On Tuesday May 3rd, in week 11, Nagoya Grampus will play host to Kyoto Sanga in a meeting of these two mismatched J-League teams. In their last match, Nagoya Grampus recorded a 1-2 loss against Júbilo Iwata. Mateus scored the first goal for Nagoya Grampus in the 43rd minute, then in the 84th minute, Yasuhito Endo sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Otsu Finally they completed the comback victory in the 85th minute on a goal by Otsu to cap off a wild match. Nagoya Grampus looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, Kyoto Sanga recorded a 0-1 loss against Avispa Fukuoka. Yuya Yamagishi struck first for Avispa Fukuoka in the 12th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Kyoto Sanga was frustrated by Avispa Fukuoka’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Avispa Fukuoka ended the match with the shutout victory. Kyoto Sanga is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Kyoto Sanga is glad to have Peter Utaka in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals. Hiroyuki Abe and Hayato Fukushima are the top scorers for Nagoya Grampus in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.