Shonan Bellmare have travelled here for an engaging battle versus the hosts Nagoya Grampus. Get smart on the match with this thorough J-League preview!
- Nagoya Grampus have not yet lost a game at home.
- Shonan Bellmare is in the worst form (0-2-4)
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
Nagoya Grampus have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the J-League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Nagoya Grampus have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Grampus faced defeat in their previous match, away at Gamba Osaka (1-3). Midfielder Sento was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.71 (out of ten) in that game. Sento scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 63 successful passes (of 73 total).
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 13 games) they have won nine times, drawn two and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Consadole Sapporo are coming to town in four days.
Nagoya Grampus has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. From these home matches, Grampus have conceded only 2 goals.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
Still no away game victory in the J-League for Shonan Bellmare with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. Shonan Bellmare seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Bellmare failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Defender Yamamoto was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. Yamamoto hit two key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
We have checked recent matches where Shonan Bellmare have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were three victories, five draws and seven defeats.
After this away game Shonan Bellmare return home for a J-League game against Júbilo Iwata. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bellmare as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Shonan Bellmare have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. More than 60 percent of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Nagoya Grampus wins - draws - Shonan Bellmare wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Machino 2 goals |  S. Inagaki 1 goals | M. dos Santos Castro 1 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Shonan Bellmare missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 20% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 7.2 | 5 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 5.2 | 6.3 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.7 | 2.7 |
| 0.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.8 | 9.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 7.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 21% | 29% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 20% |
| 9.6 | 8 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.3 | 10.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
- All of Nagoya Grampus's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Shonan Bellmare's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nagoya Grampus have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nagoya Grampus have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Nagoya Grampus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shonan Bellmare have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shonan Bellmare have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Shonan Bellmare have yet to win a game.
- Shonan Bellmare haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Shonan Bellmare is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Nagoya Grampus | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 4 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
