Saturday , 14 November 2026

Nagoya Grampus vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2021
Nagoya Grampus
1 – 0
Full Time
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Wed 14 Apr 2021 · 10:30 UTC Paloma Mizuho Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+7'
Yoichiro Kakitani 36' Y
Takuji Yonemoto 75' Y
Y 90' Rhayner
Y 90' Hayao Kawabe

Overview

Match Preview

Nagoya Grampus vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Paloma Mizuho Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Hajime Matsuo
  • Referee Yoshiro Imamura
  • Referee Takeshi Asada
  • Referee Hiromichi Oka
  • Referee Kota Watanabe

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

10
3
8
Nagoya Grampus 21 games · Avg 2.5 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Last 5 meetings
2021-04-14 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-12-19 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-11-11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Nagoya Grampus 2019-09-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Nagoya Grampus 2019-04-28 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Nagoya Grampus
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Apr Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 1–0 W
11 Apr Ōita FC Trinita A 3–0 W
07 Apr Shonan Bellmare A 0–0 D
03 Apr FC Tōkyō H 0–0 D
21 Mar Kashima Antlers A 1–0 W
17 Mar Yokohama FC H 3–0 W
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Apr Nagoya Grampus A 0–1 L
10 Apr Shonan Bellmare H 0–1 L
07 Apr Yokohama FC A 3–0 W
03 Apr Gamba Osaka H 0–0 D
21 Mar Ōita FC Trinita A 3–1 W
17 Mar Shimizu S-Pulse H 1–0 W

Season Stats

Nagoya Grampus Sanfrecce Hiroshima
#3 Position #4
31 Points 30
18 Played 18
10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8
46 Scored 41
44 Conceded 33
+2 GD +8
1.72 PPG 1.67
56% Win % 56%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)
52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season
62% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

Nagoya Grampus are 3rd (31 pts). Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
0-15
1/1
16-30
4/2
31-45
4/2
46-60
7/2
61-75
7/1
76+
6/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Nagoya Grampus
Yuya Yamagishi 3 G
Takuya Uchida 2 G 1 A
Yudai Kimura 2 G 1 A
Naomichi Ueda 1 G 1 A
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Akito Suzuki 10 G 4 A
Mutsuki Kato 3 G 3 A
Shuto Nakano 3 G 2 A
Shun Ayukawa 3 G 1 A
Sebastien Haller 3 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Temperatures are rising at Paloma Mizuho Stadium as Nagoya Grampus face off against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
  • 5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Sanfrecce Hiroshima winning 100% of all matches.
  • 15' Yuki Soma, a Japan , has 25 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 20' It looks surprising Nagoya Grampus does not make any changes. Yutaka Yoshida has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 22' GOAL! Yuichi Maruyama fires home to make it 1-0!
  • 27' Tsukasa Morishima is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sanfrecce Hiroshima tonight.
  • 32' Japan international Yuya Asano has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
  • 36' Yoichiro Kakitani catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 36.
  • 41' Sanfrecce Hiroshima has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 46' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sanfrecce Hiroshima needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 51' Ezequiel has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 56' A change in the Nagoya Grampus ranks — Manabu Saito exits the field as Hiroyuki Abe enters on 56.
  • 61' Hayao Kawabe has been relatively quiet despite scoring 22 goals in his last 348 appearances.
  • 64' Toshihiro Aoyama gets the nod from Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He replaces Kosei Shibasaki and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 68' Fresh legs for Nagoya Grampus! Ryogo Yamasaki comes on to replace Yoichiro Kakitani.
  • 73' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 75' Kazuki Nagasawa is replacing Mateus for the Nagoya Grampus side.
  • 75' A moment of madness from Takuji Yonemoto on 75 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Nagoya Grampus will be frustrated.
  • 80' 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.
  • 83' Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yoshifumi Kashiwa is hanging Ezequiel on the field on 83 minute.
  • 88' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sanfrecce Hiroshima that had 348 games and scored 456 goals.
  • 90' A moment of madness from Rhayner on 90 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Sanfrecce Hiroshima will be frustrated.
  • The final score is 1-0.

Lineups

Nagoya Grampus Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Massimo Ficcadenti

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Kasper Junker 4
Mateus 4
Naoki Maeda 3
Gakuto Notsuda 2
Mutsuki Kato 2
Akito Suzuki 2
Shuto Nakano 2
Tsukasa Morishima 1

Head to Head

2021-04-14 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-12-19 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-11-11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Nagoya Grampus 2019-09-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Nagoya Grampus 2019-04-28 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Nagoya Grampus Form

2021-04-14 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-04-11 Ōita FC Trinita 0–3 Nagoya Grampus W 2021-04-07 Shonan Bellmare 0–0 Nagoya Grampus D 2021-04-03 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 FC Tōkyō D 2021-03-21 Kashima Antlers 0–1 Nagoya Grampus W 2021-03-17 Nagoya Grampus 3–0 Yokohama FC W

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2021-04-14 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2021-04-10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Shonan Bellmare L 2021-04-07 Yokohama FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-04-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 Gamba Osaka D 2021-03-21 Ōita FC Trinita 1–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-03-17 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Shimizu S-Pulse W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.69 Nagoya Grampus xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.62 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Nagoya Grampus45% Draw24% Sanfrecce Hiroshima31%
Actual: Nagoya Grampus win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 3.31
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 84%
16%
± 2.5 63%
37%
± 3.5 42%
58%
± 4.5 24%
76%

Double Chance

Nagoya Grampus or Draw
69%
Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima
55%
Nagoya Grampus or Sanfrecce Hiroshima
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Nagoya Grampus30% Draw42% Sanfrecce Hiroshima28%
Actual: Nagoya Grampus win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.9%
2 – 1
8.1%
1 – 2
7.8%
2 – 2
6.5%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 0
5.2%
0 – 1
5.2%
0 – 0
5.2%
0 – 2
4.8%
3 – 1
4.6%
1 – 3
4.2%
3 – 2
3.7%

Asian Handicap — Nagoya Grampus

Handicap Nagoya Grampus covers Push Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 12% 80%
-1.5 20% — 80%
-1 20% 18% 61%
-0.5 39% — 61%
+0.5 64% — 36%
+1 64% 18% 18%
+1.5 82% — 18%
+2 82% 11% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet
21% ✗
Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

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