On Dec 4th, Urawa Reds will travel to Nagoya to battle Nagoya Grampus in a meeting of these two J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Nagoya Grampus sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Cerezo Osaka. Yoichiro Kakitani struck first for Nagoya Grampus in the 67th minute on a feed from Shinnosuke Nakatani, then Fujita tied it up for Cerezo Osaka in the 80th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 87th minute on a goal by Nishio to cap off a wild match. Nagoya Grampus should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while 6th placed Urawa Reds is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Shimizu S-Pulse. Keita Nakamura struck first for Shimizu S-Pulse in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Urawa Reds couldn’t manage to score, and Shimizu S-Pulse took the shutout win. Urawa Reds should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on May 30th, Urawa Reds and Nagoya Grampus battled to a 0-0 draw. Urawa Reds had 3 on net, and Nagoya Grampus had 9, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Yuruki has been the most prolific scorer on Urawa Reds in the last five matches with 2 goals. Nagoya Grampus is glad to have Jakub Świerczok in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.