Nagoya Grampus vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Nagoya Grampus vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Toyota Stadium.
- Nagoya Grampus 18 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
- Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# 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 24 May Urawa Red Diamonds H 2–1 W 17 May Avispa Fukuoka A 1–1 D 11 May Kyoto 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 May Nagoya Grampus A 1–2 L 21 May Kawasaki Frontale A 2–2 D 17 May FC Tokyo H 3–2 W 11 May Albirex Niigata A 1–1 D 06 May Gamba Osaka H 0–1 L 03 May Tokyo Verdy H 2–0 W Season Stats
Nagoya Grampus Urawa Red Diamonds #6 Position #12 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 history28% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this seasonNagoya Grampus are 6th (31 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 12th (25 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Nagoya Grampus0-152/116-302/431-455/446-604/361-753/176+4/5■ Scored ■ ConcededUrawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ 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 Urawa Red Diamonds for another epic battle.
- 5' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Matheus Savio suffering a number of foals already.
- 10' 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.
- 15' The travelling Urawa Red Diamonds supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Keiya Shiihashi made 275 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 25' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 35' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Nagoya Grampus that had 417 games and scored 371 goals.
- 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Urawa Red Diamonds needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 45' It looks like no one’s ball. Nagoya Grampus is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 46' Kaito Yasui has so much to prove this time. He replaces Taishi Matsumoto on 46 minute.
- 51' Urawa Red Diamonds is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ryoma Watanabe on 51.
- 56' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 61' 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.
- 66' Urawa Red Diamonds is showing some good football. However, Urawa Red Diamonds are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 67' The supporters are chanting for Takahiro Sekine. He replaces Matheus Savio on 67 minute.
- 72' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 77' 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.
- 78' Time for substitution for Nagoya Grampus. Keiya Shiihashi is replaced by Tsukasa Morishima.
- 83' What an equalizer from Sho Inagaki!
- 88' Motoki Nagakura is replacing Yusuke Matsuo for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
- 90' Another change for Nagoya Grampus made on 90 minute. Mateus leaves to be changed by Taichi Kikuchi.
- Another three points for Nagoya Grampus.
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Lineups
Nagoya Grampus Lineups
Starting XI
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- 15
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7
Ryuji Izumi ↓ Kensuke Nagai 67'
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10
Mateus ↓ Taichi Kikuchi 90'
- 70
- 27
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77
Kasper Junker ↓ Yuya Yamagishi 67'
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3
Yota Sato ↓ Akinari Kawazura 78'
- 55
- 20
- 35
Bench
- 17
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18
Kensuke Nagai ↑ 67'
- 2
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14
Tsukasa Morishima ↑ 78'
- 16
- 9
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11
Yuya Yamagishi ↑ 67'
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33
Taichi Kikuchi ↑ 90'
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6
Akinari Kawazura ↑ 78'
Coach Kenta HasegawaUrawa Red Diamonds Lineups
Starting XI
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8
Matheus Savio ↓ Takahiro Sekine 67'
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- 11
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6
Taishi Matsumoto ↓ Kaito Yasui 46'
- 1
- 26
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21
Tomoaki Okubo ↓ Takuro Kaneko 46'
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24
Yusuke Matsuo ↓ Motoki Nagakura 88'
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- 88
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Bench
- 10
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14
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 67'
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77
Takuro Kaneko ↑ 46'
- 3
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13
Ryoma Watanabe ↑ 46'
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25
Kaito Yasui ↑ 46'
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20
Motoki Nagakura ↑ 88'
Coach Maciej Skorza -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Naoki Maeda 5 Kensuke Nagai 4 Jo 4 Jo 3 Wataru Endo 2 Mateus 2 Gabriel Xavier 2 Takahiro Sekine 2 Head to Head
Nagoya Grampus Form
Urawa Red Diamonds Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.98 Nagoya Grampus xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.67 Urawa Red Diamonds xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 70% + Over 2.5 goals 69%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Nagoya Grampus winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.65Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line 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
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.5%2 – 1 Actual1 – 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.