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

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J. League · 2021

FC Tokyo

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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 Tokyo	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 Tokyo 26 games · Avg 3.4 goals Urawa Red Diamonds

Last 5 meetings

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

Recent Form

FC Tokyo

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 Tokyo	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 Tokyo		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

0% Clean Sheets
FC Tokyo this season

0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Tokyo

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

1/–

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Ajinomoto Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between FC Tōkyō and Urawa Red Diamonds.
1' Goal! Kyosuke Tagawa scores his 26 goal in 279 matches.
6' It’s high time Ricardo Rodríguez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
11' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Tōkyō needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
16' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
21' FC Tōkyō have won 396 goals from 437 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
26' Urawa Red Diamonds 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.
29' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Masato Morishige.
30' That is a Yellow card for FC Tokyo. Masato Morishige will be fuming at that decision.
35' It looks like no one’s ball. Urawa Red Diamonds is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
40' Urawa Red Diamonds is showing some good football. However, Urawa Red Diamonds are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
45' FC Tōkyō looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
46' Brilliant from the ! Hiroki Sakai makes it 0-2 with a superb finish on 45.
46' FC Tokyo make a change. Yojiro Takahagi trudges off to be replaced by Diego Oliveira on 46 minutes.
48' Kasper Junker adds to his 0 season tally! Urawa Red Diamonds lead 0-3 — and this changes everything.
53' Over 53 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
58' Supporters expect more eagerness from Takuya Aoki, as he is very good at scoring at Ajinomoto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
60' Adailton has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kensuke Nagai on 60 minute.
64' The supporters are chanting for Kasper Junker. He replaces Koya Yuruki on 64 minute.
65' The whistle greets Takuya Aoki as he departs to be replaced by Hirotaka Mita.
66' Ataru Esaka doubles the advantage! 0-4 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
71' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Tōkyō and Urawa Red Diamonds are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
76' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 76.
78' The whistle greets Hiroki Sakai as he departs to be replaced by Daigo Nishi.
83' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Tōkyō side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
85' It is a substitution in FC Tokyo team. Kyosuke Tagawa is replaced by Bruno Uvini on 85 minute.
87' Tatsuya Tanaka is ready to make an impact after coming on for Takahiro Sekine at the 87 minute mark.
The points are shared — FC Tōkyō 1-2 Urawa Red Diamonds. Honours even.

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
Ryotaro Araki	2
Keita Endo	2
Marcelo Ryan	2
Tadanari Lee	2
Taishi Matsumoto	2
David Moberg-Karlsson	2
Kyosuke Tagawa	2

Head to Head

FC Tokyo Form

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

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2021-09-25 FC Tokyo 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.