Nagoya Grampus conquers Albirex Niigata 3-1 after recovering from a 0-1 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

NIIGATA. Nagoya Grampus was capable to reverse the score against Albirex Niigata.

April 2, 2023

NIIGATA. Nagoya Grampus was capable to turn the tables against Albirex Niigata. It was Albirex Niigata to score first with a goal from S. Ota. However, later Nagoya Grampus found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with Kensuke Nagai (57′), Kasper Junker (80′) and Sho Inagaki (90′).

The match was played at the Denka Big Swan Stadium stadium in Niigata on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Yoshiro Imamura with the assistance of Yosuke Takabe and Soichi Iwasaki. The 4th official was Noritaka Sekiya. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13 degrees Celsius or 55.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.

Match Statistics

Albirex Niigata

1 - 3

Nagoya Grampus

52 Ball Possession 48

Shots

12 Total 25
6 On Target 9
4 Off Target 11
2 Shots blocked 5

74 Attack 143
29 Dangerous attack 78
101 Ball safe 85

0 Penalties 0
2 Corners 7

Fouls

6 Total 14
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Albirex Niigata was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Nagoya Grampus that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Nagoya Grampus was putting more pressure with 78 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nagoya Grampus won the contest.

Albirex Niigata shot 12 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Nagoya Grampus shot 25 times, 9 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Albirex Niigata received 1 yellow card (F. Hayakawa). Talking about the opposition, Nagoya Grampus received 2 yellow cards (Haruya Fujii and Ryotaro Ishida).

(Albirex Niigata) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (39′).

Match Timeline

F. Hayakawa- Yellow

18'

S. Ota(goal)

35'

M. Fitzgerald(var)

37'

M. Fitzgerald- Red

39'

40'

56'

Kensuke Nagai(goal)Ryoya Morishita

64'

E. Matsuda- sub ->S. Ota

64'

76'

Noriyoshi Sakai- sub ->Kensuke Nagai

80'

Kasper Junker(goal)Ryoya Morishita

Kazuyoshi Shimabuku- sub ->R. Ito

82'

88'

89'

90'

Sho Inagaki(goal)Mateus

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Albirex Niigata will stay with 8 points like Shonan Bellmare, Tokyo, Cerezo Osaka and Kawasaki Frontale to hold in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Nagoya Grampus will have 13 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Albirex Niigata will host Cerezo Osaka on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).

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).

Albirex Niigata – Formation

Albirex Niigata

K. Abe 21.Japan

6.9

M. Fitzgerald 5.New Zealand

6.9

39'

F. Hayakawa 18.Japan

6.8

18'

Y. Horigome 31.Japan

6.8

Naoto Arai 2.Japan

6.6

Y. Shimada 20.Japan

7.0

Ryotaro Ito 13.Japan

7.3

82'

H. Akiyama 6.Japan

6.7

64'

Danilo Gomes 17.Brazil

7.6

64'

S. Ota 11.Japan

7.2

64'

35'

K. Suzuki 9.Japan

7.3

40'

Substitutes

Takuya Seguchi 24.Japan

Daichi Tagami 50.Japan

7.5

40'

S. Fujiwara 25.Japan

Takahiro Ko 8.Japan

6.4

64'

Kazuyoshi Shimabuku 29.Peru

82'

S. Mito 14.Japan

6.1

64'

E. Matsuda 22.Japan

6.8

64'

Albirex Niigata started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Rikizo Matsuhashi decided to play with the following team: Koto Abe (6.9), Naoto Arai (6.6), Michael James Fitzgerald (6.9), Fumiya Hayakawa (6.8), Yuto Horigome (6.8), Yuzuru Shimada (7.0), Hiroki Akiyama (6.7), Danilo Gomes (7.6), Ryotaro Ito (7.3), Shusuke Ota (7.2) and Koji Suzuki (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Soya Fujiwara, Takahiro Ko (6.4), Daichi Tagami (7.5), Kazuyoshi Shimabuku, Takuya Seguchi, Eitaro Matsuda (6.8) and Shunsuke Mito (6.1).

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 5 changes: K. Suzuki for Daichi Tagami (40′), H. Akiyama for Shunsuke Mito (64′), S. Ota for E. Matsuda (64′), Danilo Gomes for Takahiro Ko (64′) and R. Ito for Kazuyoshi Shimabuku (82′).

Best player: Danilo Gomes

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Albirex Niigata was Danilo Gomes.

His rating is (7.6) with 26 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Nagoya Grampus – Formation

Nagoya Grampus

Mitchell Langerak 1.Australia

7.1

Yuki Nogami 2.Japan

7.1

Shinnosuke Nakatani 4.Japan

6.4

Haruya Fujii 13.Japan

7.3

89'

Ryoya Morishita 17.Japan

7.3

Takuji Yonemoto 6.Japan

7.0

Sho Inagaki 15.Japan

6.9

90'

Takuya Uchida 34.Japan

6.8

76'

Kensuke Nagai 18.Japan

7.2

76'

56'

Mateus 10.Brazil

7.4

Kasper Junker 77.Denmark

7.4

88'

80'

Substitutes

Yohei Takeda 16.Japan

Yuichi Maruyama 3.Japan

R. Ishida 46.Japan

6.4

88'

90'

Thales Paula 21.Brazil

Hidemasa Koda 33.Japan

7.3

76'

Kazuki Nagasawa 5.Japan

Noriyoshi Sakai 9.Japan

6.3

76'

Nagoya Grampus started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Kenta Hasegawa played with: Mitchell Langerak (7.1), Yuki Nogami (7.1), Shinnosuke Nakatani (6.4), Haruya Fujii (7.3), Takuya Uchida (6.8), Sho Inagaki (6.9), Takuji Yonemoto (7.0), Ryoya Morishita (7.3), Mateus (7.4), Kensuke Nagai (7.2) and Kasper Junker (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ryotaro Ishida (6.4), Yohei Takeda, Yuichi Maruyama, Thales Procopio Castro de Paula, Noriyoshi Sakai (6.3), Hidemasa Koda (7.3) and Kazuki Nagasawa.