Kawasaki Frontale vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2025

Kawasaki Frontale

2 – 2

Full Time

Urawa Red Diamonds

Wed 21 May 2025 · 10:00 UTC Todoroki Athletics Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Yuichi Maruyama 20' Y

Y 45' Danilo Boza

Y 60' Yoichi Naganuma

Y 67' Kaito Yasui

Overview

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

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

2025-05-21 Kawasaki Frontale 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2024-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale 2024-05-03 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2023-06-24 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale 2023-04-23 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 May	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	2–2	D
18 May	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	2–0	W
14 May	Yokohama FC	H	2–1	W
11 May	Kashima Antlers	A	1–2	L
20 Apr	Tōkyō Verdy	H	0–0	D
16 Apr	Vissel Kobe	A	1–2	L

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 May	Kawasaki Frontale	A	2–2	D
17 May	FC Tōkyō	H	3–2	W
11 May	Albirex Niigata	A	1–1	D
06 May	Gamba Osaka	H	0–1	L
03 May	Tōkyō Verdy	H	2–0	W
25 Apr	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	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

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' In just a few seconds Todoroki Athletics Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds.
5' It is a cagey affair so far. Kawasaki Frontale in their trying to find a way past Urawa Red Diamonds's compact .
10' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
15' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
20' Kawasaki Frontale player sees a card in front of him.
25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Kawasaki Frontale needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
30' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
33' Kawasaki Frontale ring the changes. Erison has done his job and it is now time for Shin Yamada to step up.
38' Takuro Kaneko has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 2 goals to his name this season.
42' Shoya Nakajima makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Urawa Red Diamonds are in front.
45' Danilo Boza has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 45.
46' The Kawasaki Frontale bench stirs into life. Tatsuya Ito is withdrawn and Yusuke Segawa gets his opportunity.
47' The deadlock is broken! Marcinho gets on the scoresheet on 45 minutes.
52' 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.
57' Brazil international Matheus Savio has been a key figure this campaign — 5 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
59' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Matheus Savio is hanging Shoya Nakajima on the field on 59 minute.
60' Urawa Red Diamonds player sees a card in front of him.
65' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
66' The Urawa Red Diamonds bench stirs into life. Takuro Kaneko is withdrawn and Tomoaki Okubo gets his opportunity.
67' Kaito Yasui catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 67.
70' A tactical swap from Kawasaki Frontale — Akihiro Ienaga on, Marcinho off on 70 minutes.
75' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
80' Kawasaki Frontale are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Urawa Red Diamonds backline.
81' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 81 minute. Kaito Yasui leaves to be changed by Motoki Nagakura.
85' The Kawasaki Frontale bench stirs into life. Kento Tachibanada is withdrawn and Yuto Ozeki gets his opportunity.
86' A stunning finish from Yusuke Segawa — that came from absolutely nowhere!
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Kawasaki Frontale 2-2 Urawa Red Diamonds.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

41
Akihiro Ienaga ↑ 70'
18
Yusuke Segawa ↑ 46'
6
Yuki Yamamoto ↑ 70'
44
Cesar Haydar
15
Shuto Tanabe
20
Shin Yamada ↑ 33'
1
Sung-ryong Jung
16
Yuto Ozeki ↑ 85'
38
Soma Kanda

Coach Shigetoshi Hasebe

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

10
Shoya Nakajima ↓ Matheus Savio 59'
6
Taishi Matsumoto
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
4
Hirokazu Ishihara
14
Takahiro Sekine ↓ Ryoma Watanabe 66'
77
Takuro Kaneko ↓ Tomoaki Okubo 66'
3
Danilo Boza
5
Marius Hoibraten
88
Yoichi Naganuma
25
Kaito Yasui ↓ Motoki Nagakura 81'
18
Toshiki Takahashi ↓ Yusuke Matsuo 59'

Bench

Coach Maciej Skorza

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

2025-05-21 Kawasaki Frontale 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2025-05-18 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2025-05-14 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Yokohama FC W 2025-05-11 Kashima Antlers 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale L 2025-04-20 Kawasaki Frontale 0–0 Tōkyō Verdy D 2025-04-16 Vissel Kobe 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2025-05-21 Kawasaki Frontale 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2025-05-17 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–2 FC Tōkyō W 2025-05-11 Albirex Niigata 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2025-05-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Gamba Osaka L 2025-05-03 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Tōkyō Verdy W 2025-04-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.98 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

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

1.64 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

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

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Kawasaki Frontale45% Draw24% Urawa Red Diamonds31%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.62

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

69%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

55%

Kawasaki Frontale or Urawa Red Diamonds

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale34% Draw40% Urawa Red Diamonds26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.5%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

6.9%

2 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

5.5%

2 – 0

5.3%

1 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

4.5%

0 – 0

0 – 1

3.8%

1 – 3

3.7%

2 – 3

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap	Kawasaki Frontale covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	19%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	16%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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