FC Tōkyō vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

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Urawa Red Diamonds

Sat 25 Sep 2021 · 06:00 UTC Ajinomoto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Masato Morishige 29' Y

Masato Morishige 30' Y

Overview

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FC Tokyo vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Ajinomoto Stadium.

FC Tokyo 18 games · 37 pts (2026/27)
Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Vissel Kobe	18	35
2	Cerezo Osaka FC	18	31
3	Nagoya Grampus	18	31
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	30
5	Gamba Osaka	18	28
6	Fagiano Okayama FC	18	26
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	18	24
8	Kyoto Sanga FC	18	23
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	21
10	Avispa Fukuoka	18	21
11	Kashima Antlers	18	45
12	FC Tōkyō	18	37
13	FC Machida Zelvia	18	37
14	Kawasaki Frontale	18	28
15	Tokyo Verdy	18	28
16	Urawa Red Diamonds	18	25
17	Kashiwa Reysol	18	20
18	Yokohama F·Marinos	18	20
19	FC Mito Holly Hock	18	18
20	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	18	12

Head-to-Head

FC Tōkyō 26 games · Avg 3.4 goals Urawa Red Diamonds

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-25 FC Tōkyō 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2021-02-27 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 FC Tōkyō 2020-09-30 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 FC Tōkyō 2020-07-18 FC Tōkyō 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2019-11-30 FC Tōkyō 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

FC Tōkyō

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Sep	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	1–2	L
22 Sep	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–1	D
18 Sep	Yokohama FC	H	4–0	W
12 Sep	Kashiwa Reysol	H	0–1	L
28 Aug	Vissel Kobe	A	1–0	W
25 Aug	Vegalta Sendai	A	2–1	W

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Sep	FC Tōkyō	A	2–1	W
18 Sep	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	2–0	W
11 Sep	Yokohama FC	A	2–0	W
29 Aug	Shonan Bellmare	A	0–0	D
25 Aug	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–0	W
21 Aug	Tokushima Vortis	A	1–0	W

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' The ball is rolling at Ajinomoto Stadium. FC Tokyo are looking to make home advantage count against Urawa Red Diamonds.
1' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Kyosuke Tagawa makes it 1-0.
6' Alexander Scholz, a Denmark , has 13 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
11' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
16' Go Hatano has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 441 appearances.
21' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
26' FC Tokyo are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Urawa Red Diamonds's shape.
29' The referee calls foul for Masato Morishige. He receives a Yellow card.
30' Masato Morishige picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
35' The 29-year-old Yoshio Koizumi has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
40' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
45' Urawa Red Diamonds are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
46' Goal! Hiroki Sakai scores his 10 goal in 467 matches.
46' The FC Tokyo manager makes a substitution. Yojiro Takahagi departs to be replaced by Diego Oliveira.
48' A stunning finish from Kasper Junker — that came from absolutely nowhere!
53' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
58' It is a cagey affair so far. FC Tokyo in their trying to find a way past Urawa Red Diamonds's compact .
60' The whistle greets Kensuke Nagai as he departs to be replaced by Adailton.
64' The Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes a substitution. Koya Yuruki departs to be replaced by Kasper Junker.
65' The whistle greets Takuya Aoki as he departs to be replaced by Hirotaka Mita.
66' Brilliant from the ! Ataru Esaka makes it 1-3 with a superb finish on 66.
71' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
76' It’s high time Kenta Hasegawa made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
78' A tactical swap from Urawa Red Diamonds — Daigo Nishi on, Hiroki Sakai off on 78 minutes.
83' 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.
85' Another substitution for FC Tokyo to replace Kyosuke Tagawa by Bruno Uvini on 85 minute.
87' A tactical swap from Urawa Red Diamonds — Tatsuya Tanaka on, Takahiro Sekine off on 87 minutes.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Urawa Red Diamonds players.

Lineups

FC Tokyo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

5
Tomoaki Makino ↑ 87'
8
Daigo Nishi ↑ 78'
11
Tatsuya Tanaka ↑ 87'
12
Zion Suzuki
21
Tomoaki Okubo
7
Kasper Junker ↑ 64'
17
Atsuki Ito ↑ 78'

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Diego Oliveira	3
Taishi Matsumoto	2
David Moberg-Karlsson	2
Kyosuke Tagawa	2
Ryotaro Araki	2
Keita Endo	2
Marcelo Ryan	2
Tadanari Lee	2

Head to Head

FC Tokyo Form

2021-09-25 FC Tōkyō 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2021-09-22 FC Tōkyō 1–1 Nagoya Grampus D 2021-09-18 FC Tōkyō 4–0 Yokohama FC L 2021-09-12 FC Tōkyō 0–1 Kashiwa Reysol W 2021-08-28 Vissel Kobe 0–1 FC Tōkyō W 2021-08-25 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 FC Tōkyō W

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2021-09-25 FC Tōkyō 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2021-09-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2021-09-11 Yokohama FC 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2021-08-29 Shonan Bellmare 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2021-08-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-08-21 Tokushima Vortis 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.2 FC Tokyo xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.61 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Tokyo45% Draw24% Urawa Red Diamonds31%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.81

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

FC Tokyo or Draw

70%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

55%

FC Tokyo or Urawa Red Diamonds

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Tokyo38% Draw38% Urawa Red Diamonds24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.7%

2 – 1

8.4%

2 – 2

6.6%

1 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

2 – 0

5.4%

3 – 2

4.9%

1 – 0

4.4%

3 – 0

3.9%

2 – 3

3.6%

0 – 0

3.4%

4 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — FC Tokyo

Handicap	FC Tokyo covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	15%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	20%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	14%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

FC Tokyo keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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