Thursday , 2 July 2026

Kawasaki Frontale vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2023
Kawasaki Frontale
1 – 1
Full Time
Urawa Red Diamonds
Sun 23 Apr 2023 · 07:00 UTC Todoroki Athletics Stadium 22,304 HT 45' · FT 45'
Yasuto Wakizaka 47' 1–0
1–1 81' Bryan Linssen

Overview

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Ryo Tanimoto
  • Assistant 1 Yukitaka Kumagai (Japan)
  • Assistant 2 Ryosuke Murai
8 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 8.4 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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

13
6
7
Kawasaki Frontale 26 games · Avg 3.0 goals Urawa Red Diamonds
Last 5 meetings
2023-04-23 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2022-07-30 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale 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

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Apr Urawa Red Diamonds H 1–1 D
15 Apr Nagoya Grampus H 1–2 L
09 Apr Gamba Osaka A 0–2 L
01 Apr Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo A 4–3 W
18 Mar Cerezo Osaka FC H 0–0 D
11 Mar Albirex Niigata A 0–1 L
Urawa Red Diamonds
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Apr Kawasaki Frontale A 1–1 D
15 Apr Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo H 4–1 W
09 Apr Nagoya Grampus A 0–0 D
31 Mar Kashiwa Reysol A 3–0 W
18 Mar Albirex Niigata H 2–1 W
11 Mar Vissel Kobe A 1–0 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
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 stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds has kicked off!
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' Miki Yamane needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 21 Yellow cards this season.
  • 15' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 20' Kawasaki Frontale have won 556 goals from 439 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 25' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 30' 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.
  • 35' Shinzo Koroki has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 40' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked 5 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 45' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Urawa Red Diamonds needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 47' The Japan Yasuto Wakizaka breaks the deadlock on 47 minutes. 1-0!
  • 48' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Yasuto Wakizaka makes it 2-0.
  • 53' It looks surprising Kawasaki Frontale does not make any changes. Shusaku Nishikawa has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 58' Junpei Hayakawa has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 21 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 61' Another change for Kawasaki Frontale made on 61 minute. Tatsuki Seko leaves to be changed by Ryota Ohshima.
  • 66' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Kawasaki Frontale that had 439 games and scored 556 goals.
  • 71' The 35-year-old Kyohei Noborizato has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 73' Another substitution for Kawasaki Frontale to replace Yasuto Wakizaka by Kento Tachibanada on 73 minute.
  • 75' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bryan Linssen is hanging Tomoaki Okubo on the field on 75 minute.
  • 80' Urawa Red Diamonds make a change. Shinzo Koroki trudges off to be replaced by Kaito Yasui on 80 minutes.
  • 81' What a moment for Bryan Linssen! That strike on 81 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 85' Takuma Ominami gets the nod from Kawasaki Frontale. He replaces Daiya Tono and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 90' It’s high time Toru Oniki made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • It finishes all square. Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds share the spoils 1-1.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

4-1-2-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Toru Oniki

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Maciej Skorza

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

2023-04-23 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2022-07-30 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale 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

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2023-04-23 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2023-04-15 Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 Nagoya Grampus L 2023-04-09 Gamba Osaka 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2023-04-01 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 3–4 Kawasaki Frontale W 2023-03-18 Kawasaki Frontale 0–0 Cerezo Osaka FC D 2023-03-11 Albirex Niigata 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2023-04-23 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2023-04-15 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo W 2023-04-09 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2023-03-31 Kashiwa Reysol 0–3 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2023-03-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Albirex Niigata W 2023-03-11 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.73 Kawasaki Frontale xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.62 Urawa Red Diamonds xG
I would bet for: Kawasaki Frontale or Urawa Red Diamonds 74% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Kawasaki Frontale39% Draw26% Urawa Red Diamonds35%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes66% 0% No34%
Avg goals/match: 3.35
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 64%
36%
± 3.5 43%
57%
± 4.5 25%
75%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw
65%
Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds
61%
Kawasaki Frontale or Urawa Red Diamonds
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Kawasaki Frontale31% Draw42% Urawa Red Diamonds27%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
8.2%
1 – 2
7.7%
2 – 2
6.6%
1 – 0
5.4%
2 – 0
5.3%
0 – 0
5%
0 – 1
5%
3 – 1
4.7%
0 – 2
4.6%
1 – 3
4.1%
3 – 2
3.8%

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap Kawasaki Frontale covers Push Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 12% 79%
-1.5 21% — 79%
-1 21% 19% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 65% — 35%
+1 65% 17% 18%
+1.5 82% — 18%
+2 82% 11% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet
21% ✓
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

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