Kawasaki Frontale vs Nagoya Grampus, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Kawasaki Frontale vs Nagoya Grampus — J. League at Todoroki Athletics Stadium.
- Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 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 15 Feb Nagoya Grampus H 4–0 W 08 Dec Avispa Fukuoka H 3–1 W 30 Nov Tokyo Verdy A 5–4 W 22 Nov Urawa Red Diamonds A 1–1 D 09 Nov Kyoto Sanga FC A 1–1 D 01 Nov Kashima Antlers H 1–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Feb Kawasaki Frontale A 0–4 L 08 Dec Yokohama F.Marinos A 2–0 W 30 Nov Sagan Tosu FC H 0–3 L 09 Nov Kashima Antlers A 0–0 D 23 Oct Gamba Osaka A 2–3 L 19 Oct Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo H 0–2 L Season Stats
Kawasaki Frontale Nagoya Grampus #9 Position #6 28 Points 31 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 38 Scored 46 40 Conceded 44 -2 GD +2 1.56 PPG 1.72 56% Win % 56% Key Stats
38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season28% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this seasonKawasaki Frontale are 9th (28 pts). Nagoya Grampus are 6th (31 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Kawasaki Frontale0-152/116-30–/–31-45–/346-601/461-751/376+7/2■ Scored ■ ConcededNagoya Grampus0-152/116-302/431-455/446-604/361-753/176+4/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Kawasaki Frontale to score. At the same time, Nagoya Grampus does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 3' Kawasaki Frontale receives a card for a hard tackle on 3.
- 8' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Kawasaki Frontale needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 13' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Sota Miura suffering a number of foals already.
- 16' Sai van Wermeskerken is replacing Asahi Sasaki for the Kawasaki Frontale side.
- 21' 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.
- 26' It looks surprising Kawasaki Frontale does not make any changes. Yuichi Maruyama has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 31' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 36' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ryosuke Yamanaka, as he is very good at scoring at Todoroki Athletics Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 41' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 45' Nagoya Grampus receives a card for a hard tackle on 45.
- 50' 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.
- 55' Kawasaki Frontale started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 55.
- 57' Another change for Nagoya Grampus made on 57 minute. Mateus leaves to be changed by Tsukasa Morishima.
- 58' What a strike from Kota Takai! The score is 1-0.
- 63' 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.
- 67' Goal! Shin Yamada scores his 21 goal in 417 matches.
- 72' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 73' Nagoya Grampus manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yuya Yamagishi is hanging Ryuji Izumi on the field on 73 minute.
- 77' The Kawasaki Frontale manager makes a substitution. Patrick Verhon departs to be replaced by Hinata Yamauchi.
- 79' What a strike from Hinata Yamauchi! The score is 3-0.
- 82' Another change for Kawasaki Frontale made on 82 minute. Marcinho leaves to be changed by Ten Miyagi.
- 83' It’s gonna be a card for Kensuke Nagai.
- 84' The supporters are chanting for Yuya Asano. He replaces Yuki Nogami on 84 minute.
- 88' What a strike from Ten Miyagi! The score is 4-0.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for Kawasaki Frontale and Nagoya Grampus (для сухой ничьи).
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Lineups
Kawasaki Frontale Lineups
Starting XI
- 14
- 35
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23
Marcinho ↓ Ten Miyagi 82'
- 6
- 5
- 19
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20
Shin Yamada ↓ Erison 82'
- 28
- 2
- 13
- 98
Bench
- 7
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31
Sai van Wermeskerken ↑ 16'
- 44
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8
Kento Tachibanada ↑ 77'
- 15
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24
Ten Miyagi ↑ 82'
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9
Erison ↑ 82'
- 1
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26
Hinata Yamauchi ↑ 77'
Nagoya Grampus Lineups
Starting XI
- 18
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2
Yuki Nogami ↓ Yuya Asano 84'
- 15
- 16
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7
Ryuji Izumi ↓ Yuya Yamagishi 73'
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10
Mateus ↓ Tsukasa Morishima 57'
- 70
- 6
- 55
- 20
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26
Gen Kato ↓ Keiya Shiihashi 57'
Bench
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8
Keiya Shiihashi ↑ 57'
- 17
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66
Ryosuke Yamanaka ↑ 73'
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14
Tsukasa Morishima ↑ 57'
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9
Yuya Asano ↑ 84'
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11
Yuya Yamagishi ↑ 73'
- 3
- 33
- 35
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ryuji Izumi 6 Mateus 3 Leandro Damiao 3 Jesiel 3 Kasper Junker 2 Tatsuya Ito 2 Naoki Maeda 2 Erison 2 Head to Head
Kawasaki Frontale Form
2025-02-15 Kawasaki Frontale 4–0 Nagoya Grampus W 2024-12-08 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Avispa Fukuoka W 2024-11-30 Tokyo Verdy 4–5 Kawasaki Frontale W 2024-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2024-11-09 Kyoto Sanga FC 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2024-11-01 Kawasaki Frontale 1–3 Kashima Antlers LNagoya Grampus Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.43 Kawasaki Frontale xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.84 Nagoya Grampus xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 76%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Kawasaki Frontale winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 4.27Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 98% 2% ± 1.5 92% 8% ± 2.5 78% 22% ± 3.5 60% 40% ± 4.5 42% 58% Double Chance
Kawasaki Frontale or Draw 73%Draw or Nagoya Grampus 48%Kawasaki Frontale or Nagoya Grampus 79%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✗ 4–0 not predicted4 – 0Actual2 – 1 7.5%1 – 1 7.1%2 – 2 6.7%3 – 1 5.9%1 – 2 5.7%3 – 2 5.4%2 – 0 4.3%2 – 3 4.1%4 – 1 3.6%1 – 3 3.4%3 – 0 3.4%3 – 3 3.3%Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale
Handicap Kawasaki Frontale covers Push Nagoya Grampus covers -2.5 17% — 83% -2 17% 15% 68% -1.5 32% — 68% -1 32% 19% 50% -0.5 50% — 50% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 14% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 9% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet 17% ✗Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet 10% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

