Thursday , 2 July 2026

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

J. League · 2025
Nagoya Grampus
3 – 4
Full Time
Kawasaki Frontale
Sat 23 Aug 2025 · 10:00 UTC Toyota Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 45' Erison
Kasper Junker 51' R
Yuki Nogami 87' Y
Kennedy Egbus Mikuni 88' Y
Y 89' So Kawahara
Y 90' Tatsuya Ito

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

6
4
14
Nagoya Grampus 24 games · Avg 2.7 goals Kawasaki Frontale
Last 5 meetings
2025-08-23 Nagoya Grampus 3–4 Kawasaki Frontale 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

Recent Form

Nagoya Grampus
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
28 Jun Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 2–1 W
Kawasaki Frontale
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Aug Nagoya Grampus A 4–3 W
16 Aug Albirex Niigata A 1–1 D
09 Aug Avispa Fukuoka H 2–5 L
20 Jul Gamba Osaka A 1–2 L
05 Jul Kashima Antlers H 2–1 W
29 Jun Tokyo Verdy A 0–1 L

Season Stats

Nagoya Grampus Kawasaki Frontale
#3 Position #14
31 Points 28
18 Played 18
10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8
46 Scored 38
44 Conceded 40
+2 GD -2
1.72 PPG 1.56
56% Win % 56%

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)
54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
28% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season
11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

Nagoya Grampus
0-15
2/1
16-30
2/4
31-45
5/4
46-60
4/3
61-75
3/1
76+
4/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Kawasaki Frontale
0-15
2/1
16-30
–/–
31-45
–/3
46-60
1/4
61-75
1/3
76+
7/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds Toyota Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Nagoya Grampus and Kawasaki Frontale.
  • 5' 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.
  • 7' What a strike from Tatsuya Ito! The score is 0-1.
  • 12' Kawasaki Frontale manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ryota Kamihashi is hanging Yuichi Maruyama on the field on 12 minute.
  • 17' Goal! Erison scores his 31 goal in 341 matches.
  • 22' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 27' 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.
  • 32' GOAL! Soichiro Mori scores on 32. Assisted by Sho Inagaki
  • 37' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Tsukasa Morishima made 335 appearances and scored 26 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 42' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 45' It’s gonna be a card for Erison.
  • 46' The Nagoya Grampus manager makes a substitution. Haruya Fujii departs to be replaced by Yuki Nogami.
  • 48' GOAL! Teruki Hara scores on 45. Assisted by Soichiro Mori
  • 51' Kasper Junker is having his name booked by the referee on 51.
  • 56' Nagoya Grampus started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 56.
  • 61' Soma Kanda needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 65' The whistle greets Katsuhiro Nakayama as he departs to be replaced by Shuhei Tokumoto.
  • 70' Yuki Yamamoto has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
  • 75' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nagoya Grampus needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 78' It is a substitution in Nagoya Grampus team. Yudai Kimura is replaced by Kensuke Nagai on 78 minute.
  • 80' What a strike from Erison! The score is 2-3.
  • 81' What a strike from Ryuji Izumi! The score is 3-3.
  • 85' The whistle greets Ryuji Izumi as he departs to be replaced by Yuya Yamagishi.
  • 87' It’s a booking for Nagoya Grampus player. Yuki Nogami gets a card.
  • 88' Kennedy Egbus Mikuni is having his name booked by the referee on 88.
  • 89' So Kawahara was booked on 89.
  • 90' Kawasaki Frontale player sees a card in front of him.
  • The final score is 3-4.

Lineups

Nagoya Grampus Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Ryuji Izumi 6
Mateus 3
Leandro Damiao 3
Jesiel 3
Sho Inagaki 2
Kasper Junker 2
Tatsuya Ito 2
Erison 2

Head to Head

2025-08-23 Nagoya Grampus 3–4 Kawasaki Frontale 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

Nagoya Grampus Form

2025-08-23 Nagoya Grampus 3–4 Kawasaki Frontale L 2025-08-16 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Nagoya Grampus L 2025-08-10 Nagoya Grampus 1–2 Kyoto Sanga FC L 2025-07-20 Yokohama F·Marinos 3–0 Nagoya Grampus L 2025-07-05 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 Tokyo Verdy D 2025-06-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Nagoya Grampus W

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2025-08-23 Nagoya Grampus 3–4 Kawasaki Frontale W 2025-08-16 Albirex Niigata 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2025-08-09 Kawasaki Frontale 2–5 Avispa Fukuoka L 2025-07-20 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale L 2025-07-05 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Kashima Antlers W 2025-06-29 Tokyo Verdy 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.39 Nagoya Grampus xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.22 Kawasaki Frontale xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Both teams to score 80%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Nagoya Grampus40% Draw23% Kawasaki Frontale37%
Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes80% 0% No20%
Avg goals/match: 4.61
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 94%
6%
± 2.5 82%
18%
± 3.5 66%
34%
± 4.5 48%
52%

Double Chance

Nagoya Grampus or Draw
63%
Draw or Kawasaki Frontale
60%
Nagoya Grampus or Kawasaki Frontale
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Nagoya Grampus34% Draw35% Kawasaki Frontale31%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–4 not predicted
3 – 4
Actual
2 – 2
6.7%
2 – 1
6.3%
1 – 1
6%
1 – 2
5.8%
3 – 2
5.3%
2 – 3
4.9%
3 – 1
4.9%
1 – 3
4.2%
3 – 3
3.9%
4 – 2
3.2%
2 – 0
3%
4 – 1
2.9%

Asian Handicap — Nagoya Grampus

Handicap Nagoya Grampus covers Push Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5 13% — 87%
-2 13% 13% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 17% 57%
-0.5 43% — 57%
+0.5 63% — 37%
+1 63% 16% 21%
+1.5 79% — 21%
+2 79% 11% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet
12% ✓
Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet
10% ✓

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