📏 Form Guide

Nagoya Grampus

LLWDDD

Nagoya Grampus will play in this match following on from a 1-1 J1 League drawn game against Avispa Fukuoka.

In that match, Nagoya Grampus had 50% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Nagoya Grampus was Shuhei Tokumoto (81'). For their opponents, Avispa Fukuoka got 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Takeshi Kanamori (95') was the scorer for Avispa Fukuoka.

Kenta Hasegawa's Nagoya Grampus have scored a sum total of 6 times in their prior 6 outings. Conversely, the number of goals that they have conceded in those games is 5.

Their previous form shows that Nagoya Grampus:

• have not registered a win against Urawa Red Diamonds in their previous 4 league games.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Urawa Red Diamonds

WWLDWD

Last time out, Urawa Red Diamonds drew 2-2 in the J1 League tie with Kawasaki Frontale.

In that game, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 44% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For Urawa Red Diamonds, goals were scored by Shoya Nakajima (42') and Tomoaki Okubo (94'). At the other end, Kawasaki Frontale got 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Marcinho (45') and Yusuke Segawa (86') scored for Kawasaki Frontale.

Throughout their six previous matches, Maciej Skorża's Urawa Red Diamonds have turned their attacks into goals 9 times therefore yielding them a goals per game average of 1.5.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Urawa Red Diamonds:

• haven't been beaten by Nagoya Grampus when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.
• have not won away from home in their last 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 06/08/2022 tells us that Nagoya Grampus have won 1 of them and Urawa Red Diamonds 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A combined sum of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 4 from N. Grampus and 7 netted by Reds. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.83.

The previous league game between the two was J1 League match day 20 on 26/06/2024 and the score finished Nagoya Grampus 0-1 Urawa Red Diamonds.

That day, Nagoya Grampus had 42% possession and 9 shots at goal with 1 on target.

Urawa Red Diamonds got 16 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Ryoma Watanabe (7') scored.

The match was refereed by Akihiko Ikeuchi.

ℹ️ Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear), Kasper Junker (Calf strain) and Daniel Schmidt (Meniscus injury) won’t be able to feature for Nagoya Grampus gaffer Kenta Hasegawa.

📰 Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

Out of a mainly full-strength group of players, there’s only the lone fitness worry for the Urawa Red Diamonds gaffer Maciej Skorża to contend with. Kai Shibato (Knee surgery) misses out for this game.

💡 Prediction

We envisage that Urawa Red Diamonds and Nagoya Grampus may well both score, with little between these two teams.

Shouldn’t be much in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. That is why we are leaning toward a hard-fought 1-1 score draw at the end of the match.

Peter Guest, 08:05 24/05/2025