Nagoya Grampus perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Kashima Antlers can look both up and down from their 9th position.
Nagoya Grampus have less rest than Kashima Antlers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Nabisco Cup game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Tokyo, so at least Nagoya Grampus are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Nagoya Grampus, who have the most clean sheets (6) in J-League, have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Toyota Stadium.
Nagoya Grampus are confident in defense, having played 327 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
No payout for Nagoya Grampus in their previous match, an away game at Tokyo that ended in defeat 0-3. Before that, Grampus played out a J-League draw 0-0 when visiting Consadole Sapporo.
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 Grampus have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won six, drawn one and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Yokohama F. Marinos in only four days. This game is also played here at Toyota Stadium.
The Nagoya Grampus manager M. Ficcadenti has got the team scoring with 10 from 5 home games in the league. 5 goals have been conceded.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Playing away, Kashima Antlers have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 5 defeats in the J-League this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Kashima, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Kashima Antlers, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Kashiwa Reysol (placed 7th) in the J-League last time out. Prior to that result Kashima Antlers won their away game at Tokyo. The scoreline was 2-1.
S. Doi came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Kashiwa Reysol last time out, making the manager A. Zago feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when S. Doi scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Kashiwa Reysol.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Kashima in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Kashima Antlers, two draws and five defeats.
A new game in only four days for Kashima, the J-League home match versus Vegalta Sendai. Busy days.
The visiting Kashima Antlers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. As for defending, Kashima rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Grampus victories, one draw and seven Kashima Antlers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Stum 8 goals |  N. Maeda 5 goals |  S. Doi 3 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 79% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 57% |
| 17% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 36% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 57% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 25% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 36% |
| 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 1.1 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | 21 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 92 | 170 |
| 34 | 8 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 31 | 64 |
| 35% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 30% |
- Kashima Antlers has the most conceded goals in the first half (13)
- Kashima Antlers has the most points from losing position (12)
- Kashima Antlers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nagoya Grampus has the fewest conceded goals (8)
- Nagoya Grampus has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Nagoya Grampus has the most clean sheets (6)
- Nagoya Grampus has the most matches under the total-line (8)
- Nagoya Grampus have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nagoya Grampus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nagoya Grampus have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Nagoya Grampus haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 35 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Gamba Osaka | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 15 | Vegalta Sendai | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| 17 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 4 |