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 (2026/26)
Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)

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	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

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	Oita 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

11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

33% 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

2/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/3

46-60

1/4

61-75

1/3

76+

7/2

■ 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' The wait is over. Urawa Red Diamonds get us underway at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium.
5' Kengo Nakamura needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Yellow cards this season.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
11' Shinzo Koroki has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 11 minutes.
16' Urawa Red Diamonds has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
21' 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.
26' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
31' Kawasaki Frontale is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
36' Daiki Hashioka has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 21 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
41' Kawasaki Frontale are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
46' It’s high time Toru Oniki made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
51' Kenyu Sugimoto has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
53' Hidemasa Morita adds to his 1 season tally! Kawasaki Frontale lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
57' Urawa Red Diamonds ring the changes. Hidetoshi Takeda has done his job and it is now time for Kazuki Nagasawa to step up.
59' Brilliant from the left winger! Kaoru Mitoma makes it 2-1 with a superb finish on 59.
61' Yu Kobayashi does the damage! The net is bulging and Kawasaki Frontale surge ahead!
62' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. Tomoya Ugajin is replaced by Ryosuke Yamanaka on 62 minute.
64' Ewerton picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
69' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
72' The crowd applauds Shinzo Koroki as he leaves the pitch. Kenyu Sugimoto steps in for Urawa Red Diamonds.
77' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
80' Fresh legs for Kawasaki Frontale! Leandro Damiao comes on to replace Yu Kobayashi.
85' Kawasaki Frontale currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
86' Ewerton has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 86.
88' The supporters are chanting for Ao Tanaka. He replaces Akihiro Ienaga on 88 minute.
90' The referee shows Urawa Red Diamonds player a Yellow card on 90.
90' Another substitution for Kawasaki Frontale to replace Kaoru Mitoma by Tatsuya Hasegawa on 90 minute.
It finishes all square. Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds share the spoils 3-1.

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
Kenta Nemoto	2
Tomoaki Okubo	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 Oita 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.