Nagoya Grampus and Kashima Antlers meet at Toyota Stadium, in a match for the 14th round of the J1 League. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which registers 2 wins and 1 loss in the last 3 games. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 07‑12‑2019, for the J1 League, which ended with the victory of Kashima Antlers by (0‑1). The only goal of the match was scored by S. Nakatani (43 ‘Autogolo).
Nagoya Grampus :
The home team is currently in 4th position, with 24 points won, after 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they won at home against Kawasaki Frontale by (1‑0). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Consadole Sapporo, by (0‑0). In their last match, for the J ‑ League Cup, they lost to Tokyo by (3‑0). In their last 5 home games for the championship, Nagoya Grampus won 3, drew 1 and lost 1, thus taking 10 points out of 15 possible. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 12 matches in the competition, he conceded the first goal 5 times and only managed 1 comeback.
To stay at the top of the table, Nagoya Grampus will have to maintain his regularity. This means that you cannot lose points at home, no matter how much your opponent is growing in the championship. In this way, you will have to be careful in this match, because the facilities will not have. Therefore, you will have to put together a game plan that adapts to the pace of the match and does not lead to negative surprises.
Kashima Antlers :
The visiting team is currently in 9th position, with 18 points won, after 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they won away against Tokyo by (1‑2). In the last match, they won in an away match against Kashiwa Reysol by (2‑3). For the championship, Kashima Antlers won 9 points out of 24 possible, after 3 wins and 5 losses in the last 8 games they played as a visitor. In their home matches there are some frequent results: at half-time 0‑0 (3 out of 8 matches) and at the end of the match 1‑0 (3 out of 8 matches). Their defense has not been very solid, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that rarely scores first: they only opened the scoring in 3 of their last 14 J1 League games, never leading to half time. In 14 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 11 times and only managed 3 comebacks. In the last 11 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 5 of their 13 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).
The start of the Kashima Antlers championship was very weak, but the team is growing. If you keep up the good performance of the previous rounds, you have a good chance of getting a good result. The least expected is a draw, but know that a victory is possible. The only certainty that remains is that you will need to play very well, as your opponent is living a better time than yours.
