Saturday , 14 November 2026

Nagoya Grampus vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2025
Nagoya Grampus
2 – 1
Full Time
Urawa Red Diamonds
Sat 24 May 2025 · 08:30 UTC Toyota Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Nagoya Grampus vs Urawa Red Diamonds — 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 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

9
6
8
Nagoya Grampus 23 games · Avg 2.6 goals Urawa Red Diamonds
Last 5 meetings
2025-05-24 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2024-06-26 Nagoya Grampus 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2024-04-28 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Nagoya Grampus 2023-08-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Nagoya Grampus 2023-04-09 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Nagoya Grampus
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
24 May Urawa Red Diamonds H 2–1 W
17 May Avispa Fukuoka A 1–1 D
11 May Kyōto Sanga FC A 1–1 D
06 May Fagiano Okayama FC H 0–0 D
03 May Shimizu S-Pulse A 3–0 W
29 Apr Kashiwa Reysol H 1–2 L
Urawa Red Diamonds
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
24 May Nagoya Grampus A 1–2 L
21 May Kawasaki Frontale A 2–2 D
17 May FC Tōkyō H 3–2 W
11 May Albirex Niigata A 1–1 D
06 May Gamba Osaka H 0–1 L
03 May Tōkyō Verdy H 2–0 W

Season Stats

Nagoya Grampus Urawa Red Diamonds
#3 Position #16
31 Points 25
18 Played 18
10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 11
46 Scored 37
44 Conceded 37
+2 GD +0
1.72 PPG 1.39
56% Win % 39%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)
52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season
23% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Nagoya Grampus are 3rd (31 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 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
Urawa Red Diamonds
0-15
1/1
16-30
5/3
31-45
4/6
46-60
1/2
61-75
4/7
76+
5/6
■ 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
Urawa Red Diamonds
Matheus Savio 5 G 1 A
Minamino Harumi 4 G
Takuro Kaneko 3 G 6 A
Hiiro Komori 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Nagoya Grampus welcome Urawa Red Diamonds for this crunch clash at Toyota Stadium.
  • 5' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
  • 10' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 15' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 20' Norway international Marius Hoibraten has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 30' Kennedy Egbus Mikuni needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 35' Genki Haraguchi has been relatively quiet despite scoring 7 goals in his last 301 appearances.
  • 40' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 45' Urawa Red Diamonds are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 46' A tactical swap from Urawa Red Diamonds — Kaito Yasui on, Taishi Matsumoto off on 46 minutes.
  • 51' Ryoma Watanabe makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Urawa Red Diamonds are in front.
  • 56' Samuel Gustafson is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Nagoya Grampus tonight.
  • 61' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
  • 66' 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.
  • 67' Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Matheus Savio is replaced by Takahiro Sekine.
  • 72' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 453 games and scored 421 goals.
  • 77' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 78' Fresh legs for Nagoya Grampus! Tsukasa Morishima comes on to replace Keiya Shiihashi.
  • 83' What an equalizer from Sho Inagaki!
  • 88' A change in the Urawa Red Diamonds ranks — Yusuke Matsuo exits the field as Motoki Nagakura enters on 88.
  • 90' It is a substitution in Nagoya Grampus team. Mateus is replaced by Taichi Kikuchi on 90 minute.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Nagoya Grampus Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Maciej Skorza

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Naoki Maeda 5
Kensuke Nagai 4
Jo 4
Jo 3
Wataru Endo 2
Mateus 2
Gabriel Xavier 2
Takahiro Sekine 2

Head to Head

2025-05-24 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2024-06-26 Nagoya Grampus 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2024-04-28 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Nagoya Grampus 2023-08-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Nagoya Grampus 2023-04-09 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds

Nagoya Grampus Form

2025-05-24 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2025-05-17 Avispa Fukuoka 1–1 Nagoya Grampus D 2025-05-11 Kyōto Sanga FC 1–1 Nagoya Grampus D 2025-05-06 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 Fagiano Okayama FC D 2025-05-03 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–3 Nagoya Grampus W 2025-04-29 Nagoya Grampus 1–2 Kashiwa Reysol L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2025-05-24 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-05-21 Kawasaki Frontale 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2025-05-17 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–2 FC Tōkyō W 2025-05-11 Albirex Niigata 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2025-05-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Gamba Osaka L 2025-05-03 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Tōkyō Verdy W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.98 Nagoya Grampus xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.67 Urawa Red Diamonds xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 70% + Over 2.5 goals 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Nagoya Grampus46% Draw24% Urawa Red Diamonds30%
Actual: Nagoya Grampus win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 3.65
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 69%
31%
± 3.5 49%
51%
± 4.5 30%
70%

Double Chance

Nagoya Grampus or Draw
69%
Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds
54%
Nagoya Grampus or Urawa Red Diamonds
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Nagoya Grampus34% Draw40% Urawa Red Diamonds26%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.5%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
7%
2 – 2
6.8%
3 – 1
5.4%
2 – 0
5.1%
1 – 0
4.6%
3 – 2
4.5%
0 – 0
3.9%
1 – 3
3.9%
2 – 3
3.8%
0 – 1
3.8%

Asian Handicap — Nagoya Grampus

Handicap Nagoya Grampus covers Push Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 13% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 19% 56%
-0.5 44% — 56%
+0.5 68% — 32%
+1 68% 16% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 10% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet
20% ✓
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

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