Kawasaki Frontale vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Kawasaki Frontale vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Todoroki Athletics Stadium.
- Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
- Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Koichiro Fukushima
- Assistant 1 Takeshi Asada
- Assistant 2
12 games this season 🟨 1.1/game ⚽ 4.9 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 18 45 2 FC Tokyo 18 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 4 Vissel Kobe 18 35 5 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 6 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 8 Gamba Osaka 18 28 9 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 10 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 11 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 14 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Apr Urawa Red Diamonds H 3–2 W 28 Mar FC Machida Zelvia A 0–1 L 22 Mar Yokohama F.Marinos H 0–5 L 18 Mar Tokyo Verdy A 2–0 W 14 Mar Kashima Antlers A 0–1 L 01 Mar FC Mito Holly Hock H 6–4 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 07 Mar FC Mito Holly Hock H 2–0 W 28 Feb Kashima Antlers H 2–3 L Season Stats
Kawasaki Frontale Urawa Red Diamonds #9 Position #12 28 Points 25 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 11 38 Scored 37 40 Conceded 37 -2 GD +0 1.56 PPG 1.39 56% Win % 39% Key Stats
62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (26 games)54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this seasonKawasaki Frontale are 9th (28 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 12th (25 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Kawasaki Frontale0-152/116-30–/–31-45–/346-601/461-751/376+7/2■ Scored ■ ConcededUrawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds is underway.
- 2' Kenta Nemoto puts Urawa Red Diamonds on the lead.
- 7' 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.
- 9' GOAL! Danilo Boza scores on 9.
- 14' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 15 minute. Danilo Boza leaves to be changed by Hayate Ueki.
- 20' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 25' The travelling Urawa Red Diamonds supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 30' 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.
- 35' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Kawasaki Frontale that had 418 games and scored 530 goals.
- 40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
- 43' The referee calls foul for Yasuto Wakizaka. He receives a card.
- 45' The referee shows Kawasaki Frontale player a card on 45.
- 50' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 55' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 55.
- 56' GOAL! Takuro Kaneko scores on 56. Assisted by Ado Onaiwu
- 61' It looks surprising Kawasaki Frontale does not make any changes. Marcinho has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 66' 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.
- 69' The Kawasaki Frontale manager makes a substitution. Erison departs to be replaced by Lazar Romanic.
- 74' 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.
- 76' Another change for Kawasaki Frontale made on 76 minute. Tatsuya Ito leaves to be changed by Soma Kanda.
- 77' What a strike from Lazar Romanic! The score is 1-3.
- 81' The whistle greets Kaito Yasui as he departs to be replaced by Hiroki Abe.
- 86' The referee shows Urawa Red Diamonds player a card on 86.
- 89' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Isaac Kiese Thelin is hanging Ado Onaiwu on the field on 89 minute.
- Another three points for Kawasaki Frontale.
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Lineups
Kawasaki Frontale Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Tatsuya Ito ↓ Soma Kanda 76'
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- 28
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23
Marcinho ↓ Ten Miyagi 69'
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6
Yuki Yamamoto ↓ So Kawahara 89'
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- 29
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9
Erison ↓ Lazar Romanic 69'
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- 13
Bench
- 11
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24
Ten Miyagi ↑ 69'
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19
So Kawahara ↑ 89'
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38
Soma Kanda ↑ 76'
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91
Lazar Romanic ↑ 69'
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Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Matheus Savio ↓ Shoya Nakajima 89'
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45
Ado Onaiwu ↓ Isaac Kiese Thelin 89'
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77
Takuro Kaneko ↓ Renji Hidano 81'
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Danilo Boza ↓ Hayate Ueki 15'
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- 88
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25
Kaito Yasui ↓ Hiroki Abe 81'
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Bench
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10
Shoya Nakajima ↑ 89'
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Hiroki Abe ↑ 81'
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9
Isaac Kiese Thelin ↑ 89'
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Renji Hidano ↑ 81'
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Hayate Ueki ↑ 15'
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17
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Yu Kobayashi 6 Shinzo Koroki 4 Akihiro Ienaga 4 Leandro Damiao 4 Yasuto Wakizaka 4 Shinzo Koroki 3 Miki Yamane 2 Kenta Nemoto 2 Head to Head
Kawasaki Frontale Form
2026-04-05 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2026-03-28 FC Machida Zelvia 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2026-03-22 Kawasaki Frontale 0–5 Yokohama F.Marinos L 2026-03-18 Tokyo Verdy 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2026-03-14 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2026-03-01 Kawasaki Frontale 6–4 FC Mito Holly Hock WUrawa Red Diamonds Form
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 2026-03-07 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 FC Mito Holly Hock W 2026-02-28 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Kashima Antlers L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.28 Kawasaki Frontale xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.15 Urawa Red Diamonds xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Both teams to score 79%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Kawasaki Frontale winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.43Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 98% 2% ± 1.5 93% 7% ± 2.5 81% 19% ± 3.5 63% 37% ± 4.5 45% 55% Double Chance
Kawasaki Frontale or Draw 68%Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds 53%Kawasaki Frontale or Urawa Red Diamonds 79%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 2 6.8%1 – 1 6.6%2 – 1 6.6%1 – 2 6.2%3 – 2 Actual3 – 1 4.9%2 – 3 4.9%1 – 3 4.4%3 – 3 3.7%2 – 0 3.2%4 – 2 3%0 – 2 2.9%Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale
Handicap Kawasaki Frontale covers Push Urawa Red Diamonds covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 12% 75% -1.5 25% — 75% -1 25% 17% 58% -0.5 42% — 58% +0.5 63% — 37% +1 63% 16% 21% +1.5 79% — 21% +2 79% 11% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.