The Nagoya Grampus & Cerezo Osaka managers M. Ficcadenti and L. Culpi are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the J-League league table.
- Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (10) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in J-League
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the J-League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Kawasaki Frontale.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nagoya Grampus, who have the most clean sheets (10) in J-League, have played 7 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Nagoya Grampus faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kawasaki Frontale (2-3). Preceding that match was the home game against Kawasaki Frontale that was lost 0-4.
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 Grampus have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost two.
Grampus has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Grampus are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Cerezo Osaka playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
Cerezo delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Gamba Osaka (placed 18th) in their previous match; a J-League game. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Urawa Reds.
As mentioned above, Cerezo drew the match against Gamba Osaka. Manager L. Culpi brought on Motohiko Nakajima to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
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 two wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of four matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Cerezo Osaka's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Cerezo's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Grampus won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Cerezo Osaka has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  Y. Ōkubo 5 goals |   S. Inagaki 4 goals | M. dos Santos Castro 4 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 10 | 6 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 50% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 62% |
| 43% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 46% |
| 14% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 60% | 31% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 60% | 23% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 54% |
| 71% | 71% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 6.4 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 39% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 47% | 36% |
- Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cerezo Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (10) in J-League
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 27 | 38 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Kashima Antlers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 6 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | -28 | 2 |