home game vs Veertien Mie is only four days away.
Nagoya Grampus has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Nagoya Grampus have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
As the visiting team in J-League matches, Cerezo Osaka have produced an overall stat of 4-1-2 so far. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Cerezo's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Kawasaki Frontale game.
293 minutes! That's how long the Cerezo Osaka goalkeeper Jin-Hyeon Kim and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing from Nakahara and Tameda secured the home win 2-0 against Yokohama in their previous game. Midfielder Nakahara was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.03. Nakahara scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, 0-0 away against Tokyo in the Nabisco Cup. Cerezo Osaka are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cerezo are hosting Cento Cuore Harima in the Emperor Cup only four days away.
Cerezo Osaka have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nagoya Grampus six wins, zero draws and Cerezo Osaka four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 8 goals |   L. de Sousa Pereira 5 goals |  K. Nagai 3 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 87% | 71% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 60% | 43% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 67% |
| 47% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 53% |
| 20% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 47% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 53% |
| 40% | 57% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 27% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 5 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 13 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.4 | 10.3 |
| 4.5 | 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 30% | 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 32% | 38% |
| 11.9 | 11.3 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.7 | 11.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
- Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nagoya Grampus have not yet lost a game at home.
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -21 | 12 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -15 | 10 |
