The league table is allowed to rest as Nagoya Grampus and Kashima Antlers battle for Ybc Levain Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Last season, Nagoya Grampus's Ybc Levain Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far in the J-League for Nagoya Grampus at their home stadium is 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Shimizu S-Pulse in the J-League last time out and are looking for a win here. Mateus (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.01/10. Mateus hit two key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).
Before that match, a J-League win away at Consadole Sapporo.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Grampus as they are travelling to their away game against Kashima Antlers in the Ybc Levain Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Grampus aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 12 goals from 13 games. Grampus are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
They also participated in Ybc Levain Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.7-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kashima Antlers in their J-League matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Ybc Levain Cup stats, they have 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses both home and away. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Kashima, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Kashima goalkeeper Sun-Tae Kwoun is eager to challenge this, with his 191 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Kashima Antlers, whose manager N. Soma could celebrate last time after the J-League win against Yokohama F. Marinos. Midfielder Kento Misao was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.04. Misao dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Shimizu S-Pulse at their stadium, the result 4-0.After this away game Kashima return home for a Ybc Levain Cup game against Nagoya Grampus. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kashima Antlers have scored 21 goals in 15 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).
Head 2 Head
Nagoya Grampus-Kashima Antlers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nagoya Grampus four wins, Kashima Antlers six wins, zero draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Araki 9 goals |  A. Ueda 8 goals |  S. Inagaki 7 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 20 | 54 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 14% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 12% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 41 | 66 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 27 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 37 | 62 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 47 |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 47 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 47 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 45 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 42 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 35 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 30 |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -9 | 30 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -13 | 26 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 23 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -25 | 19 |
| 19 | Yokohama | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 36 | -36 | 18 |
| 20 | Oita Trinita | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -29 | 17 |