Nagoya Grampus vs Albirex Niigata Live Stream, Predictions (May 31)

📏 Form Guide

Nagoya Grampus

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Nagoya Grampus, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 2-1 J1 League victory versus Urawa Red Diamonds.

In that game, Nagoya Grampus had 60% possession and 28 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For Nagoya Grampus, goals were scored by Sho Inagaki (83') and Kensuke Nagai (93'). Urawa Red Diamonds got 3 attempts on goal with 2 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 go into this clash following on from a 2-1 J1 League win vs Shonan Bellmare in their previous outing.

In that game, Albirex Niigata managed 47% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Albirex Niigata, the goalscorers were Kaito Taniguchi (31') and Yota Komi (71'). For their opponents, Shonan Bellmare got 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Luiz Phellype (20') scored 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

A look at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 10/09/2016 shows us that Nagoya Grampus have won 4 of these games & Albirex Niigata 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

In all, 16 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 11 of them for N. Grampus and 5 for Albirex. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

🗞️ Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just one fitness concern for the Nagoya Grampus manager Kenta Hasegawa to contend with from of an almost fully healthy group of players. Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear) misses 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.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Looking at the betting prices for the match in the WDW market, a win for Nagoya Grampus is available for 2.05, a wager on a draw is 3.2 and taking a punt on victory for Albirex Niigata can get you 3.9. These are the most competitive prices that can be secured at this very moment.

Peter Guest, 20:08 28/05/2025