As week 42 of the 2025 J1 League arrives, Albirex Niigata take on Nagoya Grampus at Denka Big Swan Stadium on 2025-09-23 (kick-off 06:00 GMT).
With the data available to us, T. Yoshimoto and K. Hasegawa have not met as managers before.
Albirex Niigata currently rank 19th (with 16 pts), versus Nagoya Grampus at 14th on 23 pts.
Both teams have no missing players.
Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Albirex Niigata should be met by Nagoya Grampus's expected 3-4-1-2.
Last time out, K. Hashimoto registered the best mark for Albirex Niigata - 8.2 - and K. Nagai did likewise for Nagoya Grampus with an 7.7 score.
Both teams are coming from different results: Albirex Niigata fell 0-1 against Yokohama, while Nagoya Grampus prevailed 3-1 over Shonan Bellmare.
Neither side is flying – Albirex Niigata 0-1-4 and Nagoya Grampus 2-1-2 over the last 5 matches.
Nagoya Grampus lead this rivalry - 17 wins from 35 matches versus Albirex Niigata (who've won just 12 games), alongside 6 draws.
Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Nagoya Grampus to win 2-1, despite Albirex Niigata's 2-6-7 home form - Nagoya Grampus's strong 3-3-9 record away with 1.60 goals/game does the trick.
Albirex Niigata is going head to head with Nagoya Grampus on 23/9/2025 05:00 GMT at Denka Big Swan Stadium for the Japan J1 League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Albirex Niigata v Nagoya Grampus H2H statistics!