In this 13th week match, on Saturday May 14th, Nagoya Grampus hosts Cerezo Osaka at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium in a J-League match. 15th placed Nagoya Grampus is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Yokohama F. Marinos. Nakatani struck first for Nagoya Grampus in the 24th minute on a feed from Mateus, then Élber tied it up for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 35th minute But luckily in the 86th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Anderson Lopes. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, Cerezo Osaka recorded a 2-1 win against Júbilo Iwata. S. Maikuma scored the first goal for Cerezo Osaka in the 32nd minute, then S. Maikuma added another in the 40th minute. Cerezo Osaka is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses 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. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Cerezo Osaka’s most prolific scorer has been S. Maikuma. The Japaneese attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Nagoya Grampus’s most prolific scorer has been Mateus. The Brazilian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.