Thursday , 1 October 2026

Nagoya Grampus vs Vissel Kobe, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2020
Nagoya Grampus
2 – 1
Full Time
Vissel Kobe
Sat 19 Sep 2020 · 08:00 UTC Paloma Mizuho Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'
Y 41' Leo Osaki
Y 64' Daigo Nishi
Y 68' Dankler
Y 68' Sergi Samper
Y 68' Daiya Maekawa

Overview

Match Preview

Nagoya Grampus vs Vissel Kobe — J. League at Paloma Mizuho Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Satoshi Karakami
  • Referee Toshiyuki Tanaka
  • Referee Hiroki Katsumata
  • Referee Nobutsugu Murakami

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

5
6
15
Nagoya Grampus 26 games · Avg 2.9 goals Vissel Kobe
Last 5 meetings
2020-09-19 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Vissel Kobe 2019-11-09 Nagoya Grampus 3–0 Vissel Kobe 2019-06-30 Vissel Kobe 5–3 Nagoya Grampus 2018-11-03 Nagoya Grampus 1–2 Vissel Kobe 2018-04-21 Vissel Kobe 3–0 Nagoya Grampus

Recent Form

Nagoya Grampus
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Sep Vissel Kobe H 2–1 W
13 Sep Yokohama FC A 2–3 L
09 Sep Yokohama F·Marinos H 2–1 W
05 Sep Kashima Antlers H 1–3 L
29 Aug Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo A 0–0 D
23 Aug Kawasaki Frontale H 1–0 W
Vissel Kobe
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Sep Nagoya Grampus A 1–2 L
16 Sep Cerezo Osaka FC H 0–1 L
12 Sep FC Tōkyō H 2–2 D
09 Sep Kawasaki Frontale A 2–3 L
05 Sep Shonan Bellmare A 1–1 D
29 Aug Yokohama F·Marinos H 3–3 D

Season Stats

Nagoya Grampus Vissel Kobe
#3 Position #1
31 Points 35
18 Played 18
10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 11 / 0 / 7
46 Scored 41
44 Conceded 37
+2 GD +4
1.72 PPG 1.94
56% Win % 61%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (26 games)
62% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season
43% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this season

Nagoya Grampus are 3rd (31 pts). Vissel Kobe are 1st (35 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Nagoya Grampus
0-15
1/1
16-30
–/1
31-45
1/3
46-60
2/2
61-75
–/2
76+
3/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Vissel Kobe
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
2/1
46-60
3/–
61-75
1/2
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Nagoya Grampus
Naomichi Ueda 1 G 1 A
Vissel Kobe
Yuya Osako 3 G
Katsuya Nagato 2 G 1 A
Yuta Goke 2 G
Yoshinori Muto 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! Nagoya Grampus vs Vissel Kobe — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' With 0 assists to his name this season, Takuji Yonemoto is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Vissel Kobe.
  • 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Gotoku Sakai, as he is very good at scoring at Paloma Mizuho Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 15' The Japan Hotaru Yamaguchi breaks the deadlock on 15 minutes. 0-1!
  • 20' It looks like no one’s ball. Vissel Kobe is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 25' 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.
  • 30' Kyogo Furuhashi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 5 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 35' Vissel Kobe come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 40' Over 40 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 41' The referee calls foul for Leo Osaki. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 42' Mu Kanazaki adds to his 0 season tally! Nagoya Grampus lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 47' It’s high time Massimo Ficcadenti made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 52' Yuichi Maruyama is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Vissel Kobe so far.
  • 56' Mu Kanazaki does the damage! The net is bulging and Nagoya Grampus surge ahead!
  • 61' Both keepers have barely been tested. Nagoya Grampus and Vissel Kobe are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 63' The whistle greets Hirofumi Watanabe as he departs to be replaced by Yuta Goke.
  • 64' Daigo Nishi picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 68' The referee calls foul for Dankler. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 73' Nagoya Grampus have won 403 goals from 444 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 74' The Vissel Kobe manager makes a substitution. Daigo Nishi departs to be replaced by Ryo Hatsuse.
  • 75' Hiroyuki Abe is replacing Gabriel Xavier for the Nagoya Grampus side.
  • 80' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 81' Nagoya Grampus make a change. Mu Kanazaki trudges off to be replaced by Ryogo Yamasaki on 81 minutes.
  • 85' Another substitution for Vissel Kobe to replace Kyogo Furuhashi by Keijiro Ogawa on 85 minute.
  • 90' 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.
  • 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 Massimo Ficcadenti

Vissel Kobe Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Thorsten Fink

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Sho Inagaki 5
Iniesta 5
Lukas Podolski 4
Yoshinori Muto 4
Yuya Osako 4
Naoki Maeda 3
Daiju Sasaki 3
Kasper Junker 2

Head to Head

2020-09-19 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Vissel Kobe 2019-11-09 Nagoya Grampus 3–0 Vissel Kobe 2019-06-30 Vissel Kobe 5–3 Nagoya Grampus 2018-11-03 Nagoya Grampus 1–2 Vissel Kobe 2018-04-21 Vissel Kobe 3–0 Nagoya Grampus

Nagoya Grampus Form

2020-09-19 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Vissel Kobe W 2020-09-13 Yokohama FC 3–2 Nagoya Grampus L 2020-09-09 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Yokohama F·Marinos W 2020-09-05 Nagoya Grampus 1–3 Kashima Antlers L 2020-08-29 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–0 Nagoya Grampus D 2020-08-23 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale W

Vissel Kobe Form

2020-09-19 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Vissel Kobe L 2020-09-16 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2020-09-12 Vissel Kobe 2–2 FC Tōkyō D 2020-09-09 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Vissel Kobe L 2020-09-05 Shonan Bellmare 1–1 Vissel Kobe D 2020-08-29 Vissel Kobe 3–3 Yokohama F·Marinos D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.33 Nagoya Grampus xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.08 Vissel Kobe xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 78%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Nagoya Grampus47% Draw21% Vissel Kobe32%
Actual: Nagoya Grampus win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes78% 0% No22%
Avg goals/match: 4.41
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 93%
7%
± 2.5 80%
20%
± 3.5 63%
37%
± 4.5 44%
56%

Double Chance

Nagoya Grampus or Draw
69%
Draw or Vissel Kobe
53%
Nagoya Grampus or Vissel Kobe
79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Nagoya Grampus35% Draw36% Vissel Kobe29%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 2
6.8%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 1
6.6%
1 – 2
6%
3 – 2
5.3%
3 – 1
5.2%
2 – 3
4.7%
1 – 3
4.1%
3 – 3
3.7%
2 – 0
3.5%
4 – 2
3.1%
4 – 1
3%

Asian Handicap — Nagoya Grampus

Handicap Nagoya Grampus covers Push Vissel Kobe covers
-2.5 14% — 86%
-2 14% 13% 73%
-1.5 27% — 73%
-1 27% 17% 56%
-0.5 44% — 56%
+0.5 65% — 35%
+1 65% 16% 20%
+1.5 80% — 20%
+2 80% 10% 9%
+2.5 91% — 9%

Clean Sheet

Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet
13% ✓
Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet
11% ✓

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