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Predictions and Tips
Nagoya Grampus are going up against visiting team Albirex Niigata at Toyota Stadium in this J1 League tie on Saturday.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Nagoya Grampus v Albirex Niigata, scroll down - plus the latest betting odds.
📏 Form Guide

Nagoya Grampus
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Nagoya Grampus are hoping to win again after their last result, a 2-1 J1 League success against Urawa Red Diamonds.
In that game, Nagoya Grampus had 60% possession and 28 shots at goal with 8 on target. For Nagoya Grampus, goals were scored by Sho Inagaki (83') and Kensuke Nagai (93'). At the other end, Urawa Red Diamonds got 3 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Ryoma Watanabe (51') scored for Urawa Red Diamonds.
In their past 6 games, Kenta Hasegawa's Nagoya Grampus have hit the target a total of 8 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.33.
Ahead of this meeting, Nagoya Grampus are unbeaten in their previous 2 home league matches.
Albirex Niigata
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Albirex Niigata head into the game following on from a 2-1 J1 League win as they beat Shonan Bellmare in their most recent fixture.
In that match, Albirex Niigata managed 47% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For Albirex Niigata, goals were scored by Kaito Taniguchi (31') and Yota Komi (71'). At the other end, Shonan Bellmare got 9 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Luiz Phellype (20') was the scorer for Shonan Bellmare.
Looking at their form, and Albirex Niigata have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 9 goals overall. Defensively, Albirex Niigata seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.
Going into this encounter, Albirex Niigata have not won against Nagoya Grampus when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. They'll be keen to stop this run.
👥 Head to head
Looking over their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 10/09/2016 shows that Nagoya Grampus have won 4 of these games and Albirex Niigata 1, with the tally of drawn results being 1.
16 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 of them for N. Grampus and 5 created by Albirex. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.
📰 Team News: Nagoya Grampus
Looking at personnel, there is just the lone fitness concern for the Nagoya Grampus boss Kenta Hasegawa to be concerned about due to a largely intact group. Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear) will miss out.
⚡ Prediction
We’re of the view that Albirex Niigata will have to perform well to break down this Nagoya Grampus side who will likely manage to score & go ahead.
We’ve gone for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning margin for Nagoya Grampus at full-time.
Let’s see.
Peter Guest, 04:04 31/05/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

🏟️ Team Focus:
Nagoya Grampus
Formed: 1991
Stadium: Toyota Stadium (42,753)
Captain: Ryuji Izumi
Chairman: Koki Konishi
Manager: Kenta Hasegawa
Competitions: J1 League position 16
🔑 Star Man: Mateus
Usually taking to the field in the Right Wing position, Mateus was born in Brazil. Having made a first senior appearance for Ōmiya Ardija in the 2015 season, the talented Forward has struck 3 league goals in the J1 League 2025 season so far from a total of 18 appearances.
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18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 37 | WWWWL |
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18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 34 | WWWLD |
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17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 32 | WWWWW |
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19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 31 | LWDWL |
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20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 31 | DWDLD |
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17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 27 | LLWWL |
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17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 26 | LWWDD |
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19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 26 | WWLWD |
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18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 25 | LLDLW |
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18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 25 | LLDWD |
11 |
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18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 24 | WWLLD |
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18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 23 | LDLWD |
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18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 23 | LWLLW |
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18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 22 | LLLDL |
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18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 21 | LLWLL |
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18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 20 | WDDDW |
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17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 19 | LWWLL |
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18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 19 | LWLWD |
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17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 16 | WLDLW |
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17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 11 | LLLLW |
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Shonan Bellmare |
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Tokyo Verdy |
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Fagiano Okayama |
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Kashiwa Reysol |
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Kashiwa Reysol |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 38 |
Time first goal conceded | 57 |
Yellow cards | 0.9 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 33 |
Time first goal conceded | 33 |
Yellow cards | 0.8 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.6 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Sho Inagaki | 7 |
Mateus | 4 |
Ryuji Izumi | 3 |
Yuya Asano | 2 |
Taichi Kikuchi | 2 |
Motoki Hasegawa | 6 |
Ken Yamura | 4 |
Yota Komi | 3 |
Jin Okumura | 3 |
Danilo Gomes | 2 |
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Kyoto Sanga |
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Kawasaki Frontale |
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FC Tokyo |
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Shonan Bellmare |
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Machida Zelvia |
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
Cerezo Osaka |
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Kawasaki Frontale |
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Shimizu S-Pulse |
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