Nagoya Grampus vs Tokyo Verdy, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Nagoya Grampus vs Tokyo Verdy — J. League at Toyota Stadium.
- Nagoya Grampus 18 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
- Tokyo Verdy 18 games · 28 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 Tokyo 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 05 Jul Tokyo Verdy H 0–0 D 28 Jun Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 2–1 W 21 Jun Shimizu S-Pulse H 1–1 D 15 Jun Vissel Kobe A 1–2 L 31 May Albirex Niigata H 3–0 W 24 May Urawa Red Diamonds H 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Jul Nagoya Grampus A 0–0 D 29 Jun Kawasaki Frontale H 1–0 W 21 Jun Cerezo Osaka FC A 1–2 L 15 Jun Kashiwa Reysol H 0–3 L 31 May Avispa Fukuoka A 0–0 D 25 May Kyoto Sanga FC H 1–0 W Season Stats
Nagoya Grampus Tokyo Verdy #3 Position #15 31 Points 28 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 46 Scored 29 44 Conceded 32 +2 GD -3 1.72 PPG 1.56 56% Win % 56% Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history28% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season22% Clean Sheets
Tokyo Verdy this seasonNagoya Grampus are 3rd (31 pts). Tokyo Verdy are 15th (28 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Nagoya Grampus0-152/116-302/431-455/446-604/361-753/176+4/5■ Scored ■ ConcededTokyo Verdy0-15–/–16-301/331-452/446-603/361-752/176+1/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Nagoya Grampus kicks off things out of here…
- 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Tokyo Verdy that had 89 games and scored 75 goals.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ryuji Izumi made 417 appearances and scored 26 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 25' It looks like no one’s ball. Tokyo Verdy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 30' Nagoya Grampus is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 35' It’s high time Kenta Hasegawa made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 38' Tokyo Verdy player sees a card in front of him.
- 43' 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.
- 48' Nagoya Grampus started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 48.
- 53' 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.
- 57' Mateus has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kensuke Nagai on 57 minute.
- 62' It looks surprising Tokyo Verdy does not make any changes. Kennedy Egbus Mikuni has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 67' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 71' Itsuki Someno is replacing Yuta Arai for the Tokyo Verdy side.
- 76' Shuhei Kawasaki needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 81' Time for substitution for Nagoya Grampus. Mateus is replaced by Kasper Junker.
- 86' It is a substitution in Tokyo Verdy team. Yuya Fukuda is replaced by Shuhei Kawasaki on 86 minute.
- 89' Another substitution for Nagoya Grampus to replace Katsuhiro Nakayama by Soichiro Mori on 89 minute.
- 90' It’s a booking for Tokyo Verdy player. Daiki Fukazawa gets a card.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Nagoya Grampus Lineups
Starting XI
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18
Kensuke Nagai ↓ Mateus 57'
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- 15
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Ryuji Izumi ↓ Taichi Kikuchi 81'
- 70
- 11
- 55
- 20
- 35
Bench
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- 17
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10
Mateus ↑ 57'
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27
Katsuhiro Nakayama ↑ 57'
- 77
- 3
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33
Taichi Kikuchi ↑ 81'
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- 44
Coach Kenta HasegawaTokyo Verdy Lineups
Starting XI
- 16
- 22
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14
Yuya Fukuda ↓ Shuhei Kawasaki 86'
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7
Koki Morita ↓ Yuan Matsuhashi 71'
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8
Kosuke Saito ↓ Soma Meshino 81'
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- 2
- 3
- 23
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40
Yuta Arai ↓ Itsuki Someno 71'
Bench
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9
Itsuki Someno ↑ 71'
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37
Shuhei Kawasaki ↑ 86'
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19
Yuan Matsuhashi ↑ 71'
- 21
- 10
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Soma Meshino ↑ 81'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Hiroto Yamami 1 Yuto Tsunashima 1 Hijiri Onaga 1 Patric 1 Tsukasa Morishima 1 Head to Head
Nagoya Grampus Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.6 Nagoya Grampus xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.14 Tokyo Verdy xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.74Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 76% 24% ± 2.5 51% 49% ± 3.5 30% 70% ± 4.5 15% 85% Double Chance
Nagoya Grampus or Draw 73%Draw or Tokyo Verdy 54%Nagoya Grampus or Tokyo Verdy 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.7%1 – 0 9.4%2 – 1 9.1%0 – 0 Actual2 – 0 8.1%1 – 2 6.5%0 – 1 6.4%2 – 2 5.2%3 – 1 4.9%3 – 0 4.2%0 – 2 4.1%3 – 2 2.9%Asian Handicap — Nagoya Grampus
Handicap Nagoya Grampus covers Push Tokyo Verdy covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 14% 75% -1.5 25% — 75% -1 25% 22% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 74% — 26% +1 74% 15% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet 33% ✗Tokyo Verdy keeps clean sheet 21% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

