Urawa Red Diamonds vs Nagoya Grampus Live Stream, Predictions

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Urawa Red Diamonds

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Urawa Red Diamonds are hoping to win again after their last result, a 2-5 J. League Cup triumph against Gainare Tottori.

For Urawa Red Diamonds, goals were scored by Hidetoshi Takeda (12'), Thiago Santana (17'), Atsuki Ito (52') and Shoya Nakajima (55', 90'). Keita Tanaka (35') and Shunnosuke Matsuki (64') scored for Gainare Tottori.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Urawa Red Diamonds have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Urawa Red Diamonds have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 7 goals in the process. That pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this match, of course.

Coming into this clash, Urawa Red Diamonds have not been beaten in the league by Nagoya Grampus in their last 2 matches.

Nagoya Grampus

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Nagoya Grampus will come into the meeting after a 2-1 J1 League win as they beat Cerezo Osaka in their last outing.

In that game, Nagoya Grampus managed 34% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Nagoya Grampus, the goals were scored by Kennedy Egbus Mikuni (65') and Kensuke Nagai (82'). On the other side, Cerezo Osaka had 15 shots on goal with 3 on target. Léo Ceará (67') was the scorer for Cerezo Osaka.

A series of dependable showings from the Nagoya Grampus defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their last 6 fixtures overall. Over that same period, their forwards have scored 9.

Taking a look at their past results, Nagoya Grampus:

• haven't beaten Urawa Red Diamonds when having played them away from home in the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 18/06/2022 shows us that Urawa Red Diamonds have won 3 of these & Nagoya Grampus 1, with the number of drawn games being 2.

A combined total of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 8 for Reds and 4 coming from N. Grampus. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was J1 League match day 24 on 18/08/2023 when it finished Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 Nagoya Grampus.

On that day, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 41% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player to score was José Kanté (11').

On the other side, Nagoya Grampus got 15 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Akihiko Ikeuchi.

🗞️ Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

The Urawa Red Diamonds manager Per-Mathias Høgmo has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all coming into this match owing to a completely healthy group available for selection.

ℹ️ Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Nagoya Grampus boss Kenta Hasegawa has not got a full squad to pick from. Kasper Junker (Meniscus injury), Masahito Ono (Hamstring injury) and Noriyoshi Sakai (Hamstring injury) are not able to play. Chang-rae Ha cannot play in this game through suspension.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Nagoya Grampus might have a difficult job to find the net against this Urawa Red Diamonds team who we think will likely get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

Our tip is therefore for a very competitive game with a 1-0 advantage for Urawa Red Diamonds when all is said and done.

Expecting it to be tight.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 11:09 26/04/2024