In this week 5 match on the 20th of March, Kashiwa Reysol will travel to Nagoya to battle Nagoya Grampus in a meeting of these two J-League teams. Nagoya Grampus is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Kawasaki Frontale. Marcinho struck first for Kawasaki Frontale in the 25th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Nagoya Grampus couldn’t muster any offence and Kawasaki Frontale ran away with the shutout win. Nagoya Grampus is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Kashiwa Reysol recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Avispa Fukuoka. Matheus Savio struck first for Kashiwa Reysol in the 29th minute on a feed from Mao Hosoya, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Avispa Fukuoka was frustrated by Kashiwa Reysol’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kashiwa Reysol ended the match with the shutout victory. Kashiwa Reysol is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Nagoya Grampus won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Matheus Savio has been the most effective weapon for Kashiwa Reysol lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted three goals in his last five matches. Yoichiro Kakitani and Noriyoshi Sakai are the top scorers for Nagoya Grampus in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.