Kawasaki Frontale vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2026

Kawasaki Frontale

3 – 2

Full Time

Urawa Red Diamonds

Sun 5 Apr 2026 · 07:00 UTC Todoroki Athletics Stadium 21,735 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 2' Kenta Nemoto

Danilo Boza og 9' 1–1

1–2 56' Takuro Kaneko

Lazar Romanic 77' 2–2

So Kawahara 90+4' 3–2

Yasuto Wakizaka 43' Y

Erison 45' Y

Y 86' Kai Shibato

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)

Match Details

Referee Koichiro Fukushima
Assistant 1 Takeshi Asada
Assistant 2

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

2026-04-05 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2025-12-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–0 Kawasaki Frontale 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

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Apr	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	3–2	W
28 Mar	FC Machida Zelvia	A	0–1	L
22 Mar	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	0–5	L
18 Mar	Tōkyō Verdy	A	2–0	W
14 Mar	Kashima Antlers	A	0–1	L
01 Mar	FC Mito Holly Hock	H	6–4	W

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Apr	Kawasaki Frontale	A	2–3	L
22 Mar	FC Machida Zelvia	H	1–2	L
18 Mar	Kashiwa Reysol	H	3–3	D
14 Mar	Tōkyō Verdy	A	0–1	L
07 Mar	FC Mito Holly Hock	H	2–0	W
28 Feb	Kashima Antlers	H	2–3	L

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' Three points are at stake. Kawasaki Frontale host Urawa Red Diamonds — let the battle begin!
2' Kenta Nemoto makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Urawa Red Diamonds are in front.
7' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Kawasaki