Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tokyo & Nagoya Grampus 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 Tokyo nor Nagoya Grampus 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.
Tokyo form and stats
Last season their Ybc Levain Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Overall J-League stats at home this season for Tokyo are 3-0-3 (wins-draw-losses).
A strong away win for Tokyo against Gamba Osaka the last match, as Diego Oliveira, Leandro and Adailton were on target. Preceding that match was the home J-League game against Kashima Antlers that was lost 1-2.
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 Tokyo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tokyo as they are travelling to their away game against Oita Trinita in the J-League. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Tokyo in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Tokyo defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Grampus's mission in Ybc Levain Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the J-League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Ybc Levain Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
327 minutes! That's how long the Grampus goalkeeper Mitchell James Langerak and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Grampus are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Consadole Sapporo. Before that, Grampus secured a home win against Kawasaki Frontale with the score 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Nagoya Grampus in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Nagoya Grampus, four draws and six defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kashima Antlers in just three days.
Grampus have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Grampus are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Tokyo won six, Nagoya Grampus won one and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Oliveira Moura 7 goals |  D. Queiroz de Oliveira 6 goals |   N. Maeda 5 goals |
Tokyo missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Tokyo | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Scored | S | 16 | 35 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 218 | 102 | Total Shots | T S | 123 | 221 | ||
| 87 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 84 | ||
| 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 35 |
| 2 | Tokyo | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Gamba Osaka | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 15 | Vegalta Sendai | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| 17 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 4 |