📊 Form Guide

Nagoya Grampus

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Nagoya Grampus are hoping to win again following a 2-1 J1 League triumph against Yokohama FC.

In that game, Nagoya Grampus had 44% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Nagoya Grampus, the scorers were Ryuji Izumi (16') and Sho Inagaki (54'). At the other end, Yokohama FC got 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Musashi Suzuki (95') was the scorer for Yokohama FC.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where Nagoya Grampus have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Nagoya Grampus have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 9 goals during that time.

Going into this contest, Nagoya Grampus are unbeaten in the league by Yokohama F. Marinos in their last 4 games.

Yokohama F. Marinos

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Fagiano Okayama in J1 League competition, Yokohama F. Marinos and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Yokohama F. Marinos had 68% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Fagiano Okayama got 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Lucão (67') was the scorer for Fagiano Okayama.

A run of effective performances from the Yokohama F. Marinos defensive players has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their last 6 fixtures in total. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 8. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see if that pattern might be sustained in this next match.

Leading up to this clash, Yokohama F. Marinos:

• haven't won against Nagoya Grampus when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 29/04/2023 shows that Nagoya Grampus have won 3 of them & Yokohama F. Marinos 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

A total of 18 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 11 from N. Grampus and 7 belonging to Marinos. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The previous league contest featuring the two was J1 League match day 38 on 08/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Yokohama F. Marinos 0-2 Nagoya Grampus.

In that game, Yokohama F. Marinos managed 72% possession and 9 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

Nagoya Grampus got 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. Ryuji Izumi (24') and Yuya Yamagishi (70') scored.

The match was refereed by Ryo Tanimoto.

ℹ️ Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear), Daniel Schmidt (Meniscus injury), Kasper Junker (Calf strain), Shuhei Tokumoto (Adductor injury) and Masahito Ono (Cruciate ligament injury) are not available for Nagoya Grampus manager Kenta Hasegawa.

📰 Team News: Yokohama F. Marinos

Yokohama F. Marinos manager Steve Holland has multiple availability issues to deal with. William Popp (Torn ankle ligaments), Reno Noguchi (Hamstring injury) and Takuto Kimura (Cruciate ligament injury) miss out here.

💭 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Yokohama F. Marinos and Nagoya Grampus could find scoring goals difficult here.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. That’s why we have predicted a very competitive game with a 0-0 scoreline when all is said and done.

Peter Guest, 09:04 02/04/2025