NAGOYA. Nagoya Grampus and Tokyo didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Tokyo was surely superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium stadium in Nagoya on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Jumpei Iida who was helped by Takumi Takagi and Hideaki Nishio. The 4th official was Bumpei Ueda. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.4 degrees Celsius or 41.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 7 Total 7
- 1 On Target 0
- 5 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 116 Attack 120
- 39 Dangerous attack 50
- 86 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 5
Fouls
- 19 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Tokyo was in firm control of the ball 61% while Nagoya Grampus was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Tokyo had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 0 were on target. However, that was not enough Tokyo to win the encounter.
Nagoya Grampus shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Tokyo shot 7 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Nagoya Grampus received 1 yellow card (Sho Inagaki ). On the other side, Tokyo received 3 yellow cards (Kei Koizumi, Koki Tsukagawa and K. Higashi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Nagoya Grampus will have 10 points like Yokohama F. Marinos to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Tokyo will have 8 points like Albirex Niigata to soar in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the J-League, Nagoya Grampus will host Kashiwa Reysol on the 2nd of December with a 15-7 head to head record in favor of Nagoya Grampus (5 draws).
Tokyo will play away agasint Shonan Bellmare on the 2nd of December with a 12-4 head to head in favor of Tokyo (2 draws).
Nagoya Grampus – Formation
Nagoya Grampus
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58'
Nagoya Grampus adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Kenta Hasegawa decided to play with the following team: Mitchell Langerak , Yuki Nogami , Shinnosuke Nakatani , Haruya Fujii , Ryoya Morishita , Sho Inagaki , Takuji Yonemoto , Ryuji Izumi , Mateus , Kensuke Nagai and Kasper Junker .
The home team had on the bench: Yohei Takeda, Riku Yamada, Kazuki Nagasawa , Noriyoshi Sakai , Leonardo Benedito da Silva, Yuichi Maruyama and Ryotaro Ishida.
Substitutions
Nagoya Grampus made 4 changes: Ryuji Izumi for Yuichi Maruyama (58′), Kensuke Nagai for Kazuki Nagasawa (82′), Kasper Junker for Noriyoshi Sakai (82′) and Mateus for Naldinho (90′).
Best player: Mateus
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nagoya Grampus was Mateus.
His rating is with 36 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 22. He performed 5 crosses.
Tokyo – Formation
Tokyo
Also Tokyo adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Albert Puig Ortoneda played with: Jakub Słowik , Yasuki Kimoto , Henrique Trevisan , Masato Morishige , Yuto Nagatomo , Kei Koizumi , Keigo Higashi , Kashif Bangnagande , Teruhito Nakagawa , Koki Tsukagawa and Diego Oliveira .
These were the players on the bench: Adailton , Taishi Brandon Nozawa, Shuhei Tokumoto, Pedro Henrique Perotti, Kota Tawaratsumida , Seiji Kimura and Reon Nozawa.
Substitutions
Tokyo made 2 changes: Koki Tsukagawa for Adailton (59′) and Diego Oliveira for Perotti (90′).
Best player: Keigo Higashi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tokyo was Keigo Higashi.
His rating is with 81 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Kawasaki Frontale – Cerezo Osaka – 0-0
- Sagan Tosu – Vissel Kobe – 0-1
- Gamba Osaka – Consadole Sapporo – 2-2
- Urawa Reds – Albirex Niigata – 2-1
- Nagoya Grampus – Tokyo – 0-0
- Yokohama – Kyoto Sanga – 1-4
- Yokohama F. Marinos – Kashima Antlers – 2-1