Consadole Sapporo – DF Kawai and FW Kondo are new additions to a long injury list. FW Maeda is back from injury and should be up for selection.
Nagoya Grampus – FW Nagai is with the Olympic team. FWs Kennedy and Tamada both out. MFs Nakamura and Isomura are both out for at least a month more each.

Only three previous J1 meetings between these teams and Nagoya have won every one!

Consadole Sapporo (18th – P18 W1 D1 L16 GD -31 Pts. 4) just get deeper and deeper into the mire and are headed for J2 without a doubt. Their injury list doesn’t help them but there are imcoming players – are they to stem the tide, or to plan for next season’s J2 campaign?
Nagoya Grampus (6th – P18 W8 D5 L5 GD +2 Pts 29) are missing their three strikers, unless there is a miracle recovery from Kennedy and, while a struggle to score might be a problem against most teams, it should not be a problem against a team that have conceded 42 goals so far this season. EXPECT a WIN for NAGOYA GRAMPUS.