Nagoya continued their run of good results and a draw against J1 league leaders Yokohama kept them very much in the title race. After 20 rounds played, they are in 3rd place in the table with only 4 points less than the first position. They picked up their form at the right time and in this match they will have the opportunity to confirm it. In the last 8 games, they have 6 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. It cannot be said that they had easy rivals in those games, and therefore their results gain even more importance. They play very hard in front of their fans and before the draw with Yokohama, they were on a streak of 5 wins. Including that game, they scored at least 2 goals in 6 games in front of their fans, which speaks volumes about their attacking potential. In a match against a team that is in very bad shape, that attacking potential will really come to the fore. In the last few games, Vegalta fell into an inexplicable drop in form. They played really great before this crisis and did not know of a defeat in 6 games, of which they won 5. This was followed by a duel with Iwata, which is certainly one of the better teams of the J2 league, and a 3-2 defeat. After that match, they played 5 more matches in which they did not win, and only managed to draw 2 times. What is certainly worrying is that they achieved those results against teams that are positioned lower in the table than them. With the exception of Shimizu S-Pulse, all other teams are below them in the table and much better results are expected. In those 6 matches without a win, they conceded as many as 15 goals, which is definitely not encouraging before visiting Nagoya, which is known to play in front of its fans. Quality and form are certainly on Nagoya's side and I believe they can secure passage to the next round of the competition after 90 minutes.

名古屋继续他们的好成绩和平局对J1联赛领头羊横滨保持他们非常在冠军争夺。经过20轮的比赛，他们在积分榜上排名第三，只比第一名少4分。他们在正确的时间恢复了状态，在这场比赛中他们将有机会确认这一点。在最近的8场比赛中，他们取得了6胜1负1平的成绩。不能说他们在那些比赛中有轻松的对手，因此他们的结果变得更加重要。他们在球迷面前打得非常努力，在与横滨战平之前，他们已经取得了5连胜。包括那场比赛在内，他们在6场比赛中至少在球迷面前打进2球，这充分说明了他们的进攻潜力。在一场对阵状态非常糟糕的球队的比赛中，进攻潜力将真正显现出来。在最后几场比赛中，维加尔塔的状态出现了令人费解的下滑。在这场危机之前，他们打得非常好，并且不知道在6场比赛中失败，其中他们赢了5场。接下来是与Iwata的决斗，这当然是J2联赛中更好的球队之一，并以3比2的比分失败。在那场比赛之后，他们又打了5场没有获胜的比赛，只取得了2场平局。当然令人担忧的是，他们取得这些成绩的对手是排名比他们低的球队。除了清水S-Pulse之外，其他车队的排名都低于他们，预计会有更好的成绩。在这6场没有获胜的比赛中，他们丢了多达15个球，这在做客名古屋之前肯定是不令人鼓舞的，因为名古屋以在球迷面前比赛而闻名。名古屋队的实力和状态肯定是有利的，我相信他们可以在90分钟后进入下一轮比赛。