Kyoto Sanga vs Nagoya Grampus prediction, preview, team news, H2H | J League Cup 2022

The J League Cup returns this weekend and will see Kyoto Sanga host Nagoya Grampus at Sanga Stadium on Saturday in the second leg of their playoff clash.

Kyoto Sanga suffered a 6-1 loss in the first leg of the tie and has it all to do this weekend to advance in the competition. They found themselves trailing early in the game before Sota Kawasaki was sent off just before half-time as their fortunes went from bad to worse.

Sanga has endured a rather difficult return to the domestic cup and now needs something close to a miracle to overturn the first leg result.

Nagoya Grampus is in a good position to advance to the tournament after a dominant display in the first leg. They were at their best on the day, with four different players on the scoresheet, including Sho Inagaki and Mateus, who scored twice.

The first leg result means the visitors are alive and well in their title defense and will now look to get the job done when they play on Saturday.

Head-to-Head Kyoto Sanga vs Nagoya Grampus

There have been 12 meetings between Kyoto Sanga and Nagoya Grampus. The hosts have only won those two matches while the visitors have won six. There were four draws between the two sides.

The two sides last faced off in the first leg last weekend, which the visitors won 6-1.

Kyoto Sanga Form Guide (All Competitions): LWWLL

Nagoya Grampus Form Guide (All Competitions): WWWWW

Team News Kyoto Sanga vs Nagoya Grampus

Kyoto Sanga

Sota Kawasaki received a red card in the first leg and has been suspended from this one. Naoto Misawa and Quenten Martinus are both injured and will also be out.

Wounded: Naoto Misawa, Quenten Martinus

Doubtful: There isn’t any

Depends: Sota Kawasaki

Nagoya Grampus

Australia internationals Mitchell Langerak, Jakub Swierczok and Kazuki Nagasawa are all injured and will not play on Saturday while Yutaka Yoshida is a doubt.

Wounded: Mitchell Langerak, Jakub Swierczok, Kazuki Nagasawa

Doubtful: Yutaka Yoshida

Depends: There isn’t any

Kyoto Sanga vs Nagoya Grampus XI Prediction

Kyoto Sanga Predicted XI (4-3-3): Naoto Kamifukumoto; Kosuke Shirai, Hisashi Appiah, Shogo Asada, Takuya Ogiwara; Shimpei Fukuoka, Daiki Kaneko, Shohei Takeda; Fuki Yamada, Temma Matsuda, Peter Utaka

Nagoya Grampus Prediction XI (3-4-2-1): Yohei Takeda; Yuichi Maruyama, Haruya Fujii, Shinnosuke Nakatani; Yuki Soma, Leo Silva, Sho Inagaki, Ryoya Morishita; Keiya Sento, Mateus; Noriyoshi Sakai

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Kyoto Sanga vs Nagoya Grampus Prediction

Kyoto Sanga has a mountain to climb after that first leg result. They have lost three of their last five matches and are not at their best.

Meanwhile, Nagoya Grampus have won six of their last seven matches in all competitions. They have done half the job and need to advance to the next round on Saturday.

Prediction: Kyoto Sanga 1-2 Nagoya Grampus