Thursday , 2 July 2026

Kashima Antlers vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2026
Kashima Antlers
1 – 0
Full Time
Urawa Red Diamonds
Sat 18 Apr 2026 · 05:00 UTC Kashima Soccer Stadium 28,777 HT 45' · FT 45'
Kimito Nono 81' 1–0
Y 61' Kai Shibato
Y 72' Matheus Savio
Toru Oniki 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Kashima Antlers vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Kashima Soccer Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Masuya Ueda
  • Assistant 1 Kota Watanabe
  • Assistant 2
11 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 4.4 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

12
10
4
Kashima Antlers 26 games · Avg 2.3 goals Urawa Red Diamonds
Last 5 meetings
2026-04-18 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2026-02-28 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Kashima Antlers 2025-09-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Kashima Antlers 2025-03-16 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2024-08-17 Kashima Antlers 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Kashima Antlers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Apr Urawa Red Diamonds H 1–0 W
12 Apr Kawasaki Frontale A 2–0 W
04 Apr FC Mito Holly Hock A 3–5 L
22 Mar JEF United Ichihara Chiba H 2–1 W
18 Mar FC Machida Zelvia A 3–0 W
14 Mar Kawasaki Frontale H 1–0 W
Urawa Red Diamonds
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
18 Apr Kashima Antlers A 0–1 L
12 Apr Tokyo Verdy H 2–3 L
05 Apr Kawasaki Frontale A 2–3 L
22 Mar FC Machida Zelvia H 1–2 L
18 Mar Kashiwa Reysol H 3–3 D
14 Mar Tokyo Verdy A 0–1 L

Season Stats

Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds
#11 Position #16
45 Points 25
18 Played 18
15 / 0 / 3 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 11
40 Scored 37
20 Conceded 37
+20 GD +0
2.50 PPG 1.39
83% Win % 39%

Key Stats

42% Both Teams to Score
H2H (26 games)
46% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
61% Clean Sheets
Kashima Antlers this season
33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Kashima Antlers are 11th (45 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Kashima Antlers
0-15
–/–
16-30
1/–
31-45
2/3
46-60
3/2
61-75
2/–
76+
6/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Urawa Red Diamonds
0-15
1/1
16-30
2/1
31-45
1/–
46-60
4/–
61-75
3/2
76+
2/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Kashima Soccer Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 439 games and scored 403 goals.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' Naomichi Ueda has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 30 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ryoma Watanabe, as he is very good at scoring at Kashima Soccer Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 25' 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.
  • 30' 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.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Kashima Antlers needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 40' Yoichi Naganuma needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 45' Kashima Antlers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 50' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 60' It’s high time Maciej Skorza made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 61' Kai Shibato was booked on 61.
  • 64' The supporters are chanting for Shu Morooka. He replaces Kyosuke Tagawa on 64 minute.
  • 69' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Hiroki Abe has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 72' Urawa Red Diamonds player sees a card in front of him.
  • 73' The supporters are chanting for Renji Hidano. He replaces Takuro Kaneko on 73 minute.
  • 76' Kei Chinen has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gaku Shibasaki on 76 minute.
  • 81' Kimito Nono puts Kashima Antlers on the lead.
  • 84' Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Matheus Savio is replaced by Hiroki Abe.
  • 87' Ryoya Ogawa is replacing Koki Anzai for the Kashima Antlers side.
  • 88' Another substitution for Kashima Antlers to replace Leo Ceara by Keisuke Tsukui on 88 minute.
  • 90' The referee shows Kashima Antlers player a card on 90.
  • 90' The supporters are chanting for Toshikazu Teruuchi. He replaces Ado Onaiwu on 90 minute.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Urawa Red Diamonds.

Lineups

Kashima Antlers Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Toru Oniki

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Maciej Skorza

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Arthur Caike 3
Yuma Suzuki 3
Takuya Iwanami 3
Shoma Doi 2
Hidetoshi Takeda 2
Ayase Ueda 2
Yuki Muto 2
Shinzo Koroki 1

Head to Head

2026-04-18 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2026-02-28 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Kashima Antlers 2025-09-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Kashima Antlers 2025-03-16 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2024-08-17 Kashima Antlers 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds

Kashima Antlers Form

2026-04-18 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2026-04-12 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 Kashima Antlers W 2026-04-04 FC Mito Holly Hock 5–3 Kashima Antlers L 2026-03-22 Kashima Antlers 2–1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba W 2026-03-18 FC Machida Zelvia 0–3 Kashima Antlers W 2026-03-14 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale W

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2026-04-18 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2026-04-12 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Tokyo Verdy L 2026-04-05 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2026-03-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 FC Machida Zelvia L 2026-03-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–3 Kashiwa Reysol D 2026-03-14 Tokyo Verdy 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.92 Kashima Antlers xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.78 Urawa Red Diamonds xG
I would bet for: Kashima Antlers to win 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Kashima Antlers65% Draw22% Urawa Red Diamonds13%
Actual: Kashima Antlers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes47% 0% No53%
Avg goals/match: 2.7
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 50%
50%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

Kashima Antlers or Draw
87%
Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds
35%
Kashima Antlers or Urawa Red Diamonds
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Kashima Antlers44% Draw44% Urawa Red Diamonds12%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 0
12.1%
1 – 1
10.8%
2 – 1
9.3%
0 – 0
8.5%
3 – 0
7.6%
3 – 1
6%
0 – 1
4.4%
1 – 2
3.7%
4 – 0
3.7%
2 – 2
3.7%
4 – 1
3%

Asian Handicap — Kashima Antlers

Handicap Kashima Antlers covers Push Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5 19% — 81%
-2 19% 20% 61%
-1.5 39% — 61%
-1 39% 24% 37%
-0.5 63% — 37%
+0.5 87% — 13%
+1 87% 9% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Kashima Antlers keeps clean sheet
46% ✗
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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