Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nagoya Grampus & Cerezo Osaka face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ybc Levain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Nagoya Grampus nor Cerezo Osaka 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
Grampus participated in Ybc Levain Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Nagoya Grampus have played 17 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 10-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). 3W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Ybc Levain Cup for Nagoya Grampus.
Grampus's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Cerezo Osaka.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a J-League home game that ended 2-2 versus Vissel Kobe.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Grampus handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, three draws and three defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kashiwa Reysol are coming to town in four days.
Grampus has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. From these home matches, Nagoya Grampus have conceded only 13 goals.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Last season their Ybc Levain Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Cerezo Osaka have only collected 16 points from their away games in the J-League, after 4-4-8 (16 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Ybc Levain Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
Cerezo play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Nagoya Grampus.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Yokohama F. Marinos in the J-League.Cerezo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of eight matches.
Cerezo Osaka have another match away from home in just four days, a J-League match vs Tokushima Vortis. A gruelling programme for the visitors!
Cerezo have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Cerezo have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Nagoya Grampus won five, Cerezo Osaka triumphed in three and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() S. Inagaki 8 goals | ![]() M. dos Santos Castro 7 goals | ![]() T. Sakamoto 6 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 27 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.5 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 12 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 33 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 49 | 84 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 33 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 70 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 39 | 72 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 21 | 61 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 58 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 58 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 33 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 55 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 20 | 56 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 52 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 47 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 46 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 45 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | -4 | 43 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 42 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -13 | 37 |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 33 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 33 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 37 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 47 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 22 | -16 | 32 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 33 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 33 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 31 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 49 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | -20 | 30 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 33 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 31 | -25 | 28 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 33 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 52 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 | -26 | 26 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 33 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 31 | 71 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 43 | -40 | 25 |