Kawasaki Frontale vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2020

Kawasaki Frontale

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Urawa Red Diamonds

Wed 16 Dec 2020 · 10:00 UTC Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+5'

Y 64' Ewerton

Y 86' Ewerton

Y 90' Ewerton

Overview

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Kawasaki Frontale vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium.

Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/27)
Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Hiroshi Yamauchi
Referee Shu Kawamata
Referee Yoshiro Imamura
Referee Kota Watanabe

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	Kyōto 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	Tōkyō 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

Kawasaki Frontale 26 games · Avg 3.0 goals Urawa Red Diamonds

Last 5 meetings

2020-12-16 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2020-09-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-11-05 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-06-01 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2018-08-01 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Dec	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	3–1	W
12 Dec	Sagan Tosu FC	A	1–1	D
05 Dec	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	2–2	D
25 Nov	Gamba Osaka	H	5–0	W
21 Nov	Ōita FC Trinita	A	0–1	L
18 Nov	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	3–1	W

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Dec	Kawasaki Frontale	A	1–3	L
12 Dec	Shonan Bellmare	H	0–0	D
29 Nov	Kashima Antlers	A	0–4	L
22 Nov	Gamba Osaka	H	1–2	L
18 Nov	Vissel Kobe	A	1–0	W
14 Nov	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	2–6	L

Season Stats

Kawasaki Frontale		Urawa Red Diamonds
#14	Position	#16
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 history

14% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

14% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

2/–

16-30

–/2

31-45

5/2

46-60

4/2

61-75

1/3

76+

3/2

■ 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)

Kawasaki Frontale

Marcinho	6 G	1 A
Yasuto Wakizaka	2 G	3 A
Tatsuya Ito	2 G	1 A
Lazar Romanic	2 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 stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds has kicked off!
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Kenyu Sugimoto has been relatively quiet despite scoring 22 goals in his last 373 appearances.
11' Shinzo Koroki doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
16' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
21' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Kawasaki Frontale side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
26' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
31' Urawa Red Diamonds have won 411 goals from 443 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
36' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
41' Jesiel has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
46' It is a cagey affair so far. Kawasaki Frontale in their trying to find a way past Urawa Red Diamonds's compact .
51' 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.
53' What composure from Hidemasa Morita! The Japan international strokes it home. 1-1.
57' Fresh legs for Urawa Red Diamonds! Kazuki Nagasawa comes on to replace Hidetoshi Takeda.
59' Kaoru Mitoma has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 59 minutes.
61' Yu Kobayashi makes no mistake. The score reads 3-1 and Kawasaki Frontale are in front.
62' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 62 minute. Tomoya Ugajin leaves to be changed by Ryosuke Yamanaka.
64' Ewerton has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 64.
69' 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.
72' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. Shinzo Koroki is replaced by Kenyu Sugimoto on 72 minute.
77' Supporters expect more eagerness from Tomoya Ugajin, as he is very good at scoring at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
80' Kawasaki Frontale make a change. Yu Kobayashi trudges off to be replaced by Leandro Damiao on 80 minutes.
85' A quiet spell here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. Urawa Red Diamonds seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
86' Poor challenge from Ewerton. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
88' Kawasaki Frontale make a change. Akihiro Ienaga trudges off to be replaced by Ao Tanaka on 88 minutes.
90' Ewerton is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
90' Kaoru Mitoma makes way for Tatsuya Hasegawa at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Kawasaki Frontale.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Kawasaki Frontale take all three points.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

16
Tatsuya Hasegawa ↑ 90'
25
Ao Tanaka ↑ 88'
19
Manabu Saito
9
Leandro Damiao ↑ 80'
27
Kenta Tanno
34
Kazuya Yamamura
30
Reo Hatate ↑ 80'

Coach Toru Oniki

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

3
Tomoya Ugajin ↓ Ryosuke Yamanaka 62'
30
Shinzo Koroki ↓ Kenyu Sugimoto 72'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa C
27
Daiki Hashioka
31
Takuya Iwanami
22
Yuki Abe ↓ Ewerton 62'
29
Kai Shibato
9
Yuki Muto
11
Quentin Martinus ↓ Koya Yuruki 72'
28
Katsuya Iwatake
37
Hidetoshi Takeda ↓ Kazuki Nagasawa 57'

Bench

14
Kenyu Sugimoto ↑ 72'
8
Ewerton ↑ 62'
6
Ryosuke Yamanaka ↑ 62'
7
Kazuki Nagasawa ↑ 57'
4
Daisuke Suzuki
24
Koya Yuruki ↑ 72'
32
Ryo Ishii

Coach Takeshi Otsuki

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

2020-12-16 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2020-12-12 Sagan Tosu FC 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2020-12-05 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale D 2020-11-25 Kawasaki Frontale 5–0 Gamba Osaka W 2020-11-21 Ōita FC Trinita 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2020-11-18 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Yokohama F·Marinos W

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2020-12-16 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2020-12-12 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Shonan Bellmare D 2020-11-29 Kashima Antlers 4–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2020-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Gamba Osaka L 2020-11-18 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2020-11-14 Yokohama F·Marinos 6–2 Urawa Red Diamonds L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.59 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

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

1.42 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale62% Draw19% Urawa Red Diamonds19%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 4.01

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

82%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

38%

Kawasaki Frontale or Urawa Red Diamonds

81%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Kawasaki Frontale46% Draw36% Urawa Red Diamonds18%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 1

7.4%

3 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

6.2%

2 – 2

5.9%

3 – 0

5.2%

3 – 2

5.1%

1 – 2

4.7%

4 – 1

4.7%

1 – 0

4.4%

4 – 2

3.3%

4 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap	Kawasaki Frontale covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	24%	—	76%
-2	24%	18%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	20%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	11%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	5%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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