Kyoto Sanga vs Nagoya Grampus Live Stream, Predictions (May 11)

📊 Form Guide

Kyoto Sanga

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Kyoto Sanga will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-2 J1 League triumph over Machida Zelvia.

In that match, Kyoto Sanga had 52% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Kyoto Sanga, the scorers were Sora Hiraga (73') and Shinnosuke Fukuda (90'). Machida Zelvia had 15 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Henry Heroki Mochizuki (39') was the scorer for Machida Zelvia.

Three or more goals per match were recorded in 6 of the last 6 fixtures where Kyoto Sanga have taken part. Opposition teams scored 10 of them in these games whereas Kyoto Sanga amassed a tally of 10. That sort of pattern might not be carried forward into this next game, of course.

Coming into this meeting, Kyoto Sanga have not been beaten in the league by Nagoya Grampus in their previous 3 matches.

Nagoya Grampus

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Last time out, Nagoya Grampus drew 0-0 in the J1 League match with Fagiano Okayama.

In that match, Nagoya Grampus had 60% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, Fagiano Okayama had 7 shots on goal with 1 on target.

Throughout their 6 most recent matches, Kenta Hasegawa's Nagoya Grampus have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 7 times therefore earning them the goals scored per game average of 1.17.

Heading into this contest, Nagoya Grampus have not beaten Kyoto Sanga in away games against them for the last 4 league games. Not good at all.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 11/06/2022, there has been little between the sides with Kyoto Sanga winning 2 of those games, Nagoya Grampus 2 and 2 being drawn in normal time.

An aggregate of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 7 of them from Kyoto and 7 belonging to N. Grampus. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The previous league match between the two was J1 League match day 25 on 07/08/2024 which ended up with the score at Kyoto Sanga 3-2 Nagoya Grampus.

That time, Kyoto Sanga managed 55% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Rafael Elias (59'), Taichi Hara (71') and Marco Túlio (79').

On the other side, Nagoya Grampus had 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Patric (5', 19') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Koichiro Fukushima.

ℹ️ Team News: Kyoto Sanga

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just a single fitness concern for the Kyoto Sanga gaffer Kwi-jae Cho to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust group. Sung-yun Gu (Meniscus injury) is out of contention.

📋 Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Nagoya Grampus boss Kenta Hasegawa has to currently contend with reduced team options. Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear), Kasper Junker (Calf strain) and Daniel Schmidt (Meniscus injury) will not be playing here.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Nagoya Grampus have it within them to score a goal against this Kyoto Sanga team, although that isn’t expected to be as many as they’ll concede.

We can see a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 victory for Kyoto Sanga when all is said and done. Let’s see what eventuates.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

In terms of the bookies’ odds on the WDW market, a win for Kyoto Sanga is best priced at 2.38, backing a draw is 3.2 & taking a punt on the win for Nagoya Grampus gets 3. They’re the most competitive bets available at the current time.

Peter Guest, 17:09 07/05/2025