Kawasaki Frontale vs Nagoya Grampus, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2020

Kawasaki Frontale

3 – 0

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Nagoya Grampus

Sun 18 Oct 2020 · 10:00 UTC Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+4'

Y 90' Mu Kanazaki

Overview

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Kawasaki Frontale vs Nagoya Grampus — J. League at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium.

Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/27)
Nagoya Grampus 18 games · 31 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Takumi Takagi
Referee Hiroyoshi Takayama
Referee Hayato Shimizu
Referee Tomokazu Tajiri

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	Kyōto Sanga FC	18	23
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	21
10	Avispa Fukuoka	18	21
11	Kashima Antlers	18	45
12	FC Tōkyō	18	37
13	FC Machida Zelvia	18	37
14	Kawasaki Frontale	18	28
15	Tōkyō 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

Kawasaki Frontale 24 games · Avg 2.7 goals Nagoya Grampus

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-18 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Nagoya Grampus 2020-08-23 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-08-10 Nagoya Grampus 3–0 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-05-17 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Nagoya Grampus 2018-09-22 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Nagoya Grampus

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Nagoya Grampus	H	3–0	W
14 Oct	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	2–0	W
10 Oct	Vegalta Sendai	H	1–0	W
03 Oct	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	3–1	W
27 Sep	Shonan Bellmare	A	1–0	W
23 Sep	Yokohama FC	H	3–2	W

Nagoya Grampus

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Kawasaki Frontale	A	0–3	L
14 Oct	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	3–0	W
10 Oct	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	1–0	W
04 Oct	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	1–0	W
30 Sep	Vissel Kobe	A	0–1	L
26 Sep	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	3–1	W

Season Stats

Kawasaki Frontale		Nagoya Grampus
#14	Position	#3
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 history

14% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

0% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season

Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 pts). Nagoya Grampus are 3rd (31 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

2/–

16-30

–/2

31-45

5/2

46-60

4/2

61-75

1/3

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Nagoya Grampus

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/1

31-45

1/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

3/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale

Marcinho	6 G	1 A
Yasuto Wakizaka	2 G	3 A
Tatsuya Ito	2 G	1 A
Lazar Romanic	2 G

Nagoya Grampus

Naomichi Ueda

1 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Kawasaki Frontale host Nagoya Grampus — let the battle begin!
5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. Kawasaki Frontale must find a spark to ignite this game.
20' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
30' Leandro Damiao, a Brazil , has 4 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
35' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
40' Kawasaki Frontale started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
44' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Kaoru Mitoma makes it 1-0.
49' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 49 minutes.
54' The travelling Nagoya Grampus supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
57' What composure from Shinnosuke Nakatani! The Japan international strokes it home. 1-1.
62' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
65' What a strike from Jesiel! The score is 2-1.
65' Time for substitution for Nagoya Grampus. Hiroyuki Abe is replaced by Ryogo Yamasaki.
70' The supporters are chanting for Yasuto Wakizaka. He replaces Kengo Nakamura on 70 minute.
75' Kawasaki Frontale is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
80' 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.
82' Kosuke Ota gets the nod from Nagoya Grampus. He replaces Oh Jaeseok and will look to change the dynamic.
87' A tactical swap from Kawasaki Frontale — Manabu Saito on, Kaoru Mitoma off on 87 minutes.
90' Mu Kanazaki has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 90.
90' The Kawasaki Frontale bench stirs into life. Leandro Damiao is withdrawn and Kazuya Yamamura gets his opportunity.
That’s it! Another goalless match for Kawasaki Frontale and Nagoya Grampus (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

4
Jesiel
1
Jung Sungryong
6
Hidemasa Morita
2
Kyohei Noborizato ↓ Shintaro Kurumaya 87'
5
Shogo Taniguchi C
14
Kengo Nakamura ↓ Yasuto Wakizaka 70'
41
Akihiro Ienaga ↓ Kazuya Yamamura 90'
25
Ao Tanaka
9
Leandro Damiao ↓ Reo Hatate 90'
13
Miki Yamane
18
Kaoru Mitoma ↓ Manabu Saito 87'

Bench

7
Shintaro Kurumaya ↑ 87'
8
Yasuto Wakizaka ↑ 70'
19
Manabu Saito ↑ 87'
27
Kenta Tanno
34
Kazuya Yamamura ↑ 90'
20
Taisei Miyashiro
30
Reo Hatate ↑ 90'

Coach Toru Oniki

Nagoya Grampus Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

8
Joao Schmidt ↑ 82'
36
Kosuke Ota ↑ 82'
17
Ryogo Yamasaki ↑ 65'
21
Yohei Takeda
13
Haruya Fujii
6
Kazuya Miyahara
24
Ryotaro Ishida ↑ 65'

Coach Massimo Ficcadenti

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ryuji Izumi	6
Mateus	3
Leandro Damiao	3
Jesiel	3
Akihiro Ienaga	2
Shinnosuke Nakatani	2
Sho Inagaki	2
Kasper Junker	2

Head to Head

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2020-10-18 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Nagoya Grampus W 2020-10-14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2020-10-10 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Vegalta Sendai W 2020-10-03 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale W 2020-09-27 Shonan Bellmare 0–1 Kawasaki Frontale W 2020-09-23 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Yokohama FC W

Nagoya Grampus Form

2020-10-18 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Nagoya Grampus L 2020-10-14 Nagoya Grampus 3–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo W 2020-10-10 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2020-10-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Nagoya Grampus W 2020-09-30 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Nagoya Grampus L 2020-09-26 Nagoya Grampus 3–1 Shimizu S-Pulse W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.28 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

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

1.61 Nagoya Grampus xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale53% Draw22% Nagoya Grampus25%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.89

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

75%

Draw or Nagoya Grampus

47%

Kawasaki Frontale or Nagoya Grampus

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale39% Draw38% Nagoya Grampus23%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.3%

2 – 1

8.3%

2 – 2

6.6%

3 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

5.9%

2 – 0

5.4%

3 – 2

1 – 0

4.3%

3 – 0

Actual

4 – 1

3.6%

2 – 3

3.5%

0 – 0

3.2%

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%	20%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	14%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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