Sunday , 16 August 2026

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

J. League · 2020
Kawasaki Frontale
3 – 0
Full Time
Nagoya Grampus
Sun 18 Oct 2020 · 10:00 UTC Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+4'
Y 90' Mu Kanazaki

Overview

Match Preview

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

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 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

14
4
6
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
0% 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
–/–
16-30
–/–
31-45
1/–
46-60
–/2
61-75
1/–
76+
–/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Nagoya Grampus
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Kawasaki Frontale have kicked off against Nagoya Grampus. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' Nagoya Grampus come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 25' Nagoya Grampus is showing some good football. However, Nagoya Grampus are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 30' Nagoya Grampus started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
  • 35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Kengo Nakamura made 439 appearances and scored 16 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 40' Naoki Maeda has been relatively quiet despite scoring 36 goals in his last 439 appearances.
  • 44' Kawasaki Frontale is taking the lead after the goal scored by Kaoru Mitoma on 44.
  • 49' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Nagoya Grampus that had 439 games and scored 396 goals.
  • 54' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 57' The Japan Shinnosuke Nakatani breaks the deadlock on 57 minutes. 1-1!
  • 62' The home supporters are growing impatient. Kawasaki Frontale must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 65' Brilliant from the ! Jesiel makes it 2-1 with a superb finish on 65.
  • 65' Nagoya Grampus manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ryogo Yamasaki is hanging Hiroyuki Abe on the field on 65 minute.
  • 70' The Kawasaki Frontale bench stirs into life. Kengo Nakamura is withdrawn and Yasuto Wakizaka gets his opportunity.
  • 75' Kawasaki Frontale are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 80' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 82' The whistle greets Oh Jaeseok as he departs to be replaced by Kosuke Ota.
  • 87' Kawasaki Frontale ring the changes. Kaoru Mitoma has done his job and it is now time for Manabu Saito to step up.
  • 90' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Mu Kanazaki on 90 minutes.
  • 90' The Kawasaki Frontale manager makes a substitution. Leandro Damiao departs to be replaced by Kazuya Yamamura.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Kawasaki Frontale players.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Toru Oniki

Nagoya Grampus Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Massimo Ficcadenti

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Ryuji Izumi 6
Jesiel 3
Mateus 3
Leandro Damiao 3
Naoki Maeda 2
Erison 2
Akihiro Ienaga 2
Shinnosuke Nakatani 2

Head to Head

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

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
5%
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.