Kashima Antlers vs Nagoya Grampus, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

Refresh

J. League · 2023

Kashima Antlers

2 – 0

Full Time

Nagoya Grampus

Sun 14 May 2023 · 04:30 UTC Kashima Soccer Stadium 56,020 HT 45' · FT 45'

Yuma Suzuki 29' 1–0

Kei Chinen 84' 2–0

Shoma Doi 68' Y

Kaishu Sano 88' Y

Diego Pituca 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Kashima Antlers vs Nagoya Grampus — J. League at Kashima Soccer Stadium.

Kashima Antlers 18 games · 45 pts (2026/27)
Nagoya Grampus 18 games · 31 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Hiroyuki Kimura

5 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 8.4 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Vissel Kobe	18	35
2	Cerezo Osaka FC	18	31
3	Nagoya Grampus	18	31
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	30
5	Gamba Osaka	18	28
6	Fagiano Okayama FC	18	26
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	18	24
8	Kyoto Sanga FC	18	23
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	21
10	Avispa Fukuoka	18	21
11	Kashima Antlers	18	45
12	FC Tokyo	18	37
13	FC Machida Zelvia	18	37
14	Kawasaki Frontale	18	28
15	Tokyo Verdy	18	28
16	Urawa Red Diamonds	18	25
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

Kashima Antlers 25 games · Avg 2.8 goals Nagoya Grampus

Last 5 meetings

2023-05-14 Kashima Antlers 2–0 Nagoya Grampus 2022-06-26 Nagoya Grampus 1–1 Kashima Antlers 2022-04-17 Kashima Antlers 0–0 Nagoya Grampus 2021-05-12 Nagoya Grampus 0–2 Kashima Antlers 2021-03-21 Kashima Antlers 0–1 Nagoya Grampus

Recent Form

Kashima Antlers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 May	Nagoya Grampus	H	2–0	W
07 May	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	1–0	W
03 May	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	1–0	W
29 Apr	Gamba Osaka	H	4–0	W
23 Apr	Albirex Niigata	A	2–0	W
15 Apr	Vissel Kobe	H	1–5	L

Nagoya Grampus

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 May	Kashima Antlers	A	0–2	L
06 May	Gamba Osaka	H	1–0	W
03 May	Vissel Kobe	H	2–2	D
29 Apr	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	1–1	D
23 Apr	Shonan Bellmare	H	2–2	D
15 Apr	Kawasaki Frontale	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

Kashima Antlers		Nagoya Grampus
#11	Position	#3
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

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

23% Clean Sheets
Kashima Antlers this season

0% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season

Kashima Antlers are 11th (45 pts). Nagoya Grampus are 3rd (31 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Kashima Antlers

