Nagoya Grampus and Kawasaki Frontale followers eagerly anticipate J-League meet at Minato Soccer Stadium

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Wed 14.September
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Minato Soccer Stadium (20000 seats)

Nagoya Grampus will aim to utilise their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opposition. The team playing at home are currently 15 points behind Kawasaki Frontale.

Insights:
  • Nagoya Grampus have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in J-League

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

D W L W D

Nagoya Grampus form and stats

The story so far in the J-League for Nagoya Grampus at their home stadium (Minato Soccer Stadium) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

An away draw last time out for Nagoya Grampus, facing Vissel Kobe in a game that ended 0-0. Midfield player Soma got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Soma hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Avispa Fukuoka with a 3-2 scoreline.

It should be added that a glance at the 10 latest league matches reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Nagoya Grampus as they have a new game in only three days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Sanfrecce Hiroshima are visiting.

Grampus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. From these home matches, Nagoya Grampus have conceded only 11 goals.

W L W W W

Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

Playing away, Kawasaki Frontale have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the J-League this season.

Chinen, Ienaga (2) and Wakizaka scored in Kawasaki's previous match, the home game against Sanfrecce Hiroshima that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Kawasaki Frontale was the only team on the pitch versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Chinen has found the net for this team three matches in a row. The flair! Ienaga, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.33. Ienaga scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 54 successful passes (of 65 total).

A 1-2 defeat away at Shonan Bellmare before that.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this club's 11 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

The schedule is very tough for Kawasaki Frontale now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Kashiwa Reysol is waiting in only three days.

The visiting Kawasaki have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 13 games. Kawasaki Frontale have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest meetings featuring these teams have all finished as Kawasaki Frontale wins. Will history repeat itself?

Nagoya Grampus and Kawasaki Frontale have faced off before this season: Kawasaki Frontale - Nagoya Grampus 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

Kawasaki FrontaleA. Ienaga
A. Ienaga
10 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleM. da Silva Barbosa
M. da Silva Barbosa
9 goals
Nagoya GrampusM. dos Santos Castro
M. dos Santos Castro
8 goals

Nagoya Grampus missing players

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nagoya Grampus Kawasaki Frontale
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
9 6 1 Won W 1 5 16
10 4 2 Drew D 1 3 4
9 3 0 Lost L 1 5 7
25 14 3 Scored S 3 19 49
28 11 2 Conceded C 3 16 30
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 96%
61% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 77% 78%
32% 15% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 46% 56%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 37%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 15%
39% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 54% 48%
39% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 44%
39% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 15% 11%
 
4.8 4.5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.9 4.5
4.9 4.5 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.7 4.4
0.9 1.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.7 1.1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.3 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 11.4 12.2
3.7 4.2 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.6 5.2
24% 26% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 32% 35%
 
10.5 8.2 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 5.7 8.3 8.3
3.7 2.7 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 2.8 2.9
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in J-League
  • Nagoya Grampus have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in J-League
  • 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 Yokohama F. Marinos 27 16 7 4 57 29 13 11 2 0 29 6 14 5 5 4 28 23 28 55
2 Kawasaki Frontale 27 16 4 7 49 30 14 11 1 2 30 14 13 5 3 5 19 16 19 52
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 14 8 7 45 32 15 9 3 3 26 12 14 5 5 4 19 20 13 50
4 Kashima Antlers 29 12 10 7 42 37 15 7 5 3 25 21 14 5 5 4 17 16 5 46
5 Cerezo Osaka 27 12 8 7 42 32 15 7 4 4 22 18 12 5 4 3 20 14 10 44
6 Kashiwa Reysol 29 13 5 11 40 39 14 6 1 7 20 22 15 7 4 4 20 17 1 44
7 Sagan Tosu 29 9 13 7 41 35 14 5 7 2 20 9 15 4 6 5 21 26 6 40
8 Tokyo 27 11 7 9 35 34 13 6 5 2 19 10 14 5 2 7 16 24 1 40
9 Urawa Reds 27 9 12 6 42 27 13 6 6 1 28 13 14 3 6 5 14 14 15 39
10 Nagoya Grampus 28 9 10 9 25 28 13 6 4 3 14 11 15 3 6 6 11 17 -3 37
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 29 7 11 11 36 42 15 2 7 6 19 27 14 5 4 5 17 15 -6 32
12 Consadole Sapporo 27 7 10 10 29 45 13 4 6 3 12 16 14 3 4 7 17 29 -16 31
13 Kyoto Sanga 27 7 9 11 26 30 14 5 4 5 14 14 13 2 5 6 12 16 -4 30
14 Shonan Bellmare 28 7 9 12 23 36 15 4 5 6 12 22 13 3 4 6 11 14 -13 30
15 Gamba Osaka 29 7 8 14 28 42 15 3 5 7 16 21 14 4 3 7 12 21 -14 29
16 Avispa Fukuoka 29 6 10 13 21 32 14 3 6 5 12 14 15 3 4 8 9 18 -11 28
17 Vissel Kobe 27 6 7 14 23 34 12 3 3 6 11 11 15 3 4 8 12 23 -11 25
18 Jubilo Iwata 27 5 8 14 25 45 14 4 4 6 16 23 13 1 4 8 9 22 -20 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 27 16 7 4 57 29 13 11 2 0 29 6 14 5 5 4 28 23 28 55
2 Kawasaki Frontale 27 16 4 7 49 30 14 11 1 2 30 14 13 5 3 5 19 16 19 52
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 14 8 7 45 32 15 9 3 3 26 12 14 5 5 4 19 20 13 50
4 Kashima Antlers 29 12 10 7 42 37 15 7 5 3 25 21 14 5 5 4 17 16 5 46
5 Cerezo Osaka 27 12 8 7 42 32 15 7 4 4 22 18 12 5 4 3 20 14 10 44
6 Kashiwa Reysol 29 13 5 11 40 39 14 6 1 7 20 22 15 7 4 4 20 17 1 44
7 Sagan Tosu 29 9 13 7 41 35 14 5 7 2 20 9 15 4 6 5 21 26 6 40
8 Tokyo 27 11 7 9 35 34 13 6 5 2 19 10 14 5 2 7 16 24 1 40
9 Urawa Reds 27 9 12 6 42 27 13 6 6 1 28 13 14 3 6 5 14 14 15 39
10 Nagoya Grampus 28 9 10 9 25 28 13 6 4 3 14 11 15 3 6 6 11 17 -3 37
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 29 7 11 11 36 42 15 2 7 6 19 27 14 5 4 5 17 15 -6 32
12 Consadole Sapporo 27 7 10 10 29 45 13 4 6 3 12 16 14 3 4 7 17 29 -16 31
13 Kyoto Sanga 27 7 9 11 26 30 14 5 4 5 14 14 13 2 5 6 12 16 -4 30
14 Shonan Bellmare 28 7 9 12 23 36 15 4 5 6 12 22 13 3 4 6 11 14 -13 30
15 Gamba Osaka 29 7 8 14 28 42 15 3 5 7 16 21 14 4 3 7 12 21 -14 29
16 Avispa Fukuoka 29 6 10 13 21 32 14 3 6 5 12 14 15 3 4 8 9 18 -11 28
17 Vissel Kobe 27 6 7 14 23 34 12 3 3 6 11 11 15 3 4 8 12 23 -11 25
18 Jubilo Iwata 27 5 8 14 25 45 14 4 4 6 16 23 13 1 4 8 9 22 -20 23

More from Japan - J-League