Kawasaki Frontale vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2022

Kawasaki Frontale

2 – 1

Full Time

Urawa Red Diamonds

Wed 2 Mar 2022 · 10:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Koki Tsukagawa 32' Y

Shogo Taniguchi 45' Y

Chanathip Songkrasin 63' Y

Y 68' Takuya Iwanami

Yu Kobayashi 81' Y

Overview

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Kawasaki Frontale vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League .

Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 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	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

2022-03-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2021-11-03 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2021-03-21 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–5 Kawasaki Frontale 2020-12-16 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2020-09-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Mar	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	2–1	W
26 Feb	Kashima Antlers	A	2–0	W
23 Feb	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	2–4	L
18 Feb	FC Tōkyō	H	1–0	W
27 Nov	Gamba Osaka	H	4–1	W
20 Nov	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	4–1	W

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Mar	Kawasaki Frontale	A	1–2	L
26 Feb	Gamba Osaka	H	0–1	L
23 Feb	Vissel Kobe	H	2–2	D
19 Feb	Kyōto Sanga FC	A	0–1	L
27 Nov	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	0–1	L
20 Nov	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	2–1	W

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' What a night it is going to be! Kawasaki Frontale welcome Urawa Red Diamonds for this crunch clash at .
5' 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.
10' Chanathip Songkrasin has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
15' Takahiro Akimoto needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
20' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
25' It’s high time Ricardo Rodríguez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
26' The whistle greets Kyohei Noborizato as he departs to be replaced by Koki Tsukagawa.
31' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Alexander Scholz has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
32' Kawasaki Frontale player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
33' Urawa Red Diamonds is taking the lead after the goal scored by Takuya Iwanami on 33.
38' 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.
43' Japan international Shusaku Nishikawa has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
45' Shogo Taniguchi picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
50' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
55' Kyohei Noborizato, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
60' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kai Matsuzaki, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
62' The Japan Akihiro Ienaga breaks the deadlock on 62 minutes. 1-1!
63' A meaty challenge results in booking for Chanathip Songkrasin on 63.
63' The crowd applauds Atsuki Ito as he leaves the pitch. Yuichi Hirano steps in for Urawa Red Diamonds.
64' GOAL! Miki Yamane scores on 64.
68' Takuya Iwanami was booked on 68.
73' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
75' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Yoshio Koizumi by Kai Matsuzaki on 75 minute.
76' The Urawa Red Diamonds bench stirs into life. Yoshio Koizumi is withdrawn and Kai Matsuzaki gets his opportunity.
81' Yu Kobayashi was booked on 81.
86' Leandro Damiao is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Kawasaki Frontale so far.
88' Fresh legs for Kawasaki Frontale! Joao Schmidt comes on to replace Yasuto Wakizaka.
Full Time. Kawasaki Frontale beats Urawa Red Diamonds

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

1
Jung Sungryong
2
Kyohei Noborizato ↓ Koki Tsukagawa 26'
5
Shogo Taniguchi
41
Akihiro Ienaga
14
Yasuto Wakizaka ↓ Joao Schmidt 88'
9
Leandro Damiao
18
Chanathip Songkrasin ↓ Kazuki Kozuka 76'
13
Miki Yamane
31
Kazuya Yamamura
19
Daiya Tono ↓ Yu Kobayashi 76'
8
Kento Tachibanada

Bench

6
Joao Schmidt ↑ 88'
11
Yu Kobayashi ↑ 76'
27
Kenta Tanno
17
Kazuki Kozuka ↑ 76'
3
Koki Tsukagawa ↑ 26'
16
Tatsuki Seko
24
Ten Miyagi

Coach Toru Oniki

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Tomoya Inukai
12
Zion Suzuki
21
Tomoaki Okubo ↑ 76'
7
Kasper Junker ↑ 76'
40
Yuichi Hirano ↑ 63'
27
Kai Matsuzaki ↑ 76'

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yu Kobayashi	6
Akihiro Ienaga	4
Leandro Damiao	4
Yasuto Wakizaka	4
Shinzo Koroki	4
Shinzo Koroki	3
Tomoaki Okubo	2
Ken Iwao	2

Head to Head

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2022-03-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2022-02-26 Kashima Antlers 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2022-02-23 Yokohama F·Marinos 4–2 Kawasaki Frontale L 2022-02-18 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 FC Tōkyō W 2021-11-27 Kawasaki Frontale 4–1 Gamba Osaka W 2021-11-20 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–4 Kawasaki Frontale W

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2022-03-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2022-02-26 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Gamba Osaka L 2022-02-23 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Vissel Kobe D 2022-02-19 Kyōto Sanga FC 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2021-11-27 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2021-11-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Yokohama F·Marinos W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.32 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

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

1.34 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale61% Draw20% Urawa Red Diamonds19%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.66

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

82%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

39%

Kawasaki Frontale or Urawa Red Diamonds

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Kawasaki Frontale43% Draw38% Urawa Red Diamonds19%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

8.8%

2 – 0

3 – 1

6.9%

2 – 2

5.9%

1 – 0

5.6%

3 – 0

5.3%

1 – 2

5.2%

3 – 2

4.6%

4 – 1

0 – 0

3.9%

4 – 0

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap	Kawasaki Frontale covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	17%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	21%	42%
-0.5	58%	—	42%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	12%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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