Nagoya Grampus will do battle with guests Tokyo Verdy at Toyota Stadium in this J1 League clash on Saturday.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Nagoya Grampus v Tokyo Verdy, scroll down - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Nagoya Grampus
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Nagoya Grampus will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-2 J1 League success over Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
In that match, Nagoya Grampus managed 37% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Nagoya Grampus was Mateus (21', 40'). For their opponents, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 16 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Naoto Arai (90') scored for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Nagoya Grampus haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 matches.
They’ve totted up the amount of 10 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 6. We will have to find out whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.
Heading into this contest, Nagoya Grampus haven't been defeated in their previous 4 home league matches.
Tokyo Verdy
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Tokyo Verdy will go into the encounter following a 1-0 J1 League win against Kawasaki Frontale in their previous outing.
In that game, Tokyo Verdy had 40% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Tokyo Verdy was Daiki Fukazawa (32'). On the other side, Kawasaki Frontale got 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.
The forward players for Tokyo Verdy have been starved of goals over their last 6 clashes, contributing the disappointing return of just 3. In those matches, Tokyo Verdy have also seen the overall goal tally against them equal 10.
Analysis of their past results shows that Tokyo Verdy:
- are winless against Nagoya Grampus in games played away from home for the previous 4 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league matches.
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Head to head
A look at their past head to head clashes dating back to 05/10/2008 shows us that Nagoya Grampus have won 2 of them and Tokyo Verdy 3, with the number of draws standing at 1.
A combined sum of 15 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them for N. Grampus and 7 for Tokyo Verdy. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.
The previous league match between these sides was J1 League match day 6 on 15/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Tokyo Verdy 2-1 Nagoya Grampus.
In that game, Tokyo Verdy had 48% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The goalscorers were Hiroto Yamami (63') and Yuto Tsunashima (73').
Nagoya Grampus had 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. Tsukasa Morishima (21') scored.
The referee was Shu Kawamata.
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Team News: Nagoya Grampus
Daniel Schmidt (Hip injury) and Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear) will not be able to play for Nagoya Grampus gaffer Kenta Hasegawa.
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Team News: Tokyo Verdy
Due to a mostly healthy group of players, there’s only the sole fitness issue for the Tokyo Verdy boss Hiroshi Jofuku to be concerned with. Goki Yamada (Torn knee ligaments) won’t be in action.
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Prediction
For this match, we think that Tokyo Verdy have the firepower to put one past this Nagoya Grampus team, but it probably won’t quite be as many as they’ll concede.
We’re tipping a narrow 2-1 win for Nagoya Grampus after the 90. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Checking the betting prices for this game in the WDW market, putting your money on Nagoya Grampus can be had for 2.05, going for a drawn result is 3 & betting on the winner to be Tokyo Verdy gets you 4. They’re the most competitive market prices being offered at the moment.
Renata Leite,
02:02 04/07/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Nagoya Grampus
Formed: 1991
Stadium: Toyota Stadium (42,753)
Captain: Ryuji Izumi
Chairman: Koki Konishi
Manager: Kenta Hasegawa
Competitions: J1 League position 13
🔑 Key Player: Ryuji Izumi
Usually played in the Left Wing position, Ryuji Izumi was born in Japan. Having made his senior debut playing for Nagoya Grampus in the 2016 season, the dangerous Forward has got 3 league goals in this J1 League 2025 campaign so far coming from a total of 22 appearances.