In a weekend match in week 18, on Sunday Jun 26th, Nagoya Grampus will host Kashima Antlers in a clash of these two mismatched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Nagoya Grampus sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Urawa Reds. Alexander Scholz scored the first goal for Urawa Reds in the 21st minute, then 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. Nagoya Grampus is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Kashima Antlers is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Kyoto Sanga. Arthur Caíke struck first for Kashima Antlers in the 50th minute on a feed from Yuta Higuchi, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Kyoto Sanga was frustrated by Kashima Antlers’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kashima Antlers ended the match with the shutout victory. Kashima Antlers is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On Apr 17th, Kashima Antlers hosted Nagoya Grampus at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in their last match together. Kashima Antlers and Nagoya Grampus battled to a 0-0 draw. Kashima Antlers had 7 on net, and Nagoya Grampus had 7, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Both Ueda and Arthur Caíke have been the hottest scorers for Kashima Antlers in the last five each having scored 3 goals each. Nagoya Grampus is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Keiya Sento and Yuki Soma each only have 1 goal in their last five.