Saturday , 14 November 2026

Nagoya Grampus vs V-Varen Nagasaki, 2018

J. League · 2018
Nagoya Grampus
3 – 4
Full Time
V-Varen Nagasaki
Sat 15 Sep 2018 · 09:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Nagoya Grampus vs V-Varen Nagasaki — J. League .

Match Details

  • Referee Tomohiro Inoue
  • Referee Yoshihito Hayashi
  • Referee Hironobu Kikawada
  • Referee Kenya Ohara

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

4
2
7
Nagoya Grampus 13 games · Avg 2.6 goals V-Varen Nagasaki
Last 5 meetings
2018-09-15 Nagoya Grampus 3–4 V-Varen Nagasaki 2018-05-12 V-Varen Nagasaki 3–0 Nagoya Grampus 2018-02-10 Nagoya Grampus 3–0 V-Varen Nagasaki 2017-09-09 V-Varen Nagasaki 1–0 Nagoya Grampus 2017-02-13 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 V-Varen Nagasaki

Recent Form

Nagoya Grampus
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Sep V-Varen Nagasaki H 3–4 L
01 Sep Júbilo Iwata A 6–1 W
26 Aug Urawa Red Diamonds H 4–1 W
19 Aug Sagan Tosu FC H 3–0 W
15 Aug Yokohama F·Marinos A 2–1 W
11 Aug Kashima Antlers H 4–2 W
V-Varen Nagasaki
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Sep Nagoya Grampus A 4–3 W
31 Aug Shonan Bellmare H 1–3 L
25 Aug Kashiwa Reysol A 1–5 L
19 Aug Cerezo Osaka FC H 0–2 L
15 Aug Kashima Antlers H 1–2 L
11 Aug Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 0–2 L

Season Stats

Nagoya Grampus V-Varen Nagasaki
#3 Position #9
31 Points 21
18 Played 18
10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 11
46 Scored 25
44 Conceded 33
+2 GD -8
1.72 PPG 1.17
56% Win % 39%

Key Stats

31% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)
54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season
15% Clean Sheets
V-Varen Nagasaki this season

Nagoya Grampus are 3rd (31 pts). V-Varen Nagasaki are 9th (21 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
V-Varen Nagasaki
0-15
1/5
16-30
–/–
31-45
4/4
46-60
4/4
61-75
1/3
76+
6/5
■ 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
V-Varen Nagasaki
Thiago Santana 5 G
Kenshin Yasuda 5 G
Matheus Jesus 4 G 2 A
Tenmu Matsumoto 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Nagoya Grampus to score. At the same time, V-Varen Nagasaki does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Nagoya Grampus started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
  • 10' V-Varen Nagasaki 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' Jo, a Brazil , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 20' V-Varen Nagasaki have won 65 goals from 201 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 25' A quiet spell here at . V-Varen Nagasaki seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 30' The energy levels are beginning to show. Yahiro Kazama might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 35' Jordy Buijs has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 40' Hijiri Onaga needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 45' V-Varen Nagasaki has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 50' Musashi Suzuki has been relatively quiet despite scoring 56 goals in his last 201 appearances.
  • 55' V-Varen Nagasaki are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 60' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 65' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Nagoya Grampus and V-Varen Nagasaki are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 70' Nagoya Grampus are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined V-Varen Nagasaki backline.
  • 75' It is a cagey affair so far. Nagoya Grampus in their trying to find a way past V-Varen Nagasaki's compact .
  • 80' Yuhei Tokunaga has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 85' The travelling V-Varen Nagasaki supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 90' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 90 minutes.
  • The points are shared — Nagoya Grampus 3-4 V-Varen Nagasaki. Honours even.

Lineups

Nagoya Grampus Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Yahiro Kazama

V-Varen Nagasaki Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Takuya Takagi

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Musashi Suzuki 4
Musashi Suzuki 4
Keita Nakamura 3
Keita Nakamura 3
Thiago Santana 2
Jo 2
Jo 2
Kensuke Nagai 2

Head to Head

2018-09-15 Nagoya Grampus 3–4 V-Varen Nagasaki 2018-05-12 V-Varen Nagasaki 3–0 Nagoya Grampus 2018-02-10 Nagoya Grampus 3–0 V-Varen Nagasaki 2017-09-09 V-Varen Nagasaki 1–0 Nagoya Grampus 2017-02-13 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 V-Varen Nagasaki

Nagoya Grampus Form

2018-09-15 Nagoya Grampus 3–4 V-Varen Nagasaki L 2018-09-01 Júbilo Iwata 1–6 Nagoya Grampus W 2018-08-26 Nagoya Grampus 4–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2018-08-19 Nagoya Grampus 3–0 Sagan Tosu FC W 2018-08-15 Yokohama F·Marinos 1–2 Nagoya Grampus W 2018-08-11 Nagoya Grampus 4–2 Kashima Antlers W

V-Varen Nagasaki Form

2018-09-15 Nagoya Grampus 3–4 V-Varen Nagasaki W 2018-08-31 V-Varen Nagasaki 1–3 Shonan Bellmare L 2018-08-25 Kashiwa Reysol 5–1 V-Varen Nagasaki L 2018-08-19 V-Varen Nagasaki 0–2 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2018-08-15 V-Varen Nagasaki 1–2 Kashima Antlers L 2018-08-11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 V-Varen Nagasaki L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.58 Nagoya Grampus xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.73 V-Varen Nagasaki xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Both teams to score 75%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Nagoya Grampus52% Draw22% V-Varen Nagasaki26%
Actual: V-Varen Nagasaki win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes75% 0% No25%
Avg goals/match: 4.31
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 93%
7%
± 2.5 79%
21%
± 3.5 61%
39%
± 4.5 42%
58%

Double Chance

Nagoya Grampus or Draw
74%
Draw or V-Varen Nagasaki
48%
Nagoya Grampus or V-Varen Nagasaki
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Nagoya Grampus42% Draw35% V-Varen Nagasaki23%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–4 not predicted
3 – 4
Actual
2 – 1
7.6%
1 – 1
6.8%
2 – 2
6.4%
3 – 1
6.4%
3 – 2
5.5%
1 – 2
5.1%
2 – 0
4.6%
4 – 1
4.1%
3 – 0
3.9%
2 – 3
3.7%
4 – 2
3.6%
1 – 0
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Nagoya Grampus

Handicap Nagoya Grampus covers Push V-Varen Nagasaki covers
-2.5 20% — 80%
-2 20% 16% 64%
-1.5 36% — 64%
-1 36% 19% 45%
-0.5 55% — 45%
+0.5 75% — 25%
+1 75% 13% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 7% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
V-Varen Nagasaki keeps clean sheet
8% ✓

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