Kawasaki Frontale vs Nagoya Grampus, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2025

Kawasaki Frontale

4 – 0

Full Time

Nagoya Grampus

Sat 15 Feb 2025 · 06:00 UTC Todoroki Athletics Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Marcinho 3' Y

Y 45' Sho Inagaki

Y 83' Kensuke Nagai

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

2025-02-15 Kawasaki Frontale 4–0 Nagoya Grampus 2024-09-22 Nagoya Grampus 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale 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

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Feb	Nagoya Grampus	H	4–0	W
08 Dec	Avispa Fukuoka	H	3–1	W
30 Nov	Tōkyō Verdy	A	5–4	W
22 Nov	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	1–1	D
09 Nov	Kyōto Sanga FC	A	1–1	D
01 Nov	Kashima Antlers	H	1–3	L

Nagoya Grampus

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
#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' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Kawasaki Frontale is hosting Nagoya Grampus for another epic battle.
3' That is a card for Kawasaki Frontale. Marcinho will be fuming at that decision.
8' Nagoya Grampus looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Haruya Fujii scoring 1 goals.
13' Kawasaki Frontale are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
16' Kawasaki Frontale manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Sai van Wermeskerken is hanging Asahi Sasaki on the field on 16 minute.
21' Kawasaki Frontale are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Nagoya Grampus backline.
26' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. will be considering his options from the bench.
31' Teruki Hara has been relatively quiet despite scoring 6 goals in his last 279 appearances.
36' Kawasaki Frontale started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 36.
41' Both keepers have barely been tested. Kawasaki Frontale and Nagoya Grampus are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
45' Sho Inagaki picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
50' Yuichi Maruyama is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Nagoya Grampus tonight.
55' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Kawasaki Frontale and Nagoya Grampus are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
57' Time for substitution for Nagoya Grampus. Mateus is replaced by Tsukasa Morishima.
58' What a strike from Kota Takai! The score is 1-0.
63' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Nagoya Grampus that had 450 games and scored 410 goals.
67' The Japan forward Shin Yamada breaks the deadlock on 67 minutes. 2-0!
72' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
73' The crowd applauds Ryuji Izumi as he leaves the pitch. Yuya Yamagishi steps in for Nagoya Grampus.
77' The Kawasaki Frontale manager makes a substitution. Patrick Verhon departs to be replaced by Hinata Yamauchi.
79' GOAL! Hinata Yamauchi fires home to make it 3-0!
82' The crowd applauds Marcinho as he leaves the pitch. Ten Miyagi steps in for Kawasaki Frontale.
83' That is a card for Nagoya Grampus. Kensuke Nagai will be fuming at that decision.
84' The crowd applauds Yuki Nogami as he leaves the pitch. Yuya Asano steps in for Nagoya Grampus.
88' What a strike from Ten Miyagi! The score is 4-0.
Kawasaki Frontale celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

14
Yasuto Wakizaka
35
Yuichi Maruyama
23
Marcinho ↓ Ten Miyagi 82'
6
Yuki Yamamoto ↓ Kento Tachibanada 77'
5
Asahi Sasaki ↓ Sai van Wermeskerken 16'
19
So Kawahara
20
Shin Yamada ↓ Erison 82'
28
Patrick Verhon ↓ Hinata Yamauchi 77'
2
Kota Takai
13
Sota Miura
98
Louis Thebault-Yamaguchi

Bench

Nagoya Grampus Lineups

Starting XI

18
Kensuke Nagai
2
Yuki Nogami ↓ Yuya Asano 84'
15
Sho Inagaki
16
Yohei Takeda
7
Ryuji Izumi ↓ Yuya Yamagishi 73'
10
Mateus ↓ Tsukasa Morishima 57'
70
Teruki Hara
6
Akinari Kawazura
55
Shuhei Tokumoto ↓ Ryosuke Yamanaka 73'
20
Kennedy Egbus Mikuni
26
Gen Kato ↓ Keiya Shiihashi 57'

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ryuji Izumi	6
Leandro Damiao	3
Jesiel	3
Mateus	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 Tōkyō Verdy 4–5 Kawasaki Frontale W 2024-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2024-11-09 Kyōto Sanga FC 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2024-11-01 Kawasaki Frontale 1–3 Kashima Antlers L

Nagoya Grampus Form

2025-02-15 Kawasaki Frontale 4–0 Nagoya Grampus L 2024-12-08 Yokohama F·Marinos 0–2 Nagoya Grampus W 2024-11-30 Nagoya Grampus 0–3 Sagan Tosu FC L 2024-11-09 Kashima Antlers 0–0 Nagoya Grampus D 2024-10-23 Gamba Osaka 3–2 Nagoya Grampus L 2024-10-19 Nagoya Grampus 0–2 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.43 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

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

1.84 Nagoya Grampus xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale52% Draw21% Nagoya Grampus27%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.27

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	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

✗ Wrong

Kawasaki Frontale39% Draw36% Nagoya Grampus25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–0 not predicted

4 – 0

Actual

2 – 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.