In a weekend match on Sat Jul 2nd, in week 19, Shonan Bellmare hosts Nagoya Grampus in a meeting of these two J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 15th placed Shonan Bellmare, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Kyoto Sanga. Shuto Machino scored the first goal for Shonan Bellmare in the 87th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kyoto Sanga couldn’t manage to score, and Shonan Bellmare took the shutout win. Shonan Bellmare is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while nagoya Grampus sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Kashima Antlers. Hayato Nakama scored the first goal for Kashima Antlers in the 33rd minute, but Mateus got the equalizer for Nagoya Grampus in the 52nd minute earning them at least the one point. Nagoya Grampus is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Nagoya Grampus was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Ohashi scored the first goal for Shonan Bellmare in the 8th minute, then Hayato Fukushima tied it up for Nagoya Grampus on an own goal in the 49th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 91st minute on a penalty goal by Hiroyuki Abe.
Yuki Soma and Noriyoshi Sakai are the top scorers for Nagoya Grampus in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Shuto Machino has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 6 goals for Shonan Bellmare.