Nagoya Grampus vs Kashiwa Reysol Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 29)

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Nagoya Grampus

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Nagoya Grampus will be looking for an improved result here after a 1-0 J1 League loss in their previous game against Kashima Antlers.

In that game, Nagoya Grampus managed 52% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. On the other side, Kashima Antlers got 10 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Kei Chinen (54') was the scorer for Kashima Antlers.

It has not been often in recent games where Nagoya Grampus have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Nagoya Grampus have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 7 goals along the way.

Taking a look at their past results, Nagoya Grampus:

• are unbeaten in the league by Kashiwa Reysol in their previous 9 games. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
• are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Kashiwa Reysol

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Last time out, Kashiwa Reysol drew 1-1 in the J1 League tie with Albirex Niigata.

In that game, Kashiwa Reysol had 59% possession and 11 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Kashiwa Reysol was Masaki Watai (32'). Albirex Niigata got 13 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Yota Komi (14') scored for Albirex Niigata.

Over the course of 5 of the previous 6 games involving Kashiwa Reysol, a comparatively low number of goals have gone in between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game in that period comes to a paltry 2.17, with the number of goals averaged by Reysol standing at 1.33. Nonetheless, it remains to be seen if the trend might persist here in this game.

Leading up to this clash, Kashiwa Reysol:

• haven't beaten Nagoya Grampus in games played away from home for the previous 4 matches in the league. Not good.
• are undefeated in their last 6 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 12/03/2023 reveals that these fixtures have been disappointments for Kashiwa Reysol. They have not been able to get themselves any wins whatsoever whereas Nagoya Grampus have remained in the ascendancy, running out winners in 67% of those matches played.

13 goals were scored between them in these games, with 10 of them for N. Grampus and 3 created by Reysol. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was J1 League match day 23 on 14/07/2024 when it finished Nagoya Grampus 2-1 Kashiwa Reysol.

On that day, Nagoya Grampus had 56% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The goals were scored by Yuki Soma (54') and Yuya Yamagishi (56').

At the other end, Kashiwa Reysol got 14 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Matheus Sávio (6') was the scorer.

The referee was Jumpei Iida.

🗞️ Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear), Kasper Junker (Calf strain) and Daniel Schmidt (Meniscus injury) will be missing for Nagoya Grampus boss Kenta Hasegawa.

ℹ️ Team News: Kashiwa Reysol

In an otherwise healthy group, there’s just the lone fitness worry for the Kashiwa Reysol gaffer Ricardo Rodríguez to contend with. Daiki Sugioka (Hamstring injury) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two, we feel that Kashiwa Reysol and Nagoya Grampus should both be able to score here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. That’s why we have predicted a hard-fought 1-1 scoreline when all is said and done.

Peter Guest, 16:10 26/04/2025