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Kashima Antlers v Nagoya Grampus Eight : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

We’ve J-League action to enjoy on Saturday morning, as Toru Oniki and his Kashima Antlers side host Mihailo Petrović’s Nagoya Grampus Eight at the Kashima Soccer Stadium. In this preview you'll find odds from leading bookmakers for the 17 biggest betting markets as well as predictions, stats and head-to-head data for these two clubs. Simply click through the tabs below to explore.

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Kashima Antlers's next match is v Avispa at 10:00 on Saturday 22nd August
Nagoya Grampus Eight's next match is v Gamba Osaka at 11:00 on Saturday 22nd August
The last Japanese J-League meeting between Kashima and Nagoya was on Saturday 15th August 2026
Japanese J-League
August 15th 2026
Kashima 2
1 Nagoya
 
L. de Sousa Pereira 22'54' (OG)N. Ueda
T. Uchida (OG) 90'
 
KAS
NAG
Shots On
6
1
Shots Off
6
8
Corners
3
4
Possession
49%
51%
Fouls
14
14
Yellow/red cards
3/0
1/0
 
KashimaNagoya
 
T. Hayakawa
I. Sekigawa
R. Ogawa
K. Misao
M. Bueno Batista (G. Shibasaki 69')
L. de Sousa Pereirafootball icon (A. Čavrić 69')
Y. Santos Souza (Y. Matsumura 43')
R. Hirose
N. Uedafootball icon
M. Yoshida (H, Hayashi 46')
Y. Suzuki (H. Tokuda 88')
 (S. Tokumoto 46') Y. Nogami
H. Fujii
(Y. Asano 74') R. Izumi
S. Inagaki
(M. dos Santos Castro 46') Y. Yamagishi
football iconT. Uchida
A. Pisano
K. Nakayama
T. Takamine
(K. Nagai 87') Y. Kimura
(Y. Sato 88') T. Hara

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's 74% chance of Kashima and Nagoya 3 goals or less combined during this J-League game according to our predictive algorithm and, in the absense of a strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's a great tip here. Our calculations are made based on latest form, historical head-to-head (H2H) stats and the view of the betting market, and you can back it at 1.29.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Kashima are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 54% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.71.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Kashima
54%
71/100-
Draw
25%
5/2-
Nagoya
22%
16/5-
Kashima 1-0
12%
11/2-
Draw 1-1
12%
6/1-
Kashima 2-0
10%
7/1-
Kashima 2-1
10%
15/2-
Draw 0-0
7%
17/2-
Nagoya 1-0
7%
10/1-
Kashima 3-0
6%
14/1-
Nagoya 2-1
6%
14/1-
Kashima 3-1
5%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1-
Nagoya 2-0
3%
20/1-
Kashima 3-2
3%
28/1-
Kashima 4-0
2%
28/1-
Kashima 4-1
2%
33/1-
Nagoya 3-1
2%
40/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
21/20-
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
3/4-
Home 1st Goal
54%
8/13-
Away 1st Goal
41%
8/5-
No 1st Goal
5%
17/2-
BTTS - Yes
50%
19/20-
BTTS - No
50%
4/5-
BTTS - Home Win
23%
3/1-
BTTS - Draw
17%
4/1-
BTTS - Away Win
10%
8/1-
Home/draw
78%
1/5-
Away/draw
46%
10/11-
Home/away
75%
1/4-
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
3/10-
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
12/5-
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
5/2-
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
2/7-
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
6/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/10-
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
16/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/33-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/16-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
9/1-
Home DNB
71%
1/3-
Away DNB
39%
9/4-
Kashima win to nil
31%
7/4-
Nagoya win to nil
12%
6/1-
Kashima / Kashima
29%
15/8-
Kashima / Nagoya
2%
33/1-
Kashima / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Kashima
18%
15/4-
Draw / Nagoya
9%
8/1-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2-
Nagoya / Kashima
4%
22/1-
Nagoya / Nagoya
11%
13/2-
Nagoya / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win J-League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Kashima
Nagoya
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kashiwa220036 
Oct 24
May 29
May 15
Oct 17
2
Kashima000000 
-
-
Apr 10
l
 
