Week 26 brings us a match on Aug 19th, where Nagoya Grampus will host Júbilo Iwata at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium in a J-League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. 10th placed Nagoya Grampus is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Sagan Tosu. Sagan Tosu had 16 on net, and Nagoya Grampus had 13, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Nagoya Grampus is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 18th placed Júbilo Iwata, recorded a 0-6 blowout loss against Urawa Reds. David Moberg Karlsson struck first for Urawa Reds in the 5th minute, then Yoshio Koizumi added another in the 13th minute on a feed from Yusuke Matsuo At the end of 90 a dissapointed Júbilo Iwata couldn’t manage to score, and Urawa Reds took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
Júbilo Iwata and Nagoya Grampus last played eachother at the Yamaha Stadium on Thu Apr 28th. Júbilo Iwata was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Mateus struck first for Nagoya Grampus in the 43rd minute on a feed from R. Morishita, but Yuki Otsu got the equalizer for Júbilo Iwata in the 84th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 85th minute on a goal by Yuki Otsu to cap off a wild match. Nagoya Grampus’s most prolific scorer has been Mateus. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.