J-League duel: Close contest expected between Tokyo and Nagoya Grampus

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Wed 22.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ajinomoto Stadium (50100 seats)

There's been four days since Tokyo ran out versus Yokohama and the scoreline was 4-0. What will the score be vs Nagoya Grampus?

Insights:
  • Tokyo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (18) in J-League

It's no vacation for neither Tokyo nor Nagoya Grampus 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.

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Tokyo form and stats

Tokyo have played 13 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for Tokyo last time playing, versus Yokohama. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Diego Oliveira (2) and Leandro (2) scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Tokyo played a great game against Yokohama and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfielder Leandro was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.32 (out of ten) in that game. Leandro scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 31 successful passes (of 35 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Kashiwa Reysol that was lost 0-1.

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

The match schedule is unforgiving for Tokyo as they have a new game in only three days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Urawa Reds are visiting.

A decent goal production from Tokyo in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 13 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded. 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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Nagoya Grampus form and stats

7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Nagoya Grampus, who have the most clean sheets (18) in J-League, playing as the away team in the J-League this season.

The supporters enjoyed Grampus's previous game versus Yokohama F. Marinos (placed 2nd), a J-League 2-1 win played at home. Goalkeeper Mitchell Langerak was absolutely vital in the Grampus victory against Yokohama F. Marinos, making eight saves. Mitchell Langerak was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.35. The agile goalkeeper Langerak stopped the opponent with eight saves.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Daegu in the AFC Champions League.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Grampus in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Nagoya Grampus, three draws and eight defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oita Trinita in just four days.

Grampus have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 16 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Nagoya Grampus as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H meeting ended Nagoya Grampus - Tokyo 0-0, earlier this season. Tokyo-Nagoya Grampus H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Tokyo seven wins, Nagoya Grampus one win, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TokyoD. Queiroz de Oliveira
D. Queiroz de Oliveira
12 goals
TokyoW. Oliveira Moura
W. Oliveira Moura
7 goals
Nagoya GrampusS. Inagaki
S. Inagaki
7 goals

Tokyo missing players

Nagoya Grampus missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Tokyo Nagoya Grampus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 13 4 Played P 4 14 29
13 7 0 Won W 4 7 16
6 1 0 Drew D 0 3 5
10 5 4 Lost L 0 4 8
40 23 5 Scored S 6 16 33
36 19 12 Conceded C 1 11 22
90% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 86%
62% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 55%
55% 77% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 34%
28% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 10%
21% 31% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
41% 54% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 21% 21%
38% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 64% 62%
31% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 31%
 
