Nagoya Grampus vs Kashima Antlers Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Nagoya Grampus

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Nagoya Grampus won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 3-0 J1 League defeat last time out to Urawa Red Diamonds.

In that game, Nagoya Grampus managed 52% possession and 8 shots at goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, Urawa Red Diamonds got 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Alexander Scholz (21'), Atsuki Ito (23') and Takahiro Sekine (36') scored for Urawa Red Diamonds.

In their last 6 games, Kenta Hasegawa's Nagoya Grampus have seen rewards for their attempts on goal 10 times, an average number of goals per match equal to 1.67.

Their previous form shows that Nagoya Grampus:

• have not registered a win against Kashima Antlers in their last 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.

Kashima Antlers

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Kashima Antlers will come into the encounter following on from a 1-0 J1 League win with the eclipse of Kyoto Sanga in their previous match.

In that match, Kashima Antlers managed 55% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Kashima Antlers was Arthur Caike (50'). On the other side, Kyoto Sanga got 8 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Kashima Antlers have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 10 goals in all. Defensively, Kashima Antlers seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Their past results show that Kashima Antlers:

• are undefeated by Nagoya Grampus in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 07/12/2019 shows that Nagoya Grampus have won 2 of them and Kashima Antlers 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A combined sum of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 4 for N. Grampus and 6 belonging to Antlers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 9 on 17/04/2022 and the score finished Kashima Antlers 0-0 Nagoya Grampus.

On that occasion, Kashima Antlers managed 53% possession and 7 shots on goal with 1 on target.

On the other side, Nagoya Grampus had 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Hajime Matsuo.

🗞️ Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Mitchell Langerak (Calf Strain), Noriyoshi Sakai (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury), Hidemasa Koda (Meniscal Injury) and Kazuki Nagasawa (Meniscal Injury) are unavailable for Nagoya Grampus gaffer Kenta Hasegawa.

📰 Team News: Kashima Antlers

Kashima Antlers manager René Weiler has to choose a team with limited availability. Shintaro Nago (Peroneus tendon injury) and Ryotaro Araki (Herniated Disc) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

🧠 Prediction

We believe that Nagoya Grampus may well find it hard to see themselves scoring against this Kashima Antlers team who we reckon will just have the edge.

We’re therefore expecting a good tussle with a 0-1 victory for Kashima Antlers when all is said and done.

Should be a close one.

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Andre Moura, 23:37 21/06/2022