Nagoya Grampus know they are going on a hard visit to Urawa Reds and their Saitama Stadium 2002. This article has all the facts you need before the game.
- Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Urawa Reds have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nagoya Grampus have scored away.
This could be an engaging fixture with lots of fun and energy as both contenders are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's go!
Urawa Reds form and stats
2-5-1 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Urawa Reds so far this season.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 226 minutes without scoring a league goal. Scholz was the last player to find the net.
Urawa's previous fixture was a Emperor Cup game also played at home, ending 1-0 against Fukushima United. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
A 0-0 draw away in the J-League before that, with Avispa Fukuoka the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Urawa Reds perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Urawa Reds as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Urawa Reds has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Emperor Cup game versus ThespaKusatsu Gunma in only four days. This game is also played here at Saitama Stadium 2002.
The Urawa Reds fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nagoya Grampus so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for Grampus, whose boss Hasegawa could celebrate last time after the Nabisco Cup win against Kyoto Sanga.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Nagoya Grampus in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Nagoya Grampus, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
A new game in only four days for Nagoya Grampus, the Emperor Cup home match versus Zweigen Kanazawa. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Grampus have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Urawa Reds-Nagoya Grampus H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Urawa Reds three wins, Nagoya Grampus four wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 4 goals |   M. dos Santos Castro 3 goals |  A. Scholz 2 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Urawa Reds | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 15 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 16 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 75% | 88% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 19% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 6% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 31% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 50% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 3.9 | 5.1 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 0.7 | 1.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 12.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.6 | 9.6 |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 17% | 24% |
| 8.9 | 9.9 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.5 | 9.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.1 | 4 |
- Nagoya Grampus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Urawa Reds have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nagoya Grampus have scored 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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