5.1 5.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.9 4.1
5.2 4.6 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.1 4.2
0.9 0.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 0.8 0.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 10.8 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8.2 8.3
4 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4 4
35% 41% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 29% 29%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Nagoya Grampus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in J-League
  • Nagoya Grampus have the fewest points from losing position (0) in J-League
  • Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (18) in J-League
  • Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (9) away in J-League
  • Tokyo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Kawasaki Frontale 28 21 6 1 61 18 13 11 2 0 27 10 15 10 4 1 34 8 43 69
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 29 20 5 4 64 26 15 11 3 1 35 9 14 9 2 3 29 17 38 65
3 Nagoya Grampus 29 16 5 8 33 22 15 9 2 4 17 11 14 7 3 4 16 11 11 53
4 Vissel Kobe 28 14 9 5 42 26 14 7 4 3 20 9 14 7 5 2 22 17 16 51
5 Sagan Tosu 29 14 9 6 38 23 15 9 4 2 25 11 14 5 5 4 13 12 15 51
6 Urawa Reds 29 15 6 8 33 26 15 10 3 2 20 13 14 5 3 6 13 13 7 51
7 Kashima Antlers 29 15 5 9 49 29 14 8 3 3 28 16 15 7 2 6 21 13 20 50
8 Tokyo 29 13 6 10 40 36 13 7 1 5 23 19 16 6 5 5 17 17 4 45
9 Avispa Fukuoka 29 12 7 10 34 31 14 8 1 5 18 13 15 4 6 5 16 18 3 43
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 9 12 8 35 30 15 4 6 5 16 16 14 5 6 3 19 14 5 39
11 Consadole Sapporo 29 11 6 12 35 40 15 7 2 6 23 23 14 4 4 6 12 17 -5 39
12 Cerezo Osaka 29 9 9 11 38 39 15 6 5 4 20 20 14 3 4 7 18 19 -1 36
13 Kashiwa Reysol 29 10 3 16 29 40 15 5 1 9 17 25 14 5 2 7 12 15 -11 33
14 Gamba Osaka 29 8 6 15 22 33 14 3 3 8 12 19 15 5 3 7 10 14 -11 30
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 29 6 11 12 29 42 14 3 5 6 12 22 15 3 6 6 17 20 -13 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 29 5 12 12 29 34 15 2 9 4 11 12 14 3 3 8 18 22 -5 27
17 Tokushima Vortis 29 6 5 18 21 43 15 3 4 8 12 18 14 3 1 10 9 25 -22 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 29 4 10 15 23 48 14 2 5 7 9 18 15 2 5 8 14 30 -25 22
19 Oita Trinita 29 5 6 18 20 47 15 4 5 6 12 18 14 1 1 12 8 29 -27 21
20 Yokohama 29 4 6 19 21 63 14 3 4 7 14 23 15 1 2 12 7 40 -42 18

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 28 21 6 1 61 18 13 11 2 0 27 10 15 10 4 1 34 8 43 69
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 29 20 5 4 64 26 15 11 3 1 35 9 14 9 2 3 29 17 38 65
3 Nagoya Grampus 29 16 5 8 33 22 15 9 2 4 17 11 14 7 3 4 16 11 11 53
4 Vissel Kobe 28 14 9 5 42 26 14 7 4 3 20 9 14 7 5 2 22 17 16 51
5 Sagan Tosu 29 14 9 6 38 23 15 9 4 2 25 11 14 5 5 4 13 12 15 51
6 Urawa Reds 29 15 6 8 33 26 15 10 3 2 20 13 14 5 3 6 13 13 7 51
7 Kashima Antlers 29 15 5 9 49 29 14 8 3 3 28 16 15 7 2 6 21 13 20 50
8 Tokyo 29 13 6 10 40 36 13 7 1 5 23 19 16 6 5 5 17 17 4 45
9 Avispa Fukuoka 29 12 7 10 34 31 14 8 1 5 18 13 15 4 6 5 16 18 3 43
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 9 12 8 35 30 15 4 6 5 16 16 14 5 6 3 19 14 5 39
11 Consadole Sapporo 29 11 6 12 35 40 15 7 2 6 23 23 14 4 4 6 12 17 -5 39
12 Cerezo Osaka 29 9 9 11 38 39 15 6 5 4 20 20 14 3 4 7 18 19 -1 36
13 Kashiwa Reysol 29 10 3 16 29 40 15 5 1 9 17 25 14 5 2 7 12 15 -11 33
14 Gamba Osaka 29 8 6 15 22 33 14 3 3 8 12 19 15 5 3 7 10 14 -11 30
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 29 6 11 12 29 42 14 3 5 6 12 22 15 3 6 6 17 20 -13 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 29 5 12 12 29 34 15 2 9 4 11 12 14 3 3 8 18 22 -5 27
17 Tokushima Vortis 29 6 5 18 21 43 15 3 4 8 12 18 14 3 1 10 9 25 -22 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 29 4 10 15 23 48 14 2 5 7 9 18 15 2 5 8 14 30 -25 22
19 Oita Trinita 29 5 6 18 20 47 15 4 5 6 12 18 14 1 1 12 8 29 -27 21
20 Yokohama 29 4 6 19 21 63 14 3 4 7 14 23 15 1 2 12 7 40 -42 18

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