📏 Form Guide

Nagoya Grampus

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Nagoya Grampus are hoping to win again following the 1-2 J1 League success over Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

In that game, Nagoya Grampus managed 37% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Nagoya Grampus was Mateus (21', 40'). Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 16 shots at goal with 4 on target. Naoto Arai (90') was the scorer 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 go into this clash after a 1-0 J1 League win with the downing of Kawasaki Frontale in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Tokyo Verdy had 40% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Tokyo Verdy was Daiki Fukazawa (32'). On the other side, Kawasaki Frontale had 10 shots 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.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 05/10/2008 shows us that Nagoya Grampus have won 2 of them and Tokyo Verdy 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

15 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 8 of them for N. Grampus and 7 belonging to Tokyo Verdy. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The last league fixture between these clubs was J1 League match day 6 on 15/03/2025 which ended up with the score at Tokyo Verdy 2-1 Nagoya Grampus.

In that match, Tokyo Verdy had 48% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Goals were scored by Hiroto Yamami (63') and Yuto Tsunashima (73').

On the other side, Nagoya Grampus had 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Tsukasa Morishima (21') was the scorer.

The referee was Shu Kawamata.

📰 Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Daniel Schmidt (Hip injury) and Yuya Yamagishi (Knee medial ligament tear) will not be taking part for Nagoya Grampus manager Kenta Hasegawa.

📋 Team News: Tokyo Verdy

From a largely available group, there’s only the lone fitness problem for the Tokyo Verdy boss Hiroshi Jofuku to be concerned about. Goki Yamada (Torn knee ligaments) misses out for this game.

🧠 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.

Renata Leite, 09:01 05/07/2025