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	Kyoto Sanga FC	18	23
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	21
10	Avispa Fukuoka	18	21
11	Kashima Antlers	18	45
12	FC Tokyo	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

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	Tokyo 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 Tokyo	H	3–2	W
11 May	Albirex Niigata	A	1–1	D
06 May	Gamba Osaka	H	0–1	L
03 May	Tokyo 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

0% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

0% 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

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Kawasaki Frontale welcome Urawa Red Diamonds for this crunch clash at Todoroki Athletics Stadium.
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' Hirokazu Ishihara has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 418 appearances.
15' Erison is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Kawasaki Frontale so far.
20' That is a card for Kawasaki Frontale. Yuichi Maruyama will be fuming at that decision.
25' Urawa Red Diamonds has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
30' Kento Tachibanada needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
33' The supporters are chanting for Shin Yamada. He replaces Erison on 33 minute.
38' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Kawasaki Frontale side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
42' The deadlock is broken! Shoya Nakajima gets on the scoresheet on 42 minutes.
45' Poor challenge from Danilo Boza. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
46' The whistle greets Tatsuya Ito as he departs to be replaced by Yusuke Segawa.
47' Goal! Marcinho scores his 35 goal in 266 matches.
52' Both keepers have barely been tested. Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
57' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
59' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 59 minute. Shoya Nakajima leaves to be changed by Matheus Savio.
60' Urawa Red Diamonds player sees a card in front of him.
65' Urawa Red Diamonds are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
66' A change in the Urawa Red Diamonds ranks — Takuro Kaneko exits the field as Tomoaki Okubo enters on 66.
67' It’s a booking for Urawa Red Diamonds player. Kaito Yasui gets a card.
70' It is a substitution in Kawasaki Frontale team. Marcinho is replaced by Akihiro Ienaga on 70 minute.
75' A quiet spell here at Todoroki Athletics Stadium. Urawa Red Diamonds seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
80' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
81' Motoki Nagakura has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kaito Yasui on 81 minute.
85' The crowd applauds Kento Tachibanada as he leaves the pitch. Yuto Ozeki steps in for Kawasaki Frontale.
86' Yusuke Segawa makes no mistake. The score reads 2-1 and Kawasaki Frontale are in front.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

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
Yasuto Wakizaka	4
Shinzo Koroki	4
Akihiro Ienaga	4
Leandro Damiao	4
Shinzo Koroki	3
Ken Iwao	2
Miki Yamane	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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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.