Match Report
21 points separated the sides: Vissel Kobe 5th on 64, Nagoya Grampus 16th on 43. Vissel Kobe had been under-performing their position — 13th on five-round form against 5th in the table.
Momentum sat with Nagoya Grampus, winners of their last three.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 1 Vissel Kobe win, 3 for Nagoya Grampus, 2 draws, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more.
Goal scorers
Vissel Kobe: Taisei Miyashiro (45'), Takuya Uchida (44') · Nagoya Grampus: Teruki Hara (57')