Can Vegalta Sendai outdo Nagoya Grampus in Yurtec Stadium Sendai clash?

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yurtec Stadium Sendai (19694 seats)

A short glance at the J-League table suggest an advantage to Nagoya Grampus when they come to Vegalta Sendai. Nevertheless; let's play before points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Vegalta Sendai have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in J-League
  • Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (20) 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 Vegalta and Nagoya Grampus.

Relegation threatens Vegalta who should definitely be looking for some points here. Grampus are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Vegalta Sendai form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J-League this season. Vegalta Sendai have only managed 3 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai.

In their previous game, the manager M. Teguramori led his Vegalta to a defeat in the J-League match away at Vissel Kobe. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Takumi Mase was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.23 out of 10. The defender Mase scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 9 of 13 duels.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Vegalta Sendai have scored 11 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Vegalta have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Nagoya Grampus form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (20) in J-League, are W7-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.

Nagoya Grampus are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the J-League against Kashiwa Reysol (placed 14th). Shinnosuke Nakatani, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.14. Nakatani scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Cerezo Osaka.

Grampus find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Nagoya Grampus as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Vegalta Sendai and Nagoya Grampus have faced off previously this season: Nagoya Grampus - Vegalta 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vegalta five wins, one draw and Nagoya Grampus four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nagoya GrampusS. Inagaki
S. Inagaki
8 goals
Nagoya GrampusM. dos Santos Castro
M. dos Santos Castro
7 goals
VegaltaT. Nishimura
T. Nishimura
5 goals

Vegalta Sendai missing players

Nagoya Grampus missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vegalta Sendai Nagoya Grampus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 16 4 Played P 6 16 34
5 3 0 Won W 3 7 18
11 5 2 Drew D 2 4 7
18 8 2 Lost L 1 5 9
28 11 1 Scored S 7 17 39
56 19 7 Conceded C 2 13 26
88% 81% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 81% 88%
68% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 56%
41% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 32%
26% 12% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
18% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
50% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 24%
21% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 83% 56% 59%
41% 50% 75% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 29%
 
3.6 3.1 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 3.9 4
5.4 5.7 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 4.7
1.1 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.7 0.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8 8.5
3.4 3.3 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 4
24% 21% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 28%
 
12.9 11.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 7.8 8.4
5.2 4.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 2.3 3
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in J-League
  • Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (20) in J-League
  • Nagoya Grampus have the most clean sheets (9) away in J-League
  • Vegalta Sendai have the fewest scored goals (11) at home 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 34 26 7 1 71 22 18 15 3 0 35 13 16 11 4 1 36 9 49 85
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 22 6 6 70 32 17 12 3 2 37 11 17 10 3 4 33 21 38 72
3 Vissel Kobe 34 18 10 6 57 34 17 10 4 3 30 12 17 8 6 3 27 22 23 64
4 Nagoya Grampus 34 18 7 9 39 26 18 11 3 4 22 13 16 7 4 5 17 13 13 61
5 Kashima Antlers 34 18 5 11 59 36 16 8 3 5 30 20 18 10 2 6 29 16 23 59
6 Urawa Reds 34 17 8 9 43 35 17 11 4 2 26 15 17 6 4 7 17 20 8 59
7 Sagan Tosu 34 14 11 9 39 31 16 9 5 2 26 12 18 5 6 7 13 19 8 53
8 Avispa Fukuoka 34 14 8 12 39 34 17 10 1 6 23 15 17 4 7 6 16 19 5 50
9 Tokyo 34 14 7 13 47 42 17 8 2 7 30 24 17 6 5 6 17 18 5 49
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 11 12 11 39 37 18 5 6 7 18 21 16 6 6 4 21 16 2 45
11 Cerezo Osaka 34 12 9 13 43 43 17 7 5 5 23 23 17 5 4 8 20 20 0 45
12 Consadole Sapporo 34 12 8 14 42 46 18 7 4 7 24 26 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 44
13 Gamba Osaka 34 11 7 16 28 40 17 5 3 9 16 25 17 6 4 7 12 15 -12 40
14 Kashiwa Reysol 34 11 4 19 33 50 16 5 2 9 18 26 18 6 2 10 15 24 -17 37
15 Shonan Bellmare 34 6 14 14 34 40 17 3 9 5 13 14 17 3 5 9 21 26 -6 32
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 7 11 16 31 51 16 3 5 8 12 25 18 4 6 8 19 26 -20 32
17 Tokushima Vortis 34 8 6 20 29 50 18 4 5 9 16 20 16 4 1 11 13 30 -21 30
18 Oita Trinita 34 7 7 20 24 50 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 1 2 14 9 32 -26 28
19 Vegalta Sendai 34 5 11 18 28 56 16 3 5 8 11 19 18 2 6 10 17 37 -28 26
20 Yokohama 34 6 8 20 31 71 17 4 6 7 21 28 17 2 2 13 10 43 -40 26

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 34 26 7 1 71 22 18 15 3 0 35 13 16 11 4 1 36 9 49 85
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 22 6 6 70 32 17 12 3 2 37 11 17 10 3 4 33 21 38 72
3 Vissel Kobe 34 18 10 6 57 34 17 10 4 3 30 12 17 8 6 3 27 22 23 64
4 Nagoya Grampus 34 18 7 9 39 26 18 11 3 4 22 13 16 7 4 5 17 13 13 61
5 Kashima Antlers 34 18 5 11 59 36 16 8 3 5 30 20 18 10 2 6 29 16 23 59
6 Urawa Reds 34 17 8 9 43 35 17 11 4 2 26 15 17 6 4 7 17 20 8 59
7 Sagan Tosu 34 14 11 9 39 31 16 9 5 2 26 12 18 5 6 7 13 19 8 53
8 Avispa Fukuoka 34 14 8 12 39 34 17 10 1 6 23 15 17 4 7 6 16 19 5 50
9 Tokyo 34 14 7 13 47 42 17 8 2 7 30 24 17 6 5 6 17 18 5 49
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 11 12 11 39 37 18 5 6 7 18 21 16 6 6 4 21 16 2 45
11 Cerezo Osaka 34 12 9 13 43 43 17 7 5 5 23 23 17 5 4 8 20 20 0 45
12 Consadole Sapporo 34 12 8 14 42 46 18 7 4 7 24 26 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 44
13 Gamba Osaka 34 11 7 16 28 40 17 5 3 9 16 25 17 6 4 7 12 15 -12 40
14 Kashiwa Reysol 34 11 4 19 33 50 16 5 2 9 18 26 18 6 2 10 15 24 -17 37
15 Shonan Bellmare 34 6 14 14 34 40 17 3 9 5 13 14 17 3 5 9 21 26 -6 32
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 7 11 16 31 51 16 3 5 8 12 25 18 4 6 8 19 26 -20 32
17 Tokushima Vortis 34 8 6 20 29 50 18 4 5 9 16 20 16 4 1 11 13 30 -21 30
18 Oita Trinita 34 7 7 20 24 50 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 1 2 14 9 32 -26 28
19 Vegalta Sendai 34 5 11 18 28 56 16 3 5 8 11 19 18 2 6 10 17 37 -28 26
20 Yokohama 34 6 8 20 31 71 17 4 6 7 21 28 17 2 2 13 10 43 -40 26

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