Nagoya Grampus will be facing the visiting Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Toyota Stadium in this J1 League match on Sunday.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima can be found here - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Nagoya Grampus
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Nagoya Grampus head into this game coming off the back of a 1-1 J. League Cup drawn match vs Kataller Toyama.
The only scorer from Nagoya Grampus was Mateus (101'). The game was won 5-6 by Kataller Toyama on penalties.
Over their past 6 fixtures, Kenta Hasegawa's Nagoya Grampus have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a total of 9 times giving them an average number of goals scored per match of 1.5.
Coming into this contest, Nagoya Grampus are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches at home.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Fagiano Okayama in J1 League action, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima managed 64% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target. On the other side, Fagiano Okayama got 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Ryunosuke Sato (58') was the scorer for Fagiano Okayama.
In 5 of the previous six clashes featuring Sanfrecce Hiroshima, a comparatively low number of goals have been struck between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game within that spell works out to a paltry 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by Sanfrecce standing at 0.83.
Heading into this contest, Sanfrecce Hiroshima have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels stretching back to 18/06/2023, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Nagoya Grampus winning 3 of those games, Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 and 0 being drawn in regulation time.
A combined sum of 19 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 9 from N. Grampus and 10 coming from Sanfrecce. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.
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Team News: Nagoya Grampus
Daniel Schmidt (Meniscus injury), Kasper Junker (Calf strain), Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear) and Shuhei Tokumoto (Adductor injury) are not available for Nagoya Grampus boss Kenta Hasegawa.
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Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce Hiroshima boss Michael Skibbe has multiple availability issues to deal with. Goro Kawanami (Hand injury) and Tolgay Arslan (Knee injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
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Prediction
Here is a game where Nagoya Grampus will have to work hard as a team to get anything against this Sanfrecce Hiroshima side who we reckon will score one, at least.
We’re going for a very even match with a 0-1 winning margin for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the end of the 90.
We’ll see what happens.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Turning to the betting odds in the 90 minute result market, putting your money on Nagoya Grampus can be had for 4.33, backing a draw is 3.1 and selecting a victory for Sanfrecce Hiroshima can get you 1.95. They are the best bets that can be secured at the current time.
Andre Moura,
01:05 19/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Nagoya Grampus
Formed: 1991
Stadium: Toyota Stadium (42,753)
Captain: Ryuji Izumi
Chairman: Koki Konishi
Manager: Kenta Hasegawa
Competitions: J1 League position 20, J. League Cup (2nd Round)
🔑 Star Player: Sho Inagaki
Usually playing in the Central Defensive Midfielder position, Sho Inagaki was born in Tokyo, Japan. Having played his first senior match for Ventforet Kofu in the 2014 season, the accomplished Midfielder has struck 3 league goals in the J1 League 2025 season so far in 10 appearances.