2-1A
3
Vissel Kobe211014 
-
Sep 12
Mar 20
Oct 31
4
Avispa210123 
Aug 22
May 22
Nov 29
Feb 20
5
Yokohama FM210103 
Apr 3
w
 
3-4A
Oct 25
Apr 29
6
Hiroshima000000 
-
Dec 13
Dec 19
Sep 2
7
Fagiano210103 
Nov 28
Feb 27
Aug 29
Apr 3
8
Machida000000 
-
-
Sep 6
Mar 13
9
Gamba Osaka000000 
Oct 10
-
Aug 22
Mar 6
10
V-V Nagasaki210103 
Oct 17
May 15
Mar 10
Sep 12
11
Shimizu210103 
Nov 21
Mar 21
l
 
0-1A
Apr 17
12
Cerezo2101-23 
Oct 31
Apr 17
Oct 21
May 9
13
Kawasaki202002 
May 9
Sep 19
Apr 24
Oct 11
14
Kyoto Sanga2011-11 
-
Oct 21
Nov 7
May 29
15
Mito2011-11 
Feb 13
Sep 2
Dec 13
May 22
16
Tokyo Verdy2011-21 
Dec 19
Aug 29
Jun 6
Nov 21
17
Tokyo2011-41 
Jun 6
Nov 7
Feb 13
Sep 19
18
Nagoya2002-20 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 10
-
-
19
Urawa Reds2002-40 
Sep 6
Feb 20
Feb 27
Dec 5
20
JEF United2002-70 
Mar 6
Dec 5
May 3
Nov 25
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Play Offs
Final Series
Play Offs
Relegation
Final Series
Play Offs
Win / draw / win form
4
Kashima have won 4 consecutive league games
16
Kashima have not lost in 16 consecutive league games
Kashima 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
14
D
4
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Kashima2 - 1Yokohama FM
Kashima2 - 1Yokohama
Kashima0 - 0Gamba Osaka
Kashima3 - 1Cerezo
Kashima3 - 0Shonan
Kashima1 - 1Avispa
Kashima3 - 2Kashiwa
Kashima1 - 2Fagiano
Kashima1 - 1Hiroshima
Kashima1 - 0Shimizu
Kashima2 - 1Kawasaki
Kashima1 - 0Machida
Kashima1 - 0Nagoya
Kashima3 - 4Kyoto Sanga
Kashima1 - 0Vissel Kobe
Kashima1 - 1Urawa Reds
Kashima2 - 0Tokyo
Kashima2 - 1Albirex
Kashima4 - 0Tokyo Verdy
Kashima3 - 1Machida
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AKashima4 - 3Yokohama FM
HKashima2 - 1Yokohama FM
AKashima1 - 0Tokyo Verdy
HKashima2 - 1Yokohama
AKashima1 - 1Kyoto Sanga
AKashima0 - 0Vissel Kobe
HKashima0 - 0Gamba Osaka
AKashima4 - 0Nagoya
HKashima3 - 1Cerezo
AKashima1 - 0Urawa Reds
HKashima3 - 0Shonan
AKashima1 - 1Shimizu
AKashima2 - 1Albirex
HKashima1 - 1Avispa
AKashima1 - 0Tokyo
HKashima3 - 2Kashiwa
AKashima1 - 2Kawasaki
HKashima1 - 2Fagiano
AKashima1 - 2Machida
HKashima1 - 1Hiroshima
Nagoya 18TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Machida3 - 1Nagoya
Kashiwa1 - 0Nagoya
Yokohama2 - 2Nagoya
Albirex0 - 0Nagoya
Fagiano0 - 1Nagoya
Urawa Reds2 - 1Nagoya
Yokohama FM3 - 0Nagoya
Hiroshima1 - 2Nagoya
Vissel Kobe2 - 1Nagoya
Avispa1 - 1Nagoya
Kyoto Sanga1 - 1Nagoya
Shimizu0 - 3Nagoya
Kashima1 - 0Nagoya
Gamba Osaka2 - 0Nagoya
Shonan2 - 1Nagoya
Tokyo Verdy2 - 1Nagoya
Cerezo1 - 1Nagoya
Tokyo3 - 1Nagoya
Kawasaki4 - 0Nagoya
Yokohama FM0 - 2Nagoya
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNagoya0 - 1Shimizu
HNagoya1 - 0Avispa
ANagoya1 - 3Machida
ANagoya0 - 1Kashiwa
HNagoya0 - 2Gamba Osaka
ANagoya2 - 2Yokohama
HNagoya2 - 1Cerezo
HNagoya0 - 4Kashima
ANagoya0 - 0Albirex
HNagoya3 - 1Shonan
ANagoya1 - 0Fagiano
HNagoya1 - 1Tokyo
HNagoya3 - 4Kawasaki
ANagoya1 - 2Urawa Reds
HNagoya1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
ANagoya0 - 3Yokohama FM
HNagoya0 - 0Tokyo Verdy
ANagoya2 - 1Hiroshima
HNagoya1 - 1Shimizu
ANagoya1 - 2Vissel Kobe
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Kashima have kept a clean sheet in 4 consecutive league meetings with Nagoya
League games at Kashima since 2018
Kashima
Nagoya
Goals: Scored
7
4
Games: Scored
4 / 8
3 / 8
Clean sheets
5 / 8
4 / 8
KAS
4
D
2
NAG
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Kashima
Kashima1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Kashima2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Nagoya
0 - 2Nagoya
Kashima2 - 1
Kashima2 - 0
League games at Nagoya since 2018
Nagoya
Kashima
Goals: Scored
7
16
Games: Scored
4 / 8
7 / 8
Clean sheets
1 / 8
4 / 8
KAS
5
D
1
NAG
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nagoya
0 - 4Kashima
0 - 3Kashima
Nagoya1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Kashima
1 - 3Kashima
0 - 1Kashima
Nagoya4 - 2
Goal Statistics

