Nagoya Grampus vs FC Tōkyō, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Nagoya Grampus vs FC Tōkyō — J. League at Toyota Stadium.
- Nagoya Grampus 18 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
- FC Tōkyō 18 games · 37 pts (2026/26)
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 Tōkyō 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 31 Aug FC Tōkyō H 1–1 D 23 Aug Kawasaki Frontale H 3–4 L 16 Aug Urawa Red Diamonds A 1–2 L 10 Aug Kyoto Sanga FC H 1–2 L 20 Jul Yokohama F·Marinos A 0–3 L 05 Jul Tokyo Verdy H 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 31 Aug Nagoya Grampus A 1–1 D 24 Aug Kyoto Sanga FC H 0–4 L 16 Aug Shonan Bellmare A 2–2 D 10 Aug Kashima Antlers H 0–1 L 19 Jul Urawa Red Diamonds H 3–2 W 05 Jul Kashiwa Reysol A 0–1 L Season Stats
Nagoya Grampus FC Tōkyō #3 Position #12 31 Points 37 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 13 / 0 / 5 46 Scored 55 44 Conceded 42 +2 GD +13 1.72 PPG 2.06 56% Win % 72% Key Stats
54% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)46% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history28% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season22% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this seasonNagoya Grampus are 3rd (31 pts). FC Tōkyō are 12th (37 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Nagoya Grampus0-152/116-302/431-455/446-604/361-753/176+4/5■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Tōkyō0-15–/116-30–/231-458/–46-602/–61-754/476+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Toyota Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Tokyo needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' FC Tokyo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' 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.
- 20' Ryuji Izumi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
- 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 35' Alexandre Pisano needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 37' The referee calls foul for Keita Yamashita. He receives a card.
- 42' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Sho Inagaki made 335 appearances and scored 45 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 47' 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.
- 52' FC Tokyo is showing some good football. However, FC Tokyo are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 56' It is a substitution in FC Tokyo team. Keita Yamashita is replaced by Marcelo Ryan on 56 minute.
- 61' 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.
- 64' Another change for Nagoya Grampus made on 64 minute. Ryuji Izumi leaves to be changed by Yuya Asano.
- 65' What a strike from Yota Sato! The score is 1-0.
- 70' FC Tokyo started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 70.
- 73' Another change for Nagoya Grampus made on 73 minute. Kensuke Nagai leaves to be changed by Yudai Kimura.
- 74' Keita Endo is replacing Leon Nozawa for the FC Tokyo side.
- 77' The FC Tokyo manager makes a substitution. Keigo Higashi departs to be replaced by Kanta Doi.
- 82' GOAL! Keita Endo scores on 82.
- 87' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Tokyo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 90' FC Tokyo receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Lineups
Nagoya Grampus Lineups
Starting XI
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18
Kensuke Nagai ↓ Yudai Kimura 73'
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7
Ryuji Izumi ↓ Yuya Asano 64'
- 27
- 11
- 3
- 35
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44
Soichiro Mori ↓ Yuki Nogami 73'
Bench
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2
Yuki Nogami ↑ 73'
- 16
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9
Yuya Asano ↑ 64'
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22
Yudai Kimura ↑ 73'
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- 41
- 26
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Coach Kenta HasegawaFC Tōkyō Lineups
Starting XI
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- 6
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10
Keigo Higashi ↓ Kanta Doi 77'
- 24
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14
Keita Yamashita ↓ Marcelo Ryan 56'
- 81
- 33
- 7
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28
Leon Nozawa ↓ Keita Endo 74'
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26
Motoki Nagakura ↓ Kein Sato 74'
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Bench
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22
Keita Endo ↑ 74'
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40
Marcos Guilherme ↑ 56'
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- 30
- 44
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19
Marcelo Ryan ↑ 56'
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32
Kanta Doi ↑ 77'
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Kein Sato ↑ 74'
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Coach Rikizo Matsuhashi -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Diego Oliveira 6 Kensuke Nagai 3 Kasper Junker 3 Kensuke Nagai 2 Diego Oliveira 2 Keigo Higashi 1 Kotaro Omori 1 Mateus 1 Head to Head
Nagoya Grampus Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 42.26 Nagoya Grampus xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.57 FC Tōkyō xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 85% + Both teams to score 82%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.83Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 99% 1% ± 1.5 95% 5% ± 2.5 85% 15% ± 3.5 70% 30% ± 4.5 52% 48% Double Chance
Nagoya Grampus or Draw 58%Draw or FC Tōkyō 64%Nagoya Grampus or FC Tōkyō 78%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 2 6.5%1 – 2 6%2 – 3 5.5%1 – 1 Actual2 – 1 5.2%1 – 3 5%3 – 2 4.8%3 – 3 4.1%3 – 1 3.9%2 – 4 3.6%1 – 4 3.2%0 – 2 2.8%Asian Handicap — Nagoya Grampus
Handicap Nagoya Grampus covers Push FC Tōkyō covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 10% 80% -1.5 20% — 80% -1 20% 15% 65% -0.5 35% — 65% +0.5 54% — 46% +1 54% 17% 28% +1.5 72% — 28% +2 72% 13% 15% +2.5 85% — 15% Clean Sheet
Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet 8% ✓FC Tōkyō keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

