Nagoya Grampus vs Tokyo preview: Ybc Levain Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2

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Competition: Japan Ybc Levain Cup
Competition: Wed 06.October
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)

The league table is allowed to rest as Nagoya Grampus and Tokyo battle for Ybc Levain Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.

It's no vacation for neither Grampus nor Tokyo 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.

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Nagoya Grampus form and stats

Nagoya Grampus was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Ybc Levain Cup.

Nagoya Grampus have performed here this season with 10 wins from 16 J-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 4. It’s been three wins in a row for Nagoya Grampus here, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

No payout for Grampus in their previous match, an away game at Sanfrecce Hiroshima that ended in defeat 0-1. Defender Shinnosuke Nakatani got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Nakatani won 5 of 8 duels.

Before that, Grampus had a J-League home game versus Oita Trinita which ended with a victory 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Grampus handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, four draws and two defeats.

Grampus are traveling soon after this match as the Ybc Levain Cup match at Tokyo awaits in four days.

Grampus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 16 games. Nagoya Grampus have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tokyo form and stats

Nothing but glory last season for Tokyo, as they won the Ybc Levain Cup.

The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Ybc Levain Cup stats, they have 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses both home and away.

Two away games in a row for Tokyo, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Kawasaki Frontale in the J-League. Yojiro Takahagi got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, top player of the team. Takahagi hit three key passes.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Urawa Reds.

We have checked recent matches where Tokyo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were one victory, one draw and three defeats.

A new game in only four days for Tokyo, the Ybc Levain Cup home match versus Nagoya Grampus. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Tokyo have scored 17 goals in 17 league games away. 18 goals have been conceded by Tokyo in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these squads: Grampus won one, Tokyo were winners in six and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

TokyoD. Queiroz de Oliveira
D. Queiroz de Oliveira
12 goals
Nagoya GrampusS. Inagaki
S. Inagaki
8 goals
GrampusM. dos Santos Castro
M. dos Santos Castro
7 goals

Nagoya Grampus missing players

Tokyo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nagoya Grampus Tokyo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   14 25
17 13   Won W   7 11
4 1   Drew D   2 5
4 0   Lost L   5 9
42 30   Scored S   20 34
15 5   Conceded C   15 23
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 92%
68% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 56%
36% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 44%
16% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 20%
8% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 12%
28% 29%   BTTS BTTS   36% 36%
60% 71%   Clean Sheets C S   43% 44%
16% 0%   Failed to Score F T   29% 28%
 
5.2 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.2
4 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5.4
0.8 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 2
 
10.4 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.7 9.9
5.2 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.1
32% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 34%

  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 32 25 6 1 69 21 16 14 2 0 33 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 48 81
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 31 21 6 4 67 28 15 11 3 1 35 9 16 10 3 3 32 19 39 69
3 Vissel Kobe 31 16 9 6 50 30 15 8 4 3 25 10 16 8 5 3 25 20 20 57
4 Nagoya Grampus 32 17 6 9 35 24 16 10 2 4 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 57
5 Urawa Reds 31 16 6 9 36 32 15 10 3 2 20 13 16 6 3 7 16 19 4 54
6 Kashima Antlers 32 16 5 11 53 34 16 8 3 5 30 20 16 8 2 6 23 14 19 53
7 Sagan Tosu 31 14 9 8 38 29 15 9 4 2 25 11 16 5 5 6 13 18 9 51
8 Avispa Fukuoka 31 13 7 11 38 33 16 9 1 6 22 15 15 4 6 5 16 18 5 46
9 Tokyo 32 13 7 12 42 40 15 7 2 6 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 18 2 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 11 12 9 38 31 17 5 6 6 17 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 7 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 31 12 6 13 40 43 16 7 2 7 23 25 15 5 4 6 17 18 -3 42
12 Cerezo Osaka 32 10 9 13 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 22 16 4 4 8 19 20 -2 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 31 10 4 17 31 43 16 5 2 9 18 26 15 5 2 8 13 17 -12 34
14 Gamba Osaka 31 9 6 16 25 39 16 4 3 9 15 25 15 5 3 7 10 14 -14 33
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 31 7 11 13 31 45 15 3 5 7 12 24 16 4 6 6 19 21 -14 32
16 Tokushima Vortis 31 8 5 18 25 43 16 4 4 8 15 18 15 4 1 10 10 25 -18 29
17 Shonan Bellmare 31 5 12 14 30 37 16 2 9 5 11 13 15 3 3 9 19 24 -7 27
18 Oita Trinita 31 6 6 19 21 48 16 5 5 6 13 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -27 24
19 Vegalta Sendai 31 4 11 16 24 50 15 2 5 8 9 19 16 2 6 8 15 31 -26 23
20 Yokohama 31 5 7 19 25 66 15 3 5 7 16 25 16 2 2 12 9 41 -41 22

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 32 25 6 1 69 21 16 14 2 0 33 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 48 81
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 31 21 6 4 67 28 15 11 3 1 35 9 16 10 3 3 32 19 39 69
3 Vissel Kobe 31 16 9 6 50 30 15 8 4 3 25 10 16 8 5 3 25 20 20 57
4 Nagoya Grampus 32 17 6 9 35 24 16 10 2 4 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 57
5 Urawa Reds 31 16 6 9 36 32 15 10 3 2 20 13 16 6 3 7 16 19 4 54
6 Kashima Antlers 32 16 5 11 53 34 16 8 3 5 30 20 16 8 2 6 23 14 19 53
7 Sagan Tosu 31 14 9 8 38 29 15 9 4 2 25 11 16 5 5 6 13 18 9 51
8 Avispa Fukuoka 31 13 7 11 38 33 16 9 1 6 22 15 15 4 6 5 16 18 5 46
9 Tokyo 32 13 7 12 42 40 15 7 2 6 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 18 2 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 11 12 9 38 31 17 5 6 6 17 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 7 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 31 12 6 13 40 43 16 7 2 7 23 25 15 5 4 6 17 18 -3 42
12 Cerezo Osaka 32 10 9 13 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 22 16 4 4 8 19 20 -2 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 31 10 4 17 31 43 16 5 2 9 18 26 15 5 2 8 13 17 -12 34
14 Gamba Osaka 31 9 6 16 25 39 16 4 3 9 15 25 15 5 3 7 10 14 -14 33
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 31 7 11 13 31 45 15 3 5 7 12 24 16 4 6 6 19 21 -14 32
16 Tokushima Vortis 31 8 5 18 25 43 16 4 4 8 15 18 15 4 1 10 10 25 -18 29
17 Shonan Bellmare 31 5 12 14 30 37 16 2 9 5 11 13 15 3 3 9 19 24 -7 27
18 Oita Trinita 31 6 6 19 21 48 16 5 5 6 13 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -27 24
19 Vegalta Sendai 31 4 11 16 24 50 15 2 5 8 9 19 16 2 6 8 15 31 -26 23
20 Yokohama 31 5 7 19 25 66 15 3 5 7 16 25 16 2 2 12 9 41 -41 22

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