Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Nagoya Grampus - Sanfrecce Hiroshima!
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals (1) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have not yet lost a game away.
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.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Seven points from three J-League home games is a great start for Nagoya Grampus, who are hoping to build on that form here at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Grampus, as their goalkeeper Mitchell James Langerak has completely shut out the opponents for 728 minutes in the J-League.
Happy days for Grampus in their previous game, a J-League match away at Oita Trinita (placed 17th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. 0-0 away at Shonan Bellmare before that.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Grampus, as the J-League home game vs Sagan Tosu is only four days away.
Grampus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. As for guarding their own goal, Grampus have only let in 0 goals at home.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
As the visiting team in J-League matches, Sanfrecce Hiroshima have produced an overall stat of 2-2-0 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Sanfrecce are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Sanfrecce failed to get anything from their last game, a J-League home match vs Shonan Bellmare (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Yokohama with the score of 3-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager H. Jofuku as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kawasaki Frontale.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 10 goals in 4 league games away this season. Sanfrecce have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Grampus, two draws and four wins for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  M. dos Santos Castro 3 goals |  Y. Asano 3 goals | S. Inagaki 2 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 14 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 78% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 89% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.9 | 7.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.2 | 12.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 48% | 33% |
- All of Sanfrecce Hiroshima's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 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 (8) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have not yet lost a game away.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored at least twice as many goals away as Nagoya Grampus have scored home.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 28 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 23 |
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 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 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Tokushima Vortis | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 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 | Oita Trinita | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 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 |