Saitama Stadium 2002: Get ready for a football party when Urawa Reds welcomes Nagoya Grampus. Read all about the match here!
- Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (13) in J-League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Urawa and Nagoya Grampus.
Urawa Reds form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 9 J-League games here at Saitama Stadium 2002 for Urawa Reds. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. After failing to beat Kawasaki Frontale here at Saitama Stadium 2002, Urawa Reds has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
Urawa drew their last game, 2-2 away at Sanfrecce Hiroshima (placed 9th). Tomoaki Makino was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Makino won 4 of 5 duels. The hometeam coach R. Rodríguez Suárez made a successful contribution in the game against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, bringing on Shinzo Koroki who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Before that, Urawa had a home game versus Vissel Kobe which ended with a victory 2-0.Urawa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nagoya Grampus, who have the most clean sheets (13) in J-League, have an excellent away record in the J-League so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games.
Mateus was the last player to score for the away team. Grampus haven't scored a league goal in the last 181 minutes.
Nagoya Grampus might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Vegalta Sendai proved too strong as Grampus slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium (Nagoya). The attacker Mateus got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Mateus hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 0-0 draw at Tokushima Vortis's stadium before that.Grampus have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Nagoya Grampus are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 4 away goals have been conceded so far. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Urawa Reds-Nagoya Grampus H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Urawa Reds five wins, Nagoya Grampus four wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. dos Santos Castro 6 goals | S. Inagaki 4 goals |  Y. Abe 3 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Urawa Reds | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 20 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 22 |
| 19 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 84% |
| 81% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 37% |
| 19% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 12% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 44% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 78% | 68% |
| 38% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 22% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.9 | 6.9 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.1 | 7.7 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 40% | 48% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 38% | 33% |
- Nagoya Grampus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nagoya Grampus have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (13) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (7) away in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus have the most points (20) away 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 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 33 | 49 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Tokushima Vortis | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -16 | 13 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 9 |
| 19 | Gamba Osaka | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 7 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 24 | -28 | 7 |