Shimizu S-Pulse v Nagoya Grampus J1 highlights, matchday 3 (2nd Stage), July 19th, 2015
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J.League J1 Preview Matchday 32 – 14:00 Jubilo Iwata vs Nagoya Grampus at Yamaha
Team News
Jubilo Iwata – CB Suganuma is suspended. MF Baek is back in training but probably not match fit. MF Matsuoka a long-term injury.
Nagoya Grampus – FW Kennedy is still out with a long-term recurring injury.
Head to Head
9 wins for Grampus, five for Jubilo, and six draws over the last decade or so.
Match Preview
Jubilo Iwata have been in freefall down J1 having lost four of their last five and now find themselves in 10th position. They are six points away from today’s opponents and that 3rd placed spot, so can kiss the ACL 2013 goodbye. Amazingly they are also mathematically still in the relegation race although it would be almost impossible for them to be relegated! While 10th spot would probably have been accepted by the fans at the start of the season, after spending so much time in the top 3 or 4 this season is probably going to turn out to be a disappointment in the end. The influential Korean Baek may well be in contention to return from injury but, even though I feel he was the main reason they did so well (and the reason they dropped so badly when he was injured) I don’t believe he is match fit anyway and will make little difference to this team who have got used to losing.
Nagoya Grampus have been much too inconsistent this season, yet still, with three games to go they find themselves on the verge of ACL qualification, only ot of 3rd place on goal difference from Urawa Reds. With injuries affecting their team selection, coach Stoijkovic has been forced to use Tulio as a forward at times and Australian international Kennedy is still out and not expected back this season, but I believe they should stick with selections from Tamada, Nagai and Kanazaki as forwards, as opposed to Tulio! I believe Nagoya will be motivated enough, and confident enough on their four game unbeaten run for us to EXPECT a WIN for NAGOYA GRAMPUS!
J1 Preview – Nagoya Grampus vs Omiya Ardija at Mizuho Athletic Stadium – Oct.6, Matchday 28
Team News
Nagoya Grampus – Kennedy has a recurrence of his back injury and is very doubtful, MFs Nakamura and Isomura out injured, reserve GK Takagi out.
Omiya Ardija – MF/FW Slatan is suspended. DF Kataoka out injured.
Head to Head – In 17 meetings in J1 or the Nabisco Cup since 2005 Grampus have 9 wins to Ardija’s 4, and 4 games have ended in a draw.
Match Preview – Nagoya won three in-a-row after their 5-0 defeat by Gamba Osaka and looked to have turned the corner, then they lost to Sanfrecce (top team, fair enough) and, last week succumbed 5-0 to Albirex! With Kennedy probably out again, with a recurrence of his back injury, they will need to dig deep into the reserves of confidence to come back, but come back I think they can. It’s time for Tulio to be the hero again! Nothing less than a win will keep Grampus in with a hope of hitting the top 3 for an ACL 2013 spot.
Omiya Ardija are on a four game unbeaten run – two wins and two draws – that has pulled them out of the bottom three but, discounting a 5-0 win over Consdaole in that time, the team have scored only 23 goals in their other 26 games and do not look like improving on that tally any time soon. If they keep grinding out the low-scoring points they could be safe yet again, but I don’t fancy them today! EXPECT a WIN for NAGOYA GRAMPUS!
J1 Preview Aug.18th – 19:00 Nagoya Grampus vs Gamba Osaka at Toyota
Nagoya Grampus – Tulio is suspended. FW Nagai is back from the Olympics., while FWs Kennedy and Tamada are both expected to be out but will be tested for fitness. MF Isomura out for at least a month more.
Gamba Osaka – RBs Kaji AND Eduardo both re-injured themselves and will be out. GK Kimura and DF Nakazawa are both out with broken legs. FW Kawanishi still regaining match fitness after a broken leg – not ready.
Very even over the last decade with 8 wins for Nagoya, 7 for Gamba, and 4 draws.
Gamba have won one and drawn two of their last three games – three games where a mini-revival has begun. They are now within a win of leap-frogging both Omiya Ardija and Albirex Niigata – depending on their results, of course – and KNOW they have to keep racking up the points to reach safety. Nagoya have conceded 7 goals to S-Pulse in their last two games – J1 and Nabisco Cup – and lost both. Before that, they beat Vissel 5-1 with four goals coming from Tulio. With Tulio suspended today, the team will be hoping that Kensuke Nagai – fresh from his Olympic performances – will be fit and ready to play, since Tamada and Kennedy are both still very doubtful. Nagai thrives on being set up by players around him – will Nagoya have anyone to partner him up front?
Gamba Osaka are missing a goalkeeper and at least three defenders through injury but it is the forward line that they will be concentrating on anyway, if they are to win games, they need goals. Leandro has returned, and is scoring goals and Gamba will be confident on their unbeaten run – this is a game that they MUST get at least a draw from, but they will be hoping for a win and I think we can EXPECT a WIN for GAMBA OSAKA!
Nagoya Grampus 1-2 Urawa Reds – April 28th
Grampus lined up in a 3-2-2-2-1 to counter Urawa’s 3-2-3-2 line-up, which was an interesting tactic from home coach Stoijkovic, but it didn’t pay off as Marcio Richardes opened the scoring in the 23rd minute from 18 yards after a run across the top of the area was not closed down in some slack defending. Four minutes later Tulio headed down a cross and Kanazaki was there to flick it over the keeper to make it 1-1 at the break.
Reds won the game in the 68th minute on a Marcio Richardes PK after Hayuma Tanaka handled the ball – and got his second yellow card in the process – replays clearly showed the hand to ball and a deserved PK. Tulio almost pulled a point back with minutes to go but the keeper made a desperate one-handed save at his left post and Reds rebounded from their Saitama Derby defeat last week.