CA River Plate vs Urawa Red Diamonds, Club World Cup 2025 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
CA River Plate vs Urawa Red Diamonds — Club World Cup at Lumen Field.
- CA River Plate 0 games · 0 pts (2025/25)
- Urawa Red Diamonds 0 games · 0 pts (2025/25)
Match Details
- Referee Felix Zwayer
33 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 6.6 goals/game 🟥 1 totalHead-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Jun Urawa Red Diamonds H 3–1 W 15 Dec Racing Club A 0–1 L 08 Dec CA Rosario Central H 4–0 W 05 Dec CA San Lorenzo de Almagro H 1–1 D 30 Nov Estudiantes de La Plata A 2–1 W 22 Nov CS Independiente Rivadavia A 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 Jun CA River Plate A 1–3 L 01 Jun Yokohama FC H 2–1 W 28 May Cerezo Osaka FC H 0–0 D 24 May Nagoya Grampus A 1–2 L 21 May Kawasaki Frontale A 2–2 D 17 May FC Tokyo H 3–2 W Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
CA River Plate this season0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
CA River Plate0-151/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-601/161-751/176+–/1■ Scored ■ ConcededUrawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-30–/131-45–/246-601/161-75–/176+–/3■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
CA River PlateFacundo Colidio 1 G -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Lumen Field. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Yusuke Matsuo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 10' CA River Plate seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 12' Facundo Colidio puts CA River Plate on the lead.
- 17' CA River Plate is showing some good football. However, CA River Plate are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 22' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 24' The referee shows CA River Plate player a card on 24.
- 29' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 29 minutes.
- 34' A meaty challenge results in booking for Samuel Gustafson on 34.
- 39' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 39.
- 44' Ryoma Watanabe has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 46' Maximiliano Meza is replacing Enzo Perez for the CA River Plate side.
- 48' GOAL! Sebastian Driussi scores on 48.
- 50' The supporters are chanting for Miguel Borja. He replaces Sebastian Driussi on 50 minute.
- 55' CA River Plate is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 58' What a strike from Yusuke Matsuo! The score is 2-1.
- 58' It’s a booking for CA River Plate player. Marcos Acuna gets a card.
- 59' CA River Plate player sees a card in front of him.
- 64' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with CA River Plate winning 100% of all matches.
- 69' Danilo Boza needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 71' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Takuro Kaneko by Takahiro Sekine on 71 minute.
- 74' Goal! Maximiliano Meza scores his 6 goal in 152 matches.
- 74' Gonzalo Martinez is replacing Facundo Colidio for the CA River Plate side.
- 79' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 81' The supporters are chanting for Takuya Ogiwara. He replaces Yoichi Naganuma on 81 minute.
- 86' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Urawa Red Diamonds needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 87' Urawa Red Diamonds player sees a card in front of him.
- 87' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 87 minute. Samuel Gustafson leaves to be changed by Genki Haraguchi.
- 88' The whistle greets Marcos Acuna as he departs to be replaced by Milton Casco.
- 90' It’s gonna be a card for Giuliano Galoppo.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for CA River Plate players.
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Lineups
CA River Plate Lineups
Starting XI
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21
Marcos Acuna ↓ Milton Casco 88'
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24
Enzo Perez ↓ Maximiliano Meza 46'
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- 4
- 15
- 11
- 28
- 22
- 30
Bench
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9
Miguel Borja ↑ 50'
- 10
- 16
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8
Maximiliano Meza ↑ 46'
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18
Gonzalo Martinez ↑ 74'
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20
Milton Casco ↑ 88'
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- 29
- 25
- 5
- 14
- 7
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34
Giuliano Galoppo ↑ 46'
- 17
- 38
Coach Marcelo GallardoUrawa Red Diamonds Lineups
Starting XI
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8
Matheus Savio ↓ Thiago Santana 71'
- 11
- 1
- 4
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77
Takuro Kaneko ↓ Takahiro Sekine 71'
- 3
- 24
- 5
- 13
- 88
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25
Kaito Yasui ↓ Taishi Matsumoto 81'
Bench
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9
Genki Haraguchi ↑ 87'
- 10
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12
Thiago Santana ↑ 71'
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6
Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 81'
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26
Takuya Ogiwara ↑ 81'
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14
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 71'
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- 31
- 23
- 16
- 18
- 39
- 41
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Coach Maciej Skorza -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Maximiliano Meza 1 Sebastian Driussi 1 Facundo Colidio 1 Yusuke Matsuo 1 Head to Head
CA River Plate Form
2025-06-17 CA River Plate 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2024-12-15 Racing Club 1–0 CA River Plate L 2024-12-08 CA River Plate 4–0 CA Rosario Central W 2024-12-05 CA River Plate 1–1 CA San Lorenzo de Almagro D 2024-11-30 Estudiantes de La Plata 1–2 CA River Plate W 2024-11-22 CS Independiente Rivadavia 2–1 CA River Plate LUrawa Red Diamonds Form
2025-06-17 CA River Plate 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-06-01 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Yokohama FC W 2025-05-28 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Cerezo Osaka FC D 2025-05-24 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-05-21 Kawasaki Frontale 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2025-05-17 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–2 FC Tokyo W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.09 CA River Plate xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.04 Urawa Red Diamonds xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 59% + CA River Plate to win 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: CA River Plate winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.13Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 82% 18% ± 2.5 59% 41% ± 3.5 38% 62% ± 4.5 21% 79% Double Chance
CA River Plate or Draw 81%Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds 41%CA River Plate or Urawa Red Diamonds 77%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: CA River Plate win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.3%2 – 1 9.6%2 – 0 9.5%1 – 0 8.6%3 – 1 Actual3 – 0 6.4%0 – 0 6%2 – 2 5%1 – 2 4.8%0 – 1 3.9%4 – 1 3.5%3 – 2 3.5%Asian Handicap — CA River Plate
Handicap CA River Plate covers Push Urawa Red Diamonds covers -2.5 19% — 81% -2 19% 18% 62% -1.5 38% — 62% -1 38% 22% 40% -0.5 60% — 40% +0.5 83% — 17% +1 83% 11% 6% +1.5 94% — 6% +2 94% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
CA River Plate keeps clean sheet 36% ✓Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

