📊 Form Guide

Kashima Antlers

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Kashima Antlers will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 1-2 J1 League triumph versus Fagiano Okayama.

In that match, Kashima Antlers managed 57% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Kashima Antlers, the goals were scored by Aleksandar Čavrić (50') and Talles (73'). Fagiano Okayama got 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Ryunosuke Sato (43') scored for Fagiano Okayama.

It’s not been often in recent games that Kashima Antlers have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Kashima Antlers have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 8 goals along the way. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily be continued here, of course.

Ahead of this clash, Kashima Antlers haven't lost in the league to Nagoya Grampus in their last 2 matches.

Nagoya Grampus

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Nagoya Grampus head into the clash following on from a 2-1 J1 League win with the defeat of Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their previous outing.

In that match, Nagoya Grampus managed 33% possession and 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Nagoya Grampus was Mateus (40', 48'). For their opponents, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Daiki Suga (81') scored for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

The stats don’t lie, and Nagoya Grampus have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 7 goals overall. Defensively, Nagoya Grampus have clearly had some problems.

Their prior results show that Nagoya Grampus:

• have not beaten Kashima Antlers in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 6 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 14/05/2023, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Kashima Antlers winning 2 of those games, Nagoya Grampus 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A total of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 from Antlers and 4 created by N. Grampus. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The previous league game between these clubs was J1 League match day 36 on 09/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Kashima Antlers 0-0 Nagoya Grampus.

In that game, Kashima Antlers managed 52% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

On the other side, Nagoya Grampus had 7 shots at goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Masuya Ueda.

🗞️ Team News: Kashima Antlers

Homare Tokuda (Broken ankle) and Yoshihiro Shimoda (Metatarsal fracture) won’t be available for Kashima Antlers manager Tōru Oniki.

We think that Kashima Antlers will probably opt for a 4-4-2 formation this time, handing starts to Tomoki Hayakawa, Keisuke Tsukui, Naomichi Ueda, Ikuma Sekigawa, Koki Anzai, Aleksandar Cavric, Gaku Shibasaki, Kei Chinen, Ryotaro Araki, Yuma Suzuki and Kyosuke Tagawa.

📋 Team News: Nagoya Grampus

We are inclined to think that Nagoya Grampus appear most likely to elect for a 4-4-2 lineup, settling for Daniel Schmidt, Yuki Nogami, Kennedy Ebbs Mikuni, Akinari Kawazura, Ryuji Izumi, Sho Inagaki, Keiya Shiihashi, Shuhei Tokumoto, Mateus, Tsukasa Morishima and Kensuke Nagai.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that Nagoya Grampus will need to push hard to see themselves scoring against this Kashima Antlers team who we reckon should get the vital goal that wins it.

We therefore fancy a very even match with a 1-0 winning score for Kashima Antlers at full-time.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Victor Martins, 09:16 25/04/2025