Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Nagoya Grampus Prediction & Betting Tips

Nagoya Grampus arrive at EDION Stadium Hiroshima on Sunday for the J1 League fixture with home team Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus, scroll down - as well as the best betting odds.

📏 Form Guide

Sanfrecce Hiroshima WWLDLL

Sanfrecce Hiroshima will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 1-0 J1 League losing effort in their last game against Gamba Osaka.

Genta Miura (41') was the scorer for Gamba Osaka.

Hiroshi Jofuku's Sanfrecce Hiroshima have found the net 8 times in their prior 6 outings. The comparative tally of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures is 5.

Leading up to this clash, Sanfrecce Hiroshima:

• are winless against Nagoya Grampus in their last 4 matches in the league.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Nagoya Grampus DWDWWW 📈

Nagoya Grampus head into the match following on from a 0-3 J1 League win over Oita Trinita in their most recent outing.

For Nagoya Grampus, goals were scored by Yutaka Yoshida (31'), Yuichi Maruyama (48') and Takuji Yonemoto (73').

A series of very capable showings by the Nagoya Grampus defensive unit has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their last 6 outings in total. In that period of time, their own forwards have managed to score 11.

Looking at their past form shows that Nagoya Grampus:

• haven't been defeated by Sanfrecce Hiroshima when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 4 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 06/03/2016 tells us that Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 1 of them and Nagoya Grampus 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.

An aggregate of 10 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from Sanfrecce and 5 created by N. Grampus. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was J1 League match day 27 on 28/09/2019 which ended up with the score at Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-1 Nagoya Grampus.

The referee was Minoru Tojo.

📋 Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima boss Hiroshi Jofuku to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Yoshifumi Kashiwa (Biceps femoris muscle injury) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Nagoya Grampus

N. Grampus manager Massimo Ficcadenti has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Kazuya Miyahara (Corona virus) and Aria Jasuru Hasegawa (Tibia Fracture) are not ready for selection.

✨ Prediction

We envisage that Nagoya Grampus will likely be able to breach the defence of this Sanfrecce Hiroshima team, but that possibly won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re tipping both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the end of this one. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Andre Moura, 23:09 21/07/2020