Delightful dogfight as daring Nagoya Grampus duels with determined Sagan Tosu

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 18.July
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium (27000 seats)

The Nagoya Grampus manager M. Ficcadenti attacks this game with the team placed 5th so far. In the visitors dressing room Sagan Tosu and their manager M. Kim are in 15th place before this match.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sagan Tosu, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

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Nagoya Grampus form and stats

A J-League draw at home so far for Nagoya Grampus. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 17 matches.

A good away victory last time out for Grampus, who won 2-0 against Cerezo Osaka (placed 3rd). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Gamba Osaka.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Grampus handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and two defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Grampus as they are travelling to their away game against Oita Trinita in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.

Nagoya Grampus has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

The J-League season is young and Sagan Tosu have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

T. Kanai was the last player to score for the away team. Sagan Tosu haven't scored a league goal in the last 707 minutes.

Sagan delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Sanfrecce Hiroshima (placed 6th) in their previous match; a J-League game. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Vissel Kobe.

We have checked recent matches where Sagan Tosu have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were three victories, four draws and eight defeats.

After this away game Sagan return home for a J-League game against Shimizu S-Pulse. That game is only four sleeps after this.

0 goals so far away for Sagan Tosu, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Grampus won two, Sagan Tosu won five and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nagoya GrampusN. Maeda
N. Maeda
8 goals
Nagoya GrampusM. Kanazaki
M. Kanazaki
7 goals

Nagoya Grampus missing players

Sagan Tosu missing players

Nagoya Grampus Sagan Tosu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 1 2 4
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
7 2 0 Scored S 0 0 0
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 2 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 25%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 100%
 
4.5 1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 5
5.2 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5 4.5
1.2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 0.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
46 7 0 Total Shots T S 5 13 25
15 3 0 Shots on Target S O 1 4 6
47% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Sagan Tosu has the fewest matches over the total-line (0)
  • Sagan Tosu has the fewest scored goals (0)
  • Sagan Tosu has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0)
  • Sagan Tosu has the most matches under the total-line (4)
Nagoya Grampus Last season Sagan Tosu
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
9 7   Won W   3 10
10 3   Drew D   4 6
15 7   Lost L   10 18
45 22   Scored S   11 32
50 18   Conceded C   23 53
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 91%
82% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 62%
50% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 47%
26% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 26%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 12%
53% 29%   BTTS BTTS   35% 41%
26% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 21%
24% 29%   Failed to Score F T   59% 47%
 
5.6 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.4
3.7 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 5
0.9 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.3
2 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
452 219   Total Shots T S   144 344
157 71   Shots on Target S O   52 124
29% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 26%

  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 1 0 9 2 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 7 10
2 Urawa Reds 4 3 1 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 3 3 10
3 Cerezo Osaka 4 3 0 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 9
4 Tokyo 4 3 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 3 0 0 7 2 1 9
5 Nagoya Grampus 4 2 2 0 7 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 8
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4 2 1 1 7 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 5 7
7 Oita Trinita 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 7
8 Gamba Osaka 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 7
9 Consadole Sapporo 4 2 1 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 7
10 Yokohama 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 5
11 Vegalta Sendai 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
12 Vissel Kobe 4 1 2 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 -2 5
13 Yokohama F. Marinos 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 1 0 2 5 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 4
14 Kashiwa Reysol 4 1 0 3 6 9 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 3
15 Sagan Tosu 4 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 2
16 Shonan Bellmare 4 0 1 3 4 7 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 -3 1
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 4 0 0 4 3 9 3 0 0 3 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 -6 0
18 Kashima Antlers 4 0 0 4 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 1 6 -7 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 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 22 4 8 68 38 17 12 3 2 37 14 17 10 1 6 31 24 30 70
2 Tokyo 34 19 7 8 46 29 17 12 2 3 29 13 17 7 5 5 17 16 17 64
3 Kashima Antlers 34 18 9 7 54 30 17 11 3 3 30 15 17 7 6 4 24 15 24 63
4 Kawasaki Frontale 34 16 12 6 57 34 17 5 9 3 21 17 17 11 3 3 36 17 23 60
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 18 5 11 39 25 17 9 3 5 21 11 17 9 2 6 18 14 14 59
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 45 29 17 7 7 3 21 11 17 8 3 6 24 18 16 55
7 Gamba Osaka 34 12 11 11 54 48 17 7 6 4 28 18 17 5 5 7 26 30 6 47
8 Vissel Kobe 34 14 5 15 61 59 17 8 3 6 33 26 17 6 2 9 28 33 2 47
9 Oita Trinita 34 12 11 11 35 35 17 7 3 7 18 16 17 5 8 4 17 19 0 47
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 13 7 14 54 49 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 6 3 8 24 27 5 46
11 Vegalta Sendai 34 12 5 17 38 45 17 9 4 4 25 19 17 3 1 13 13 26 -7 41
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 11 6 17 45 69 17 7 1 9 21 40 17 4 5 8 24 29 -24 39
13 Nagoya Grampus 34 9 10 15 45 50 17 7 3 7 22 18 17 2 7 8 23 32 -5 37
14 Urawa Reds 34 9 10 15 34 50 17 4 3 10 16 29 17 5 7 5 18 21 -16 37
15 Sagan Tosu 34 10 6 18 32 53 17 7 2 8 21 30 17 3 4 10 11 23 -21 36
16 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 6 18 40 63 17 5 3 9 19 34 17 5 3 9 21 29 -23 36
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 34 6 13 15 21 40 17 2 8 7 10 18 17 4 5 8 11 22 -19 31
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 8 7 19 29 51 17 2 5 10 16 28 17 6 2 9 13 23 -22 31