Nagoya Grampus and Sagan Tosu are both riding high in the J-League with their 2nd and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals (1) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
It's no vacation for neither Grampus nor Sagan Tosu as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sagan Tosu, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Overall J-League stats at home this season for Nagoya Grampus, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) in J-League, are 3-1-0 (wins-draw-losses).
Grampus are confident in defense, having played 818 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Grampus supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sanfrecce Hiroshima in J-League and win 1-0. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Oita Trinita.
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 nine games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost one.
There will be little rest for Grampus after this match as they are travelling to Johor Darul Ta'zim for a AFC Champions League game in only three days.
Nagoya Grampus has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Nagoya Grampus have only let in 0 goals at home.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the J-League. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sagan have lost on their last two travels.
Home advantage was not enough for Sagan in their previous game, as they lost their J-League-match, hosting Gamba Osaka, 0-1. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Yokohama.
We have checked recent matches where Sagan Tosu have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were four victories, five draws and five defeats.
A new game in only three days for Sagan Tosu, the Nabisco Cup home match versus Avispa Fukuoka. Busy days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sagan Tosu's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 4 matches. Sagan are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Nagoya Grampus victories, four draws and three Sagan Tosu wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Yamashita 5 goals |  M. dos Santos Castro 3 goals | D. Hayashi 3 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 80% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 70% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.4 | 6.5 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 8 | 10 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 37% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 7% | 34% |
- Nagoya Grampus have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Nagoya Grampus have not yet lost a game.
- Nagoya Grampus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nagoya Grampus have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sagan Tosu have scored away.
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals (1) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (9) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Tokushima Vortis | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -15 | 2 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -20 | 1 |