The J-League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Nagoya Grampus and Yokohama are placed 2nd and 20th respectively.
It's no vacation for neither Nagoya Grampus nor Yokohama as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nagoya Grampus have only played one J-League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 12 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 17 matches.
Grampus are confident in defense, having played 278 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Grampus are returning here after visiting Vissel Kobe in a J-League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. S. Inagaki scored the goal(s). A strong away win before that one, visiting Kashiwa Reysol and winning 1-0.
The manager M. Ficcadenti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kashima Antlers in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Nagoya Grampus's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Yokohama form and stats
No J-League points yet away for Yokohama, from their first 2 matches. It's looking increasingly bleak for Yokohama who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Consadole Sapporo was the last time a defeat was avoided. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Yokohama are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J-League home defeat versus Cerezo Osaka with 1-4 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Urawa Reds wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
Yokohama has another fixture away, a J-League game, against Tokushima Vortis in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Yokohama have the goal stats of 1-7 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (Grampus wins - draws - Yokohama wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. dos Santos Castro 2 goals | S. Inagaki 1 goals |  Y. Soma 1 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Yokohama missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Yokohama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.5 | 7 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.5 | 9.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 19% |
| Nagoya Grampus | Last season | Yokohama | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 19 | ||
| 45 | 28 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 28 | 60 | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 94% | ||
| 53% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 79% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 56% | ||
| 18% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 21% | ||
| 35% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 56% | ||
| 50% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 15% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 35% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.9 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.1 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Vissel Kobe | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Kashima Antlers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Urawa Reds | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 1 |
| 19 | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -10 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 88 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 57 | 83 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 42 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 65 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 63 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 60 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 55 | 44 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 59 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 42 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 57 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 60 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 52 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 48 |
| 9 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 69 | 59 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 47 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 34 | -13 | 46 |
| 11 | Oita Trinita | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 26 | -9 | 43 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -11 | 39 |
| 13 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 23 | -6 | 36 |
| 14 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 59 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 29 | -9 | 36 |
| 15 | Yokohama | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 60 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -22 | 33 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 70 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 35 | -22 | 28 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 61 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | -25 | 28 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 29 | -19 | 27 |