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

Refresh

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

Match Preview

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

8% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

23% 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

5/2

16-30

–/3

31-45

8/5

46-60

5/5

61-75

4/6

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

1/1

16-30

5/3

31-45

4/6

46-60

1/2

61-75

4/7

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale

Marcinho	8 G	3 A
Yasuto Wakizaka	4 G	4 A
Tatsuya Ito	3 G	3 A
Pedro Romano	3 G
Lazar Romanic	2 G

Urawa Red Diamonds

Matheus Savio	5 G	1 A
Minamino Harumi	4 G
Takuro Kaneko	3 G	6 A
Hiiro Komori	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Urawa Red Diamonds get us underway at .
5' 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.
10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Kawasaki Frontale that had 452 games and scored 583 goals.
15' It is a cagey affair so far. Kawasaki Frontale in their trying to find a way past Urawa Red Diamonds's compact .
20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
26' Koki Tsukagawa gets the nod from Kawasaki Frontale. He replaces Kyohei Noborizato and will look to change the dynamic.
31' Kawasaki Frontale are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Urawa Red Diamonds's shape.
32' Koki Tsukagawa picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
33' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Takuya Iwanami makes no mistake. 0-1!
38' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
43' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
45' Shogo Taniguchi is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
50' 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.
55' Atsuki Ito has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
60' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Shogo Taniguchi suffering a number of foals already.
62' GOAL! Akihiro Ienaga scores on 62.
63' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Chanathip Songkrasin on 63 minutes.
63' Urawa Red Diamonds ring the changes. Atsuki Ito has done his job and it is now time for Yuichi Hirano to step up.
64' What a moment for Miki Yamane! That strike on 64 puts his side firmly in control.
68' Controversy at the stadium! Takuya Iwanami argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
73' It’s high time Toru Oniki made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
75' The Urawa Red Diamonds bench stirs into life. Yoshio Koizumi is withdrawn and Kai Matsuzaki gets his opportunity.
76' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 76 minute. Yoshio Koizumi leaves to be changed by Kai Matsuzaki.
81' The referee shows Kawasaki Frontale player a Yellow card on 81.
86' Kawasaki Frontale is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
88' The whistle greets Yasuto Wakizaka as he departs to be replaced by Joao Schmidt.
With this win, Kawasaki Frontale is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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.