In this week 16 match on May 28th, Nagoya Grampus will travel to Hiroshima to battle Sanfrecce Hiroshima in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which is great football weather. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is fresh off their 3-1 win against Kyoto Sanga. Mitsuta scored the first goal for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 5th minute, then Junior Santos added another in the 26th minute. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Sanfrecce Hiroshima should be reasonably happy with their performance, while nagoya Grampus is fresh off their 2-1 win against Shimizu S-Pulse. Noriyoshi Sakai scored the first goal for Nagoya Grampus in the 22nd minute, then Thiago Santana got the equalizer for Shimizu S-Pulse in the 72nd minute on a feed from Carlinhos Junior. Nagoya Grampus is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Mateus has been the most prolific scorer on Nagoya Grampus in the last five matches with two goals. Sanfrecce Hiroshima’s most prolific scorer has been Yoshifumi Kashiwa. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches.