National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Nagoya Grampus that keep their silverware dream alive.
Sanfrecce have less rest than Nagoya Grampus in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a J-League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Consadole Sapporo, so at least Sanfrecce Hiroshima are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Sanfrecce Hiroshima was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Ybc Levain Cup.0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Sanfrecce Hiroshima so far this season.
Sanfrecce drew their last game, 1-1 away at Consadole Sapporo. Shiotani (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.02/10. Shiotani served one assist and hit four key passes.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sanfrecce Hiroshima have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sanfrecce Hiroshima as they have a new game in only four days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Vissel Kobe are visiting.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Grampus, as they won the Ybc Levain Cup.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. Nagoya Grampus goalkeeper Yohei Takeda is eager to challenge this, with his 183 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Before that, Nagoya Grampus secured a home win against Vissel Kobe with the score 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Grampus in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Nagoya Grampus, one draw and eight defeats.
A new game in only four days for Nagoya Grampus, the J-League home match versus Sagan Tosu. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sanfrecce Hiroshima three wins, two draws and Nagoya Grampus five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Morishima 1 goals |  S. Inagaki 1 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Scored | S | 11 | 37 | ||
| 30 | 22 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | ||
| 29% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 32% | ||
| 9.6 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 10 | ||
| 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Tokushima Vortis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Kashiwa Reysol | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Kyoto Sanga | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Gamba Osaka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Vissel Kobe | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Urawa Reds | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Tokyo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
