Sagan Tosu vs Nagoya Grampus prediction, preview, team news and more | J1 League 2024

Sagan Tosu and Nagoya Grampus will battle for three points in a J1 League round 15 clash on Saturday. The home side will be looking to build on their 5-2 comeback home win over Kawasaki Frontale at the same venue in midweek.

They went behind to Kota Takai's strike but Ayumu Yokoyama scored a brace while Marcelo Ryan scored in the 44th minute to help them take a 3-2 lead into the break. Wataru Harada and Atsushi Kawata added second-half goals to secure the three points.

Nagoya Grampus, meanwhile, saw off Tokyo with a 3-1 home win. Kasper Junker was the star of the show as he scored a hat-trick while Ryotaro Araki scored a late consolation strike for the visitors.

The win saw Henta Hasegawa's side climb to seventh spot in the league with 22 points to show for their efforts in 22 games. Sagan Tosu are 17th on 14 points.

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Sagan Tosu vs Nagoya Grampus Head-to-Head

Sagan Tosu have eight wins from the last 23 head-to-head games. Eight games ended in draws while Nagoya Grampus were victorious on seven occasions. Their most recent meeting came in October 2023 when the spoils were shared in a 1-1 draw.

Sagan Tosu form guide: W-W-L-L-D

Nagoya Grampus form guide: W-L-W-L-L

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Sagan Tosu vs Nagoya Grampus Team News

Sagan Tosu

Fuchi Honda and Yoshiki Narahara are unavailable due to injuries.

Injuries: Fuchi Honda, Yoshiki Narahara

Doubtful: None

Suspension: None

Nagoya Grampus

Masahito Ono, Noriyoshi Sakai and Ryosuke Yamanaka are unavailable due to injuries.

Injuries: Masahito Ono, Noriyoshi Sakai, Ryosuke Yamanaka

Doubtful: None

Suspension: None

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Sagan Tosu vs Nagoya Grampus Predicted XI

Sagan Tosu Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Il-gyu Park (GK); Yoichi Naganuma, Tae-Hyon Kim, Seiji Kimura, Wataru Harada; Kohei Tezuka, So Kawahara; Ayumu Yokohama, Taichi Kikuchi, Cayman Togashi; Marcelo Ryan

Nagoya Grampus Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Mitchell Langerak (GK); Akinari Kawazura, Chang-Rae Ha, Kenedy Mikuni; Takuya Uchida, Keiya Shiihashi, Sho Inagaki, Yuki Nogami; Ken Masui, Tsukasa Morishima; Patric

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Sagan Tosu vs Nagoya Grampus Prediction

Sagan Tosu sit just outside the relegation zone, with three points all that separates them from the bottom three. They climbed out of the dropzone by winning each of their last two games.

Nagoya Grampus have blown hot and cold in the last few weeks but are still within touching distance of the top three.

Three of the last four head-to-head games have been drawn and we are backing the spoils to be shared in a low-scoring stalemate.

Prediction: Sagan Tosu 1-1 Nagoya Grampus