Delightful dogfight as daring Nagoya Grampus duel with determined Sagan Tosu

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)

Sagan Tosu have travelled here for an interesting game versus the home side Nagoya Grampus. Read up on the match with this full J-League preview!

Sagan Tosu have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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.

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Nagoya Grampus form and stats

The previous season, Nagoya Grampus's league stats were 19 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses, resulting in 5th place in the J-League. Over these 38 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 30. Playing as the home team in the last season Nagoya Grampus produced 11-4-4 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 13 conceded. Nagoya Grampus have only played one J-League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 19 matches.

The Grampus goalkeeper Mitchell James Langerak is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 183 minutes without conceding a goal in the J-League.

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 14 games) they have won nine times, drawn three and lost two.

Nagoya Grampus has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first J-League away game of the season. During their previous season 19 away games resulted in 5 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Shonan Bellmare in the J-League.

Sagan are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, six draws and one defeat. From a total of ten matches.

Sagan Tosu have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Nagoya Grampus won three, Sagan Tosu were winners in four and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

GrampusS. Inagaki
S. Inagaki
1 goals
Sagan TosuY. Fujiwara
Y. Fujiwara
1 goals

Nagoya Grampus missing players

Sagan Tosu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nagoya Grampus Sagan Tosu
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
1 1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 10 7
8 8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 3
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 8
3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 2
67% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
5 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 9
1 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 1.5
Nagoya Grampus Last season Sagan Tosu
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
19 11   Won W   5 16
9 4   Drew D   6 11
10 4   Lost L   8 11
44 22   Scored S   13 43
30 13   Conceded C   20 35
87% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 84%
58% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 61%
34% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 37%
13% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   5% 16%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
29% 21%   BTTS BTTS   37% 34%
55% 63%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 39%
29% 26%   Failed to Score F T   53% 42%
 
3.9 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 3.9
4.8 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.9
0.8 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1
0 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
8.3 8.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 9.8
3.9 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.7
29% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 31%
 
8.5 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.2 9.6
3.1 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.8

  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 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 9
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 4 2 1 1 9 7 3 2 1 0 8 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 7
3 Kashiwa Reysol 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 Kyoto Sanga 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Nagoya Grampus 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Kashima Antlers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 3
8 Gamba Osaka 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
9 Cerezo Osaka 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
10 Consadole Sapporo 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Avispa Fukuoka 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Sagan Tosu 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
14 Vissel Kobe 4 0 2 2 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 2
15 Júbilo Iwata 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
16 Shonan Bellmare 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
17 Urawa Reds 4 0 1 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 1
18 Tokyo 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
Last season 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 38 28 8 2 81 28 19 16 3 0 39 14 19 12 5 2 42 14 53 92
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 38 24 7 7 82 35 19 13 4 2 46 12 19 11 3 5 36 23 47 79
3 Vissel Kobe 38 21 10 7 62 36 19 11 4 4 31 14 19 10 6 3 31 22 26 73
4 Kashima Antlers 38 21 6 11 62 36 19 10 4 5 32 20 19 11 2 6 30 16 26 69
5 Nagoya Grampus 38 19 9 10 44 30 19 11 4 4 22 13 19 8 5 6 22 17 14 66
6 Urawa Reds 38 18 9 11 45 38 19 12 4 3 28 17 19 6 5 8 17 21 7 63
7 Sagan Tosu 38 16 11 11 43 35 19 11 5 3 30 15 19 5 6 8 13 20 8 59
8 Avispa Fukuoka 38 14 12 12 42 37 19 10 3 6 26 18 19 4 9 6 16 19 5 54
9 Tokyo 38 15 8 15 49 53 19 8 3 8 30 26 19 7 5 7 19 27 -4 53
10 Consadole Sapporo 38 14 9 15 48 50 19 8 4 7 27 27 19 6 5 8 21 23 -2 51
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38 12 13 13 44 42 19 5 6 8 19 23 19 7 7 5 25 19 2 49
12 Cerezo Osaka 38 13 9 16 47 51 19 8 5 6 26 28 19 5 4 10 21 23 -4 48
13 Gamba Osaka 38 12 8 18 33 49 19 5 4 10 17 28 19 7 4 8 16 21 -16 44
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 38 10 12 16 37 54 19 5 6 8 17 28 19 5 6 8 20 26 -17 42
15 Kashiwa Reysol 38 12 5 21 37 56 19 6 3 10 21 29 19 6 2 11 16 27 -19 41
16 Shonan Bellmare 38 7 16 15 36 41 19 3 10 6 13 15 19 4 6 9 23 26 -5 37
17 Tokushima Vortis 38 10 6 22 34 55 19 4 5 10 18 24 19 6 1 12 16 31 -21 36
18 Oita Trinita 38 9 8 21 31 55 19 7 5 7 19 21 19 2 3 14 12 34 -24 35
19 Vegalta Sendai 38 5 13 20 31 62 19 3 6 10 12 23 19 2 7 10 19 39 -31 28
20 Yokohama 38 6 9 23 32 77 19 4 6 9 21 31 19 2 3 14 11 46 -45 27

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 Kawasaki Frontale 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 9
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 4 2 1 1 9 7 3 2 1 0 8 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 7
3 Kashiwa Reysol 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
4 Shimizu S-Pulse 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 Kyoto Sanga 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Nagoya Grampus 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Kashima Antlers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 3
8 Gamba Osaka 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
9 Cerezo Osaka 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
10 Consadole Sapporo 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Avispa Fukuoka 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Sagan Tosu 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
14 Vissel Kobe 4 0 2 2 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4 2
15 Júbilo Iwata 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
16 Shonan Bellmare 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
17 Urawa Reds 4 0 1 3 3 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 1
18 Tokyo 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0

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