Yamagishi Equalizer Gives Nagoya Grampus Draw With Yokohama F. Marinos
FRISCO (Interstat) — Yuya Yamagishi scored in the 74th minute as Nagoya Grampus rallied for a 1-1 draw with visiting Yokohama F. Marinos in a global football match on Sunday at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Yokohama F. Marinos had taken an early lead through Jordy Croux and held it for much of the match, but Nagoya Grampus found an answer after the break. Both teams scored one goal. The teams combined for two goals and two yellow cards. The result kept both teams unbeaten in the competition and extended their unbeaten runs across all competitions. Nagoya Grampus was the home team, and Yokohama F. Marinos was the visiting team.
Croux opened the scoring in the 14th minute for Yokohama F. Marinos, with Ryo Miyaichi supplying the assist. Croux played 59 minutes before his substitution. Miyaichi played 68 minutes before his substitution. The visiting side carried the advantage through halftime and into the second half. The first-half goal remained the difference at the interval. Nagoya Grampus made two substitutions at the start of the second half, involving Tokumoto S. and Morishima T. in the 46th minute. Yokohama F. Marinos then made a change involving Croux in the 59th minute before Nagoya Grampus pushed for an equalizer.
Nagoya Grampus equalized in the 74th minute when Yamagishi finished a pass from Tomoki Takamine. Yamagishi was not substituted and played the full 90 minutes, while Takamine also went the distance and recorded the assist. The goal capped the home side’s response after it had trailed since Croux’s early strike. Nagoya Grampus had trailed from the 14th minute until Yamagishi’s 74th-minute finish. Yamagishi finished with one goal in 90 minutes, Croux had one goal in 59 minutes, Takamine recorded one assist in 90 minutes and Miyaichi had one assist in 68 minutes. Neither team scored again after Yamagishi’s equalizer.
Uchida T. received a yellow card for Nagoya Grampus in the 53rd minute, and Kimura T. of Yokohama F. Marinos was booked in the 55th. Yokohama F. Marinos made a substitution involving Croux in the 59th and three substitutions in the 68th involving Nitta R., Kimura T. and Miyaichi R. Nagoya Grampus made substitutions involving Uchida T. in the 71st, Izumi R. in the 72nd and Nakayama K. in the 85th. Yokohama F. Marinos also made a substitution involving Suzuki T. in the 78th. The yellow cards and substitutions came after a first half that ended with Yokohama F. Marinos ahead 1-0.
Yokohama F. Marinos entered the match after a 2-2 draw with Verdy, a scoreless draw at Chiba, a 2-1 win over Shimizu S-Pulse, a scoreless draw at Cerezo Osaka, a 2-1 win over Kyoto Sangyo University and a 2-1 win at Montedio Yamagata. Nagoya Grampus entered after a 1-1 draw with Cerezo Osaka, a 3-1 win at Kashiwa Reysol, a 4-3 win over Okayama, a 2-1 win at Kawasaki Frontale and a 3-1 win at Giravanz Kitakyushu. Yokohama F. Marinos’s record in this competition is now no wins, no losses and four draws. Nagoya Grampus’s record in this competition is now two wins, no losses and two draws. Across all competitions, Yokohama F. Marinos is three wins, no losses and four draws. Nagoya Grampus is four wins, no losses and two draws.
Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Nagoya Grampus 1, Yokohama F. Marinos 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Nagoya Grampus with a 65.2 percent probability to win. Nagoya Grampus had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.25. The total score of 2 went over the over/under line of 2.5.