📊 Form Guide

Nagoya Grampus

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Nagoya Grampus fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 0-2 J1 League victory versus Kashiwa Reysol.

In that match, Nagoya Grampus managed 38% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Nagoya Grampus, goals were scored by Kensuke Nagai (18') and Chang-rae Ha (62'). Kashiwa Reysol got 14 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where Nagoya Grampus haven’t conceded. The facts show that Nagoya Grampus have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 8 goals during that time. That sort of pattern might not be carried forward into this game, though.

Taking a look at their past results, Nagoya Grampus:

• have not been beaten in the league by Yokohama F. Marinos in their last 2 games.
• have not emerged victorious against Yokohama F. Marinos in their last 4 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 6 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Yokohama F. Marinos

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Yokohama F. Marinos head into the game following a 2-3 J1 League win with the defeat of Kyoto Sanga in their last game.

In that game, Yokohama F. Marinos had 59% possession and 19 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For Yokohama F. Marinos, the scorers were Kota Mizunuma (5') and Anderson Lopes (33', 52'). Kyoto Sanga had 19 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Kyo Sato (44') and Sota Kawasaki (45') scored for Kyoto Sanga.

During their 6 latest matches, Harry Kewell's Yokohama F. Marinos have turned their attacks into goals a total of 9 times, earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.5.

Their previous form shows that Yokohama F. Marinos:

• have not lost to Nagoya Grampus when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 12/08/2021 tells us that Nagoya Grampus have won 1 of these games & Yokohama F. Marinos 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.

18 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 6 for N. Grampus and 12 being from Marinos. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league match between these clubs was J1 League match day 20 on 08/07/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Nagoya Grampus 2-2 Yokohama F. Marinos.

In that match, Nagoya Grampus managed 41% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The goals were scored by Kensuke Nagai (8') and Kasper Junker (47').

Yokohama F. Marinos had 17 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Élber (28') and Joel Chima Fujita (35') scored.

The match was refereed by Yusuke Araki.

📰 Team News: Nagoya Grampus

We think that Nagoya Grampus could line up in a 3-4-2-1 formation this time featuring Mitchell Langerak, Kennedy Ebbs Mikuni, Chang-Rae Ha, Akinari Kawazura, Tojiro Kubo, Takuya Uchida, Sho Inagaki, Takuji Yonemoto, Tsukasa Morishima, Yuya Yamagishi and Kensuke Nagai.

ℹ️ Team News: Yokohama F. Marinos

Yokohama F. Marinos manager Harry Kewell has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ryuta Koike (Broken kneecap), Kenta Inoue (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation) and Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be making appearances. William Popp will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We reckon that Marinos appear most likely to play in a 4-1-2-3 lineup, choosing Fuma Shirasaka, Ren Kato, Ken Matsubara, Takumi Kamijima, Katsuya Nagato, Takuya Kida, Tae-Hee Nam, Kota Watanabe, Kota Mizunuma, Anderson Lopes and Jose Elber.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Nagoya Grampus could find themselves struggling to score against this Yokohama F. Marinos lineup who we reckon should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a very competitive game with a 0-1 victory for Yokohama F. Marinos at full-time.

It should be a good one.

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

Lucas Pereira, 06:10 30/03/2024