On Sunday Aug 14th, Sagan Tosu will host Nagoya Grampus at Best Amenity Stadium in a meeting of these two evenly matched J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. Sagan Tosu sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Júbilo Iwata. Taisei Miyashiro scored the first goal for Sagan Tosu in the 43rd minute, then Yuki Kakita added another in the 85th minute In the end, Júbilo Iwata couldn’t muster any offence and Sagan Tosu ran away with the shutout win. Sagan Tosu is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Nagoya Grampus is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Urawa Reds. Takuya Shigehiro struck first for Nagoya Grampus in the 27th minute, then Mateus added another in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Kensuke Nagai In the end, Urawa Reds couldn’t muster any offence and Nagoya Grampus ran away with the shutout win. Nagoya Grampus is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Nagoya Grampus and Sagan Tosu battled to a 1-1 draw. Akito Fukuta scored the first goal for Nagoya Grampus on an own goal in the 2nd minute, then Akito Fukuta tied it up for Sagan Tosu in the 30th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Sagan Tosu.
Mateus has been the most prolific scorer on Nagoya Grampus in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Sagan Tosu’s most prolific scorer has been Taisei Miyashiro. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.