On Jul 16th, Nagoya Grampus hosts Kawasaki Frontale at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium in a meeting of these two J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 11th placed Nagoya Grampus is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Shimizu S-Pulse. Nishizawa scored the first goal for Shimizu S-Pulse in the 38th minute, then Thiago Santana added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Takeru Kishimoto In the end, Nagoya Grampus was frustrated by Shimizu S-Pulse’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Shimizu S-Pulse ended the match with the shutout victory. Nagoya Grampus is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while kawasaki Frontale sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Gamba Osaka. da Silva dos Santos struck first for Kawasaki Frontale in the 6th minute on a feed from Marcinho, then Marcinho added another in the 20th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Gamba Osaka couldn’t manage to score, and Kawasaki Frontale took the shutout win. Kawasaki Frontale should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
Kawasaki Frontale and Nagoya Grampus last played eachother at the Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium on Mar 12th. Kawasaki Frontale was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Marcinho scored the first goal for Kawasaki Frontale in the 25th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nagoya Grampus couldn’t manage to score, and Kawasaki Frontale took the shutout win.
Ienaga has been the most prolific scorer on Kawasaki Frontale in his last 5 matches with three goals.