Kyoto Sanga vs Nagoya Grampus Live Stream, Predictions (May 11)

📊 Form Guide

Kyoto Sanga

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Kyoto Sanga will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-2 J1 League triumph vs Machida Zelvia.

In that match, Kyoto Sanga had 52% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Kyoto Sanga, the scorers were Sora Hiraga (73') and Shinnosuke Fukuda (95'). At the other end, Machida Zelvia had 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Henry Heroki Mochizuki (39') scored for Machida Zelvia.

Three or more goals per match were recorded in 6 of the last 6 fixtures where Kyoto Sanga have taken part. Opposition teams scored 10 of them in these games whereas Kyoto Sanga amassed a tally of 10. That sort of pattern might not be carried forward into this next game, of course.

Coming into this meeting, Kyoto Sanga have not been beaten in the league by Nagoya Grampus in their previous 3 matches.

Nagoya Grampus

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Previously, Nagoya Grampus drew 0-0 in the J1 League match with Fagiano Okayama.

In that game, Nagoya Grampus had 60% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, Fagiano Okayama had 7 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

Throughout their 6 most recent matches, Kenta Hasegawa's Nagoya Grampus have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 7 times therefore earning them the goals scored per game average of 1.17.

Heading into this contest, Nagoya Grampus have not beaten Kyoto Sanga in away games against them for the last 4 league games. Not good at all.

👥 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels going back to 11/06/2022, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Kyoto Sanga winning 2 of those games, Nagoya Grampus 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

A combined total of 14 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for Kyoto and 7 coming from N. Grampus. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The last league fixture featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 25 on 07/08/2024 when it finished Kyoto Sanga 3-2 Nagoya Grampus.

That time, Kyoto Sanga managed 55% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Rafael Elias (59'), Taichi Hara (71') and Marco Túlio (79').

Nagoya Grampus got 9 shots on goal with 5 on target. Patric (5', 19') scored.

The match was refereed by Koichiro Fukushima.

ℹ️ Team News: Kyoto Sanga

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the lone fitness concern for the Kyoto Sanga boss Kwi-jae Cho to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength group. Sung-yun Gu (Meniscus injury) will miss out.

🗞️ Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Nagoya Grampus boss Kenta Hasegawa has a number of players out of action. Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear), Kasper Junker (Calf strain) and Daniel Schmidt (Meniscus injury) are not able to play.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Nagoya Grampus have it within them to score a goal against this Kyoto Sanga team, although that isn’t expected to be as many as they’ll concede.

We can see a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Kyoto Sanga when all is said and done. Let’s see what eventuates.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

In terms of the bookies’ odds on the WDW market, a win for Kyoto Sanga is best priced at 2.38, backing a draw is 3.2 & taking a punt on the win for Nagoya Grampus gets 3. They’re the most competitive bets available at the current time.

Peter Guest, 18:11 09/05/2025