Nagoya Grampus vs Kyoto Sanga FC, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Nagoya Grampus vs Kyoto Sanga FC — J. League at Toyota Stadium.
- Nagoya Grampus 18 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
- Kyoto Sanga FC 18 games · 23 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Koichiro Fukushima
- Assistant 1 Isao Nishihashi
- Assistant 2 Nariaki Hirose (Japan)
12 games this season 🟨 1.1/game ⚽ 4.9 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 18 45 2 FC Tokyo 18 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 4 Vissel Kobe 18 35 5 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 6 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 8 Gamba Osaka 18 28 9 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 10 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 11 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 14 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 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 10 May Kyoto Sanga FC H 3–0 W 06 May Gamba Osaka H 2–1 W 03 May V-Varen Nagasaki A 2–1 W 29 Apr Fagiano Okayama FC H 1–1 D 25 Apr Shimizu S-Pulse A 2–0 W 19 Apr Avispa Fukuoka H 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 10 May Nagoya Grampus A 0–3 L 06 May Avispa Fukuoka A 1–0 W 02 May Shimizu S-Pulse H 1–2 L 29 Apr Gamba Osaka H 1–1 D 18 Apr Cerezo Osaka FC A 0–3 L 11 Apr Fagiano Okayama FC H 5–1 W Season Stats
Nagoya Grampus Kyoto Sanga FC #6 Position #14 31 Points 23 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 8 / 0 / 10 46 Scored 32 44 Conceded 39 +2 GD -7 1.72 PPG 1.28 56% Win % 44% Key Stats
80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history28% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season17% Clean Sheets
Kyoto Sanga FC this seasonNagoya Grampus are 6th (31 pts). Kyoto Sanga FC are 14th (23 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Nagoya Grampus0-152/116-302/431-455/446-604/361-753/176+4/5■ Scored ■ ConcededKyoto Sanga FC0-151/216-302/331-452/146-602/261-75–/676+2/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Nagoya Grampus is hosting Kyoto Sanga FC for another epic battle.
- 5' 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.
- 9' GOAL! Yuya Yamagishi scores on 9.
- 14' 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.
- 19' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 24' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Kyoto Sanga FC that had 159 games and scored 188 goals.
- 28' It’s a booking for Kyoto Sanga FC player. Henrique Trevisan gets a card.
- 29' What a strike from Yuya Yamagishi! The score is 2-0.
- 34' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Taiki Hirato made 445 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 36' That looks like a foul for a card for Ryuji Izumi.
- 41' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 44' A meaty challenge results in booking for Barreto on 44.
- 49' It looks like no one’s ball. Nagoya Grampus is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 54' Kyoto Sanga FC is showing some good football. However, Kyoto Sanga FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 59' Kyoto Sanga FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 64' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 64 minutes.
- 69' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Kyoto Sanga FC winning 50% of all matches.
- 74' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 79' Nagoya Grampus started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 79.
- 84' Barreto needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 89' It’s high time Mihailo Petrović made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 90' What a strike from Yuya Yamagishi! The score is 3-0.
- Full Time. Nagoya Grampus beats Kyoto Sanga FC
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Lineups
Nagoya Grampus Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 1
- 15
- 13
- 7
- 70
- 31
- 9
- 27
- 11
- 22
- 55
Bench
- 17
- 18
- 2
- 19
- 33
- 20
- 35
- 41
- 30
Coach Mihailo PetrovićKyoto Sanga FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 7
- 88
- 8
- 18
- 39
- 50
- 34
- 44
- 1
- 22
- 25
Bench
- 9
- 99
- 94
- 16
- 6
- 77
- 3
- 48
- 40
Coach Kwi-Jea Cho -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Yuya Yamagishi 3 Patric 2 Papagaio 2 Mateus 2 Peter Utaka 1 Sho Inagaki 1 Shohei Takeda 1 Shun Nagasawa 1 Head to Head
Nagoya Grampus Form
Kyoto Sanga FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.59 Nagoya Grampus xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.63 Kyoto Sanga FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 74%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Nagoya Grampus winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 4.22Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 98% 2% ± 1.5 92% 8% ± 2.5 78% 22% ± 3.5 60% 40% ± 4.5 41% 59% Double Chance
Nagoya Grampus or Draw 77%Draw or Kyoto Sanga FC 43%Nagoya Grampus or Kyoto Sanga FC 79%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Nagoya Grampus win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 1 7.9%1 – 1 7%3 – 1 6.7%2 – 2 6.3%3 – 2 5.4%2 – 0 5.1%1 – 2 5%4 – 1 4.3%3 – 0 Actual1 – 0 3.5%4 – 2 3.5%2 – 3 3.4%Asian Handicap — Nagoya Grampus
Handicap Nagoya Grampus covers Push Kyoto Sanga FC covers -2.5 21% — 79% -2 21% 17% 62% -1.5 38% — 62% -1 38% 19% 43% -0.5 57% — 43% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 12% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet 20% ✗Kyoto Sanga FC keeps clean sheet 8% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.