In this week 2 match on Feb 25th, Nagoya Grampus will host Kyoto Sanga at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 5th placed Nagoya Grampus is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Yokohama. Kasper Junker struck first for Nagoya Grampus in the 4th minute on a feed from Ryuji Izumi, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Yokohama couldn’t manage to score, and Nagoya Grampus took the shutout win. Nagoya Grampus is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Kyoto Sanga recorded a 0-2 loss against Kashima Antlers. Diego Pituca scored the first goal for Kashima Antlers in the 8th minute, then Kei Chinen added another in the 34th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kyoto Sanga couldn’t manage to score, and Kashima Antlers took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws apiece.
Kyoto Sanga is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Rikito Inoue and Paulinho Boia each only have 1 goal in their last five. Takeda and Kensuke Nagai are the top scorers for Nagoya Grampus in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.