Week 29 brings us a match on Sep 10th where Nagoya Grampus will travel to Kobe to battle Vissel Kobe in a clash of the J-League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, a perfect day for football. Vissel Kobe sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Kyoto Sanga. Temma Matsuda struck first for Kyoto Sanga in the 1st minute, then Yuta Toyokawa added another in the 9th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Vissel Kobe couldn’t manage to score, and Kyoto Sanga took the shutout win. Vissel Kobe is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 10th placed Nagoya Grampus, recorded a 3-2 win against Avispa Fukuoka. R. Morishita struck first for Nagoya Grampus in the 2nd minute, then in the 21st minute, Lukian sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jordy Croux , but Nagoya Grampus kept scoring and walked away with the win. Nagoya Grampus is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
Nagoya Grampus and Vissel Kobe last played eachother at the Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium on the 19th of February. Nagoya Grampus won by a score of 2 to 0. Sho Inagaki scored the first goal for Nagoya Grampus in the 23rd minute, then Noriyoshi Sakai added another on an own goal in the 51st minute In the end, Vissel Kobe couldn’t muster any offence and Nagoya Grampus ran away with the shutout win.
Nagoya Grampus’s most prolific scorer has been Kensuke Nagai. The Japaneese attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Koya Yuruki has been the most prolific scorer on Vissel Kobe in the last five matches with 2 goals.