Kashima Antlers vs Nagoya Grampus, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Kashima Antlers vs Nagoya Grampus — J. League at Kashima Soccer Stadium.
- Kashima Antlers 18 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
- Nagoya Grampus 18 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 18 45 2 FC Tokyo 18 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 4 Vissel Kobe 18 35 5 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 6 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 8 Gamba Osaka 18 28 9 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 10 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 11 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 14 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 17 Kashiwa Reysol 18 20 18 Yokohama F.Marinos 18 20 19 FC Mito Holly Hock 18 18 20 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 18 12 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Apr Nagoya Grampus H 1–0 W 20 Apr Fagiano Okayama FC A 2–1 W 12 Apr Cerezo Osaka FC A 0–1 L 06 Apr Kyoto Sanga FC H 3–4 L 02 Apr Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 0–1 L 29 Mar Vissel Kobe H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Apr Kashima Antlers A 0–1 L 20 Apr Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 2–1 W 12 Apr Gamba Osaka A 0–2 L 06 Apr Shonan Bellmare A 1–2 L 02 Apr Yokohama F.Marinos H 2–0 W 29 Mar Yokohama FC H 2–1 W Season Stats
Kashima Antlers Nagoya Grampus #1 Position #6 45 Points 31 18 Played 18 15 / 0 / 3 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 40 Scored 46 20 Conceded 44 +20 GD +2 2.50 PPG 1.72 83% Win % 56% Key Stats
42% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history61% Clean Sheets
Kashima Antlers this season28% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this seasonKashima Antlers are 1st (45 pts). Nagoya Grampus are 6th (31 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Kashima Antlers0-15–/–16-301/–31-452/346-603/261-752/–76+6/–■ Scored ■ ConcededNagoya Grampus0-152/116-302/431-455/446-604/361-753/176+4/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Kashima Soccer Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Nagoya Grampus is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 25' It looks surprising Nagoya Grampus does not make any changes. Kyosuke Tagawa has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 35' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Kashima Antlers that had 425 games and scored 447 goals.
- 40' It’s high time Toru Oniki made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 41' Kashima Antlers player sees a card in front of him.
- 46' Kashima Antlers manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yu Funabashi is hanging Gaku Shibasaki on the field on 46 minute.
- 51' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 51 minutes.
- 54' GOAL! Kei Chinen scores on 54. Assisted by Naomichi Ueda
- 59' Mateus has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 61' Time for substitution for Nagoya Grampus. Kensuke Nagai is replaced by Teruki Hara.
- 66' Kashima Antlers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 66.
- 71' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 76' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 81' Kashima Antlers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 82' Talles is replacing Ryotaro Araki for the Kashima Antlers side.
- 87' The travelling Nagoya Grampus supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 89' Time for substitution for Nagoya Grampus. Ryuji Izumi is replaced by Yuya Asano.
- 90' Tae-hyeon Kim has so much to prove this time. He replaces Aleksandar Cavric on 90 minute.
- Full Time. Kashima Antlers beats Nagoya Grampus
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Lineups
Kashima Antlers Lineups
Starting XI
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10
Gaku Shibasaki ↓ Yu Funabashi 46'
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- 55
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11
Kyosuke Tagawa ↓ Yuta Matsumura 46'
- 2
- 40
- 77
- 5
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71
Ryotaro Araki ↓ Talles 82'
- 1
- 23
Bench
- 6
- 29
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27
Yuta Matsumura ↑ 46'
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20
Yu Funabashi ↑ 46'
- 28
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3
Tae-hyeon Kim ↑ 90'
- 32
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17
Talles ↑ 82'
- 36
Coach Toru OnikiNagoya Grampus Lineups
Starting XI
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- 8
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18
Kensuke Nagai ↓ Teruki Hara 61'
- 2
- 14
- 15
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Ryuji Izumi ↓ Yuya Asano 89'
- 10
- 6
- 55
- 20
Bench
- 17
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70
Teruki Hara ↑ 61'
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Yuya Asano ↑ 89'
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27
Katsuhiro Nakayama ↑ 61'
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33
Taichi Kikuchi ↑ 82'
- 35
- 41
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Shungo Sugiura ↑ 82'
Coach Kenta Hasegawa -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Hayato Nakama 4 Shoma Doi 3 Mateus 3 Kei Chinen 2 Takashi Kanai 2 Sho Inagaki 2 Yuma Suzuki 2 Homare Tokuda 2 Head to Head
Kashima Antlers Form
Nagoya Grampus Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 42.19 Kashima Antlers xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.9 Nagoya Grampus xGI would bet for: Kashima Antlers to win 62% + Over 2.5 goals 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Kashima Antlers winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.09Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 59% 41% ± 3.5 37% 63% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
Kashima Antlers or Draw 84%Draw or Nagoya Grampus 38%Kashima Antlers or Nagoya Grampus 78%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 10.8%1 – 1 9.8%1 – 0 Actual2 – 1 9.5%3 – 0 7.7%3 – 1 6.9%0 – 0 6.1%2 – 2 4.3%4 – 0 4.2%1 – 2 3.9%4 – 1 3.8%0 – 1 3.4%Asian Handicap — Kashima Antlers
Handicap Kashima Antlers covers Push Nagoya Grampus covers -2.5 23% — 77% -2 23% 20% 58% -1.5 42% — 58% -1 42% 23% 35% -0.5 65% — 35% +0.5 87% — 13% +1 87% 9% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 3% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Kashima Antlers keeps clean sheet 41% ✗Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.