Nagoya Grampus edge Kawasaki Frontale in road win

KAWASAKI (Interstat) — Haruya Fujii, Yasuto Wakizaka and Yuya Yamagishi scored as Nagoya Grampus beat Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 on Sunday at Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu. Fujii struck in the 2nd minute, Wakizaka equalized for Kawasaki in the 4th and Yamagishi netted the winner in the 73rd. Tsukasa Morishima provided an assist on Yamagishi’s goal. Nagoya’s Keiya Nagai, Kawasaki’s Riku Yamahara and Nagoya’s Yuki Nogami received yellow cards. Kawasaki made substitutions in the 64th, 72nd and 83rd minutes, while Nagoya used substitutes in the 65th, 68th, 69th and 90+1st. Wakizaka was replaced in the 83rd, and Morishima came off in second-half stoppage time. The result moved Nagoya to 1-0 in this competition and 2-0 overall. Kawasaki fell to 0-1 in the competition and 2-1 overall. Nagoya previously beat Giravanz Kitakyushu, while Kawasaki had beaten Tegevajaro Miyazaki and Kumamoto. Nagoya’s victory gave it a second overall win this season, while Kawasaki’s late push fell short.