Week 24 brings us a match on Aug 6th where Nagoya Grampus will host Urawa Reds at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium in a meeting of these two closely matched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Nagoya Grampus sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Consadole Sapporo. Kazuki Fukai struck first for Consadole Sapporo in the 31st minute on a feed from Arano, then Léo Silva got the equalizer for Nagoya Grampus in the 67th minute on a feed from Kensuke Nagai . Nagoya Grampus is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Urawa Reds is fresh off their 3-1 win against Kawasaki Frontale. Ito struck first for Urawa Reds in the 4th minute, then Yusuke Matsuo added another in the 17th minute on a feed from Atsuki Ito. Urawa Reds should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
Urawa Reds and Nagoya Grampus last played eachother at the Saitama Stadium 2002 on Sat Jun 18th. Urawa Reds was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Alexander Scholz struck first for Urawa Reds in the 21st minute, then Atsuki Ito added another in the 24th minute In the end, Nagoya Grampus couldn’t muster any offence and Urawa Reds ran away with the shutout win.
Urawa Reds’s most prolific scorer has been David Moberg Karlsson. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Mateus has been the most effective weapon for Nagoya Grampus lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches.