J-League match preview and statistics: Nagoya Grampus fight Vegalta Sendai

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 19.October
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium

This match features two teams living in the basement of the J-League, Nagoya Grampus holding 13th place and Vegalta Sendai lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Nagoya Grampus and Vegalta Sendai should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Nagoya Grampus form and stats

The story so far in the J-League for Nagoya Grampus at their home stadium (Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Oita Trinita in the J-League last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that game was the away draw at Sanfrecce Hiroshima that finished 1-1.

Nagoya Grampus has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Nagoya Grampus's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vegalta Sendai form and stats

Vegalta Sendai, who have the fewest points (7) away in J-League, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the J-League, after 2-1-10 (13 played).

Vegalta Sendai failed to get anything from their last game, a J-League home match vs Matsumoto Yamaga (placed 17th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Yokohama F. Marinos.

The attacking power of Vegalta Sendai when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, Vegalta Sendai have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Vegalta Sendai - Nagoya Grampus 3-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Nagoya Grampus victories, 0 draws and 5 Vegalta Sendai wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Maeda
7 goals / 3 assists
Jô
6 goals / 4 assists
S. Nagasawa
6 goals / 2 assists

Nagoya Grampus missing players

Vegalta Sendai missing players

Nagoya Grampus Vegalta Sendai
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 4 13 28
8 6 1 Won W 1 2 9
9 2 0 Drew D 0 1 5
11 5 2 Lost L 3 10 14
41 19 1 Scored S 3 11 32
42 15 3 Conceded C 6 21 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
86% 77% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 75%
50% 46% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 54%
32% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 25%
14% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
61% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 54%
25% 46% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 18%
14% 15% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 46% 36%
 
5.6 4.6 6.3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.8 5.2 5.2
3.3 3.2 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 5 5.5
0.8 0.5 0.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.2 1.2 1
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
Key stats This season:
  • Nagoya Grampus have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Nagoya Grampus haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Nagoya Grampus
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup J2-League J-League
All Home Away
04-09-19 NC Kawasaki Frontale 2 - 0 Nagoya Grampus
08-09-19 NC Nagoya Grampus 2 - 2 Kawasaki Frontale
13-09-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 3 - 2 Nagoya Grampus
28-09-19 JL Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 - 1 Nagoya Grampus
05-10-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 1 - 1 Oita Trinita
19-10-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 05:00 Vegalta Sendai
02-11-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 05:00 Nagoya Grampus
09-11-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 05:00 Vissel Kobe
23-11-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 05:00 Sagan Tosu
30-11-19 JL Júbilo Iwata 05:00 Nagoya Grampus
Vegalta Sendai
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
31-08-19 JL Sagan Tosu 2 - 1 Vegalta Sendai
14-09-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 1 - 3 Vegalta Sendai
18-09-19 EC V-Varen Nagasaki 2 - 1 Vegalta Sendai
28-09-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 1 - 1 Yokohama F. Marinos
05-10-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 0 - 1 Matsumoto Yamaga
19-10-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 05:00 Vegalta Sendai
02-11-19 JL Vissel Kobe 04:00 Vegalta Sendai
10-11-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 04:05 Shimizu S-Pulse
23-11-19 JL Gamba Osaka 06:00 Vegalta Sendai
30-11-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 05:00 Oita Trinita

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kashima Antlers 28 16 7 5 50 24 14 10 3 1 28 10 14 6 4 4 22 14 26 55
2 Tokyo 28 16 5 7 38 23 15 12 0 3 27 11 13 4 5 4 11 12 15 53
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 28 16 4 8 51 33 14 9 3 2 27 11 14 7 1 6 24 22 18 52
4 Kawasaki Frontale 28 12 11 5 46 26 15 4 9 2 18 12 13 8 2 3 28 14 20 47
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 28 13 8 7 40 24 14 6 5 3 19 10 14 7 3 4 21 14 16 47
6 Cerezo Osaka 28 14 4 10 32 22 14 7 2 5 17 9 14 7 2 5 15 13 10 46
7 Consadole Sapporo 28 11 7 10 45 40 13 6 4 3 25 17 15 5 3 7 20 23 5 40
8 Oita Trinita 28 10 10 8 31 27 14 6 3 5 16 11 14 4 7 3 15 16 4 40
9 Vissel Kobe 28 10 5 13 50 51 13 5 3 5 25 22 15 5 2 8 25 29 -1 35
10 Urawa Reds 28 9 8 11 30 41 14 4 3 7 14 23 14 5 5 4 16 18 -11 35
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 28 10 5 13 40 60 13 6 0 7 17 35 15 4 5 6 23 25 -20 35
12 Gamba Osaka 28 8 10 10 39 41 14 5 5 4 20 15 14 3 5 6 19 26 -2 34
13 Nagoya Grampus 28 8 9 11 41 42 13 6 2 5 19 15 15 2 7 6 22 27 -1 33
14 Vegalta Sendai 28 9 5 14 32 40 15 7 4 4 21 19 13 2 1 10 11 21 -8 32
15 Shonan Bellmare 28 9 4 15 36 54 15 4 3 8 18 31 13 5 1 7 18 23 -18 31
16 Sagan Tosu 28 9 4 15 28 46 14 6 2 6 19 26 14 3 2 9 9 20 -18 31
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 28 6 10 12 17 31 14 2 6 6 8 15 14 4 4 6 9 16 -14 28
18 Júbilo Iwata 28 5 6 17 20 41 14 1 4 9 12 24 14 4 2 8 8 17 -21 21

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