Kashima Antlers have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 5 consecutive J-League matches. Their PG of 1.7 against Nagoya Grampus Eight on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Goals have been difficult to come by for Nagoya Grampus Eight of late. It has been 5 J-League matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday morning against Kashima Antlers.

Kashima 6th Nagoya 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Kashima will score 1 or more goals
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Nagoya scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+28
Kashima have scored 28% more goals at home than predicted
-10
Nagoya’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.9
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2026/2027 season
Kashima
PG (predicted goals)
Nagoya
1.7
1
Attack rating
40%
better
KAS
NAG
view stats
Games scored1
0
Failed to score0
1
Scored first0
0
Goals scored4
0
Avg. goals scored4
0
Avg. shots per game11
14
Avg. shots per goal3
0
Conversion rate for36
0
Avg. XG for3.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+40%
Defence rating
KAS
NAG
28%
better
view stats
Games conceded1
1
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first1
1
Goals conceded3
1
Avg. goals conceded3
1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded3
12
Conversion rate against33%
8%
Avg. XG against1.8
1.5
KickOff rating
+28%

Kashima v Nagoya J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Kashima J-League squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2312
T HayakawaL CearáR OgawaY Suzuki
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Hayakawa GLK2
-
R Hirose DEF
-
N Ueda DEF2
-
I Sekigawa DEF2
-
R Ogawa DEF21
-
Yan MID21
-
K Misao MID2
1
-
M Bueno MID
-
M. Yoshida MID2
-
Y Suzuki FWD2
2
-
L Ceará FWD23
1
-
Subs
T Yamada GLK
-
K Tsukui DEF
-
A. Motosuna DEF
-
K Tae-Hyeon DEF
-
G Shibasaki MID21
-
H, Hayashi MID2
-
Y Matsumura MID2
-
H. Tokuda FWD2
-
A Cavric FWD22
-
Nagoya J-League squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2001
A. PisanoS Inagaki 
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A. Pisano GLK2
-
T Hara DEF2
-
H Fujii DEF2
-
Y Nogami DEF2
-
R Izumi MID2
-
S Inagaki  MID2
1
-
T Takamine MID2
-
K Nakayama MID2
-
T Uchida FWD1
-
Y Kimura FWD2
-
Y Yamagishi FWD2
-
Subs
H. Hagi GLK
-
Y Sato DEF1
-
S Tokumoto DEF1
-
Y Asano MID2
-
T Morishima MID1
-
H Koda MID1
-
M Ono MID
-
Mateus FWD2
-
K Nagai FWD1
-