The Nagoya Grampus & Sanfrecce Hiroshima bosses Hasegawa and Skibbe are both afraid of and eagerly anticipating this vital fixture in the top area of the J-League table.
- Nagoya Grampus have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in J-League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Nagoya Grampus at their home stadium (Toyota Stadium) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Hasegawa led his Nagoya Grampus to a defeat away at Kashima Antlers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Toyota Stadium. Before that match this club had gone nine consecutive league matches without losing. Defender Fujii got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Fujii hit one key pass and won 8 of 9 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Gamba Osaka in a game that was won 1-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Vissel Kobe are coming to town in four days.
From these home matches, Grampus have conceded only 4 goals.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have an excellent away record in the J-League so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima are travelling again after losing away to Vissel Kobe in their previous match (0-2). Midfielder Higashi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Higashi hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Avispa Fukuoka.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Nabisco Cup trip to Yokohama.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. It's not easy to score on Sanfrecce Hiroshima as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grampus three wins, two draws and Sanfrecce Hiroshima five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 5 goals |   D. da Silva Vieira 5 goals |  K. Nagai 3 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 85% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 54% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 23% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 46% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 17% |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.3 | 6.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.2 | 3.2 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 18.3 | 17.2 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 26% | 25% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 24% | 22% |
| 10.6 | 9.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 9 | 7.5 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
- Nagoya Grampus have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | Vissel Kobe | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 29 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Albirex Niigata | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 11 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 11 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -20 | 9 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -15 | 7 |
