National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nagoya Grampus or Kawasaki Frontale that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Grampus nor Kawasaki Frontale 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
Last season, Nagoya Grampus's Ybc Levain Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.Nagoya Grampus have collected 7 points from their J-League home games so far after 2-1-1.
A nice win for Grampus last time playing, versus Urawa Reds. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-2 with Gabriel Xavier, João Schmidt and N. Maeda (4) scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Shimizu S-Pulse.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Grampus played a great game against Urawa Reds and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. N. Maeda was absolutely essential when Nagoya Grampus beat Urawa Reds 6-2, scoring four goals.
There will be little rest for Grampus after this match as they are travelling to Tokyo for a J-League game in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Nagoya Grampus are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. On the other hand, Grampus have conceded 5 goals.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Kawasaki, as they won the Ybc Levain Cup.4-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kawasaki Frontale in their J-League matches away. Things are running smoothly for Kawasaki who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Yokohama F. Marinos. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Cerezo Osaka game have they lost an away game, meaning Kawasaki Frontale has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
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. Kawasaki Frontale goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 213 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Kawasaki go into this game after a win, the home game against Oita Trinita that ended 2-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Kashima Antlers.
Kawasaki has another fixture away, a J-League game, against Consadole Sapporo in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Kawasaki are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (13 goals from 4 away games). Kawasaki are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Nagoya Grampus-Kawasaki Frontale H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nagoya Grampus one win, Kawasaki Frontale seven wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kobayashi 13 goals |  L. da Silva dos Santos 9 goals |  N. Maeda 8 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 34 | 66 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 236 | 118 | Total Shots | T S | 172 | 328 | ||
| 87 | 35 | Shots on Target | S O | 74 | 135 | ||
| 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 3 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 25 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Oita Trinita | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 7 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 5 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 4 |