Football preview: Nagoya Grampus vs Vissel Kobe - predictions and stats

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 24.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium (27000 seats)

Nagoya Grampus and Vissel Kobe are both successful in the J-League with their 4th and 3rd positions respectively. Let's hope for a wonderful match!

Insights:
  • Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (19) in J-League
  • Vissel Kobe have the most points from losing position (18) 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.

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Nagoya Grampus form and stats

Nagoya Grampus are steadily winning J-League games and points here at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium. 10 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 16 games. Grampus are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Nagoya Grampus lost their last game at Pohang Steelers after a 0-3 scoreline.

A Nabisco Cup defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Tokyo.

This is expected to be a close game, with Nagoya Grampus perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nagoya Grampus as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Grampus has won nine of these, drawn one and lost three.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Emperor Cup game versus Cerezo Osaka in only three days. This game is also played here at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium.

Grampus has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. From these home matches, Grampus have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Vissel Kobe form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 8 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Vissel won their last game, 1-0 versus Avispa Fukuoka played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager A. Miura when Douglas scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute. Gotoku Sakai was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.81. The defender Sakai hit two key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.

That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Urawa Reds.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Vissel in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Vissel Kobe, four draws and six defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Vissel's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 16 league matches away. As opposed to that, Vissel have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These two sides faced each other earlier on this season: Vissel Kobe - Nagoya Grampus 0-1. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Grampus won five, Vissel Kobe triumphed in four and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nagoya GrampusS. Inagaki
S. Inagaki
8 goals
Nagoya GrampusM. dos Santos Castro
M. dos Santos Castro
7 goals
Vissel KobeD. Chagas Matos
D. Chagas Matos
6 goals

Nagoya Grampus missing players

Vissel Kobe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nagoya Grampus Vissel Kobe
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 3 Played P 4 16 32
17 10 1 Won W 0 8 17
6 2 0 Drew D 1 5 9
9 4 2 Lost L 3 3 6
35 18 2 Scored S 2 25 51
24 11 7 Conceded C 8 20 30
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
53% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 75%
31% 31% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 38%
9% 6% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 22%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
22% 19% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 56%
59% 62% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 31%
31% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 19% 16%
 
4.2 4.5 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 3.6
4.4 4.3 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.8 4.2
0.8 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 0.8 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 8.9 2.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.4 8.9
3.9 4.2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 3.9
28% 26% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 43% 40%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in J-League
  • Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (10) at home in J-League
  • Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (19) in J-League
  • Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vissel Kobe have the most points from losing position (18) in J-League

  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 32 25 6 1 69 21 16 14 2 0 33 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 48 81
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 32 22 6 4 69 29 16 12 3 1 37 10 16 10 3 3 32 19 40 72
3 Vissel Kobe 32 17 9 6 51 30 16 9 4 3 26 10 16 8 5 3 25 20 21 60
4 Nagoya Grampus 32 17 6 9 35 24 16 10 2 4 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 57
5 Urawa Reds 32 16 7 9 37 33 16 10 4 2 21 14 16 6 3 7 16 19 4 55
6 Kashima Antlers 32 16 5 11 53 34 16 8 3 5 30 20 16 8 2 6 23 14 19 53
7 Sagan Tosu 32 14 10 8 39 30 16 9 5 2 26 12 16 5 5 6 13 18 9 52
8 Avispa Fukuoka 32 13 7 12 38 34 16 9 1 6 22 15 16 4 6 6 16 19 4 46
9 Tokyo 32 13 7 12 42 40 15 7 2 6 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 18 2 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 11 12 9 38 31 17 5 6 6 17 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 7 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 32 12 6 14 41 45 16 7 2 7 23 25 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 42
12 Cerezo Osaka 32 10 9 13 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 22 16 4 4 8 19 20 -2 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 32 11 4 17 32 43 16 5 2 9 18 26 16 6 2 8 14 17 -11 37
14 Gamba Osaka 32 9 7 16 26 40 16 4 3 9 15 25 16 5 4 7 11 15 -14 34
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 32 7 11 14 31 46 16 3 5 8 12 25 16 4 6 6 19 21 -15 32
16 Tokushima Vortis 32 8 5 19 28 48 16 4 4 8 15 18 16 4 1 11 13 30 -20 29
17 Shonan Bellmare 32 5 13 14 31 38 16 2 9 5 11 13 16 3 4 9 20 25 -7 28
18 Oita Trinita 32 7 6 19 23 48 17 6 5 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -25 27
19 Yokohama 32 6 7 19 30 69 16 4 5 7 21 28 16 2 2 12 9 41 -39 25
20 Vegalta Sendai 32 4 11 17 24 52 15 2 5 8 9 19 17 2 6 9 15 33 -28 23

Table
  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 32 25 6 1 69 21 16 14 2 0 33 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 48 81
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 32 22 6 4 69 29 16 12 3 1 37 10 16 10 3 3 32 19 40 72
3 Vissel Kobe 32 17 9 6 51 30 16 9 4 3 26 10 16 8 5 3 25 20 21 60
4 Nagoya Grampus 32 17 6 9 35 24 16 10 2 4 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 57
5 Urawa Reds 32 16 7 9 37 33 16 10 4 2 21 14 16 6 3 7 16 19 4 55
6 Kashima Antlers 32 16 5 11 53 34 16 8 3 5 30 20 16 8 2 6 23 14 19 53
7 Sagan Tosu 32 14 10 8 39 30 16 9 5 2 26 12 16 5 5 6 13 18 9 52
8 Avispa Fukuoka 32 13 7 12 38 34 16 9 1 6 22 15 16 4 6 6 16 19 4 46
9 Tokyo 32 13 7 12 42 40 15 7 2 6 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 18 2 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 11 12 9 38 31 17 5 6 6 17 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 7 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 32 12 6 14 41 45 16 7 2 7 23 25 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 42
12 Cerezo Osaka 32 10 9 13 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 22 16 4 4 8 19 20 -2 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 32 11 4 17 32 43 16 5 2 9 18 26 16 6 2 8 14 17 -11 37
14 Gamba Osaka 32 9 7 16 26 40 16 4 3 9 15 25 16 5 4 7 11 15 -14 34
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 32 7 11 14 31 46 16 3 5 8 12 25 16 4 6 6 19 21 -15 32
16 Tokushima Vortis 32 8 5 19 28 48 16 4 4 8 15 18 16 4 1 11 13 30 -20 29
17 Shonan Bellmare 32 5 13 14 31 38 16 2 9 5 11 13 16 3 4 9 20 25 -7 28
18 Oita Trinita 32 7 6 19 23 48 17 6 5 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -25 27
19 Yokohama 32 6 7 19 30 69 16 4 5 7 21 28 16 2 2 12 9 41 -39 25
20 Vegalta Sendai 32 4 11 17 24 52 15 2 5 8 9 19 17 2 6 9 15 33 -28 23

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