0-15

4/1

16-30

2/4

31-45

5/4

46-60

4/7

61-75

4/–

76+

6/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Nagoya Grampus

0-15

5/3

16-30

–/2

31-45

2/5

46-60

2/3

61-75

2/3

76+

4/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Kashima Antlers

Leo Ceara	13 G
Aleksandar Cavric	7 G	1 A
Elber	3 G	2 A
Yuma Suzuki	2 G	2 A

Nagoya Grampus

Yuya Yamagishi	3 G
Takuya Uchida	2 G	1 A
Yudai Kimura	2 G	1 A
Naomichi Ueda	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Kashima Antlers is hosting Nagoya Grampus for another epic battle.
5' Ryoya Morishita, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' It looks like no one’s ball. Nagoya Grampus is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
12' The deadlock is broken! Yuma Suzuki gets on the scoresheet on 12 minutes.
17' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Kashima Antlers and Nagoya Grampus are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
22' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Kashima Antlers side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
27' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
29' Yuma Suzuki adds to his 2 season tally! Kashima Antlers lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
34' Mateus has been relatively quiet despite scoring 40 goals in his last 452 appearances.
39' Yuichi Maruyama has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
44' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 44 minutes.
49' It is a cagey affair so far. Kashima Antlers in their 4-4-2 trying to find a way past Nagoya Grampus's compact 3-4-2-1.
53' Time for substitution for Nagoya Grampus. Takuya Uchida is replaced by Ryuji Izumi.
57' The supporters are chanting for Kaishu Sano. He replaces Hayato Nakama on 57 minute.
62' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
64' Another change for Kashima Antlers made on 64 minute. Yuki Kakita leaves to be changed by Kei Chinen.
65' Shoma Doi is replacing Shintaro Nago for the Kashima Antlers side.
68' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Shoma Doi.
73' Kashima Antlers make a change. Yuma Suzuki trudges off to be replaced by Arthur Caike on 73 minutes.
78' The travelling Nagoya Grampus supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
83' Both keepers have barely been tested. Kashima Antlers and Nagoya Grampus are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
84' A goal from the Japan international Kei Chinen! He fires home on 84 to make it 3-0!
86' Time for substitution for Nagoya Grampus. Sho Inagaki is replaced by Ryoga Kida.
88' Kaishu Sano was booked on 88.
90' Diego Pituca was booked on 90.
The final score is 2-0.

Lineups

Kashima Antlers Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

13
Kei Chinen ↑ 65'
3
Gen Shoji
31
Yuya Oki
8
Shoma Doi ↑ 65'
17
Arthur Caike ↑ 73'
32
Keigo Tsunemoto ↑ 57'
25
Kaishu Sano ↑ 57'

Coach Daiki Iwamasa

Nagoya Grampus Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

5
Kazuki Nagasawa ↑ 65'
3
Yuichi Maruyama ↑ 86'
16
Yohei Takeda
7
Ryuji Izumi ↑ 53'
9
Noriyoshi Sakai ↑ 65'
24
Akinari Kawazura
42
Ryoga Kida ↑ 86'

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Hayato Nakama	4
Mateus	3
Shoma Doi	3
Homare Tokuda	2
Tomoya Inukai	2
Takashi Kanai	2
Kei Chinen	2
Takashi Kanai	2

Head to Head

Kashima Antlers Form

2023-05-14 Kashima Antlers 2–0 Nagoya Grampus W 2023-05-07 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–1 Kashima Antlers W 2023-05-03 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–1 Kashima Antlers W 2023-04-29 Kashima Antlers 4–0 Gamba Osaka W 2023-04-23 Albirex Niigata 0–2 Kashima Antlers W 2023-04-15 Kashima Antlers 1–5 Vissel Kobe L

Nagoya Grampus Form

2023-05-14 Kashima Antlers 2–0 Nagoya Grampus L 2023-05-06 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Gamba Osaka W 2023-05-03 Nagoya Grampus 2–2 Vissel Kobe D 2023-04-29 Yokohama F.Marinos 1–1 Nagoya Grampus D 2023-04-23 Nagoya Grampus 2–2 Shonan Bellmare D 2023-04-15 Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 Nagoya Grampus W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.25 Kashima Antlers xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1 Nagoya Grampus xG

I would bet for: Kashima Antlers to win 62% + Over 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kashima Antlers62% Draw21% Nagoya Grampus17%

Actual: Kashima Antlers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 3.25

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Kashima Antlers or Draw

84%

Draw or Nagoya Grampus

38%

Kashima Antlers or Nagoya Grampus

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Kashima Antlers47% Draw40% Nagoya Grampus13%

Actual: Kashima Antlers win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

9.5%

2 – 1

9.5%

1 – 0

8.2%

3 – 0

7.1%

3 – 1

7.1%

0 – 0

5.3%

2 – 2

4.7%

1 – 2

4.2%

4 – 1

4 – 0

3 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Kashima Antlers

Handicap	Kashima Antlers covers	Push	Nagoya Grampus covers
-2.5	23%	—	77%
-2	23%	19%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	22%	36%
-0.5	64%	—	36%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	9%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Kashima Antlers keeps clean sheet

37% ✗

Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.