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FC Tōkyō vs Urawa Red Diamonds, 2018

J. League · 2018
Sat 24 Feb 2018 · 05:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

FC Tokyo vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League .

Match Details

  • Referee Yusuke Araki
  • Referee Ryo Hirama
  • Referee Tadashi Baba
  • Referee Futoshi Nakamura
4 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 7.0 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
24 Feb Urawa Red Diamonds H 1–1 D
18 Feb Shimizu S-Pulse H 1–0 W
10 Feb Júbilo Iwata A 1–3 L
05 Feb Shonan Bellmare H 3–0 W
31 Jan Cerezo Osaka FC A 2–2 D
20 Jan Vissel Kobe H 1–1 D
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
24 Feb FC Tōkyō A 1–1 D
18 Feb Cerezo Osaka FC H 0–1 L
12 Feb Vegalta Sendai H 1–2 L
04 Feb Gamba Osaka A 2–1 W
31 Jan Kashima Antlers H 0–0 D
20 Jan Kingstonian FC A 0–1 L

Season Stats

FC Tōkyō Urawa Red Diamonds
#12 Position #16
37 Points 25
18 Played 18
13 / 0 / 5 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 11
55 Scored 37
42 Conceded 37
+13 GD +0
2.06 PPG 1.39
72% Win % 39%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (26 games)
46% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
71% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season
14% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

FC Tōkyō are 12th (37 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Tōkyō
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/–
31-45
4/1
46-60
4/1
61-75
4/–
76+
1/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Urawa Red Diamonds
0-15
1/1
16-30
4/3
31-45
4/3
46-60
–/2
61-75
2/4
76+
2/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Tōkyō
Motoki Nagakura 5 G 2 A
Marcelo Ryan 3 G 2 A
Soma Anzai 3 G
Urawa Red Diamonds
Matheus Savio 4 G
Minamino Harumi 4 G
Takuro Kaneko 1 G 5 A
Hiiro Komori 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
  • 10' It’s high time Takafumi Hori made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 15' The energy levels are beginning to show. Takafumi Hori might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 443 games and scored 412 goals.
  • 25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 30' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FC Tokyo and Urawa Red Diamonds are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 35' FC Tokyo are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Urawa Red Diamonds's shape.
  • 40' FC Tokyo are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Urawa Red Diamonds backline.
  • 45' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 50' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Tokyo and Urawa Red Diamonds are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 55' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 60' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yuki Muto, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 65' Kotaro Omori has been relatively quiet despite scoring 5 goals in his last 441 appearances.
  • 70' Akihiro Hayashi is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FC Tokyo so far.
  • 75' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 80' FC Tokyo currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 85' Shinzo Koroki has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 7 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 90' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Tokyo and Urawa Red Diamonds are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
2.33 FC Tokyo xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.55 Urawa Red Diamonds xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
FC Tokyo53% Draw22% Urawa Red Diamonds25%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes71% 0% No29%
Avg goals/match: 3.88
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 90%
10%
± 2.5 73%
27%
± 3.5 53%
47%
± 4.5 35%
65%

Double Chance

FC Tokyo or Draw
75%
Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds
47%
FC Tokyo or Urawa Red Diamonds
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FC Tokyo41% Draw38% Urawa Red Diamonds21%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
8.4%
1 – 1
Actual
3 – 1
6.5%
2 – 2
6.4%
2 – 0
5.7%
1 – 2
5.7%
3 – 2
5%
1 – 0
4.4%
3 – 0
4.3%
4 – 1
3.8%
2 – 3
3.3%
0 – 0
3.2%

Asian Handicap — FC Tokyo

Handicap FC Tokyo covers Push Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5 18% — 82%
-2 18% 16% 66%
-1.5 34% — 66%
-1 34% 20% 46%
-0.5 54% — 46%
+0.5 75% — 25%
+1 75% 13% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 7% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

FC Tokyo keeps clean sheet
22% ✓
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet
11% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.