Kawasaki Frontale vs Nagoya Grampus, J. League 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2024

Kawasaki Frontale

2 – 1

Full Time

Nagoya Grampus

Sun 2 Jun 2024 · 08:10 UTC Todoroki Athletics Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Kota Takai 53' Y

Kento Tachibanada 85' Y

Overview

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

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

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 25 games · Avg 2.7 goals Nagoya Grampus

Last 5 meetings

2024-06-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Nagoya Grampus 2023-07-01 Nagoya Grampus 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale 2023-04-15 Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 Nagoya Grampus 2022-09-14 Nagoya Grampus 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale 2022-03-12 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Nagoya Grampus

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Jun	Nagoya Grampus	H	2–1	W
25 May	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1–1	D
19 May	Gamba Osaka	A	1–3	L
15 May	Sagan Tosu FC	A	2–5	L
11 May	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	3–0	W
06 May	Avispa Fukuoka	A	1–1	D

Nagoya Grampus

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Jun	Kawasaki Frontale	A	1–2	L
26 May	Kyōto Sanga FC	H	1–1	D
18 May	Sagan Tosu FC	A	2–0	W
15 May	FC Tōkyō	H	3–1	W
11 May	Gamba Osaka	H	0–1	L
06 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	3–2	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

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

8% 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

5/2

16-30

–/3

31-45

8/5

46-60

5/5

61-75

4/6

76+

5/2

■ 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)

Kawasaki Frontale

Marcinho	8 G	3 A
Yasuto Wakizaka	4 G	4 A
Tatsuya Ito	3 G	3 A
Pedro Romano	3 G
Lazar Romanic	2 G

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' In just a few seconds Todoroki Athletics Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Kawasaki Frontale and Nagoya Grampus.
5' Akihiro Ienaga makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Kawasaki Frontale are in front.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
15' 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.
18' The Japan Akihiro Ienaga breaks the deadlock on 18 minutes. 2-0!
23' It looks surprising Nagoya Grampus does not make any changes. Jesiel has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
24' A change in the Nagoya Grampus ranks — Ryuji Izumi exits the field as Yuki Nogami enters on 24.
29' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Kawasaki Frontale and Nagoya Grampus are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
34' Nagoya Grampus seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
39' A quiet spell here at Todoroki Athletics Stadium. Kawasaki Frontale seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
44' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
46' The crowd applauds Jesiel as he leaves the pitch. Shuto Tanabe steps in for Kawasaki Frontale.
51' Yasuto Wakizaka is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Kawasaki Frontale tonight.
53' It’s a booking for Kawasaki Frontale player. Kota Takai gets a card.
58' Takuya Uchida is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Kawasaki Frontale so far.
59' The supporters are chanting for Yuya Yamagishi. He replaces Kasper Junker on 59 minute.
64' Japan international Ryuji Izumi has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 2 assists in the Array this season.
66' Time for substitution for Kawasaki Frontale. Hinata Yamauchi is replaced by Marcinho.
71' 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.
76' 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.
80' Ryosuke Yamanaka gets the nod from Nagoya Grampus. He replaces Takuya Uchida and will look to change the dynamic.
81' Kawasaki Frontale ring the changes. Daiya Tono has done his job and it is now time for Yuki Yamamoto to step up.
85' Kento Tachibanada is having his name booked by the referee on 85.
89' Against the run of play, Chang-rae Ha has scored! This game has turned on its head.
90' Shin Yamada gets the nod from Kawasaki Frontale. He replaces Bafetimbi Gomis and will look to change the dynamic.
Full Time. Kawasaki Frontale beats Nagoya Grampus

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

35
Yuichi Maruyama
23
Marcinho ↑ 66'
99
Naoto Kamifukumoto
77
Yuki Yamamoto ↑ 81'
15
Shuto Tanabe ↑ 46'
9
Erison
20
Shin Yamada ↑ 90'

Coach Toru Oniki

Nagoya Grampus Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Takuji Yonemoto ↑ 59'
18
Kensuke Nagai ↑ 59'
66
Ryosuke Yamanaka ↑ 80'
2
Yuki Nogami ↑ 24'
16
Yohei Takeda
11
Yuya Yamagishi ↑ 59'
25
Tojiro Kubo

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ryuji Izumi	6
Jesiel	3
Mateus	3
Leandro Damiao	3
Tatsuya Ito	2
Naoki Maeda	2
Erison	2
Akihiro Ienaga	2

Head to Head

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2024-06-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Nagoya Grampus W 2024-05-25 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Kashiwa Reysol D 2024-05-19 Gamba Osaka 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale L 2024-05-15 Sagan Tosu FC 5–2 Kawasaki Frontale L 2024-05-11 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo W 2024-05-06 Avispa Fukuoka 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D

Nagoya Grampus Form

2024-06-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Nagoya Grampus L 2024-05-26 Nagoya Grampus 1–1 Kyōto Sanga FC D 2024-05-18 Sagan Tosu FC 0–2 Nagoya Grampus W 2024-05-15 Nagoya Grampus 3–1 FC Tōkyō W 2024-05-11 Nagoya Grampus 0–1 Gamba Osaka L 2024-05-06 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–3 Nagoya Grampus W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.08 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

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

1.9 Nagoya Grampus xG

I would bet for: Kawasaki Frontale or Nagoya Grampus 77% + Over 2.5 goals 75%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale44% Draw23% Nagoya Grampus33%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes74% 0% No26%

Avg goals/match: 3.98

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	55%	45%
± 4.5	36%	64%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

67%

Draw or Nagoya Grampus

56%

Kawasaki Frontale or Nagoya Grampus

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Kawasaki Frontale33% Draw38% Nagoya Grampus29%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.2%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

1 – 2

6.9%

3 – 1

5.1%

3 – 2

4.8%

2 – 3

4.4%

1 – 3

4.3%

2 – 0

4.2%

0 – 2

3.5%

1 – 0

3.5%

0 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap	Kawasaki Frontale covers	Push	Nagoya Grampus covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	13%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	18%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	65%	—	35%
+1	65%	16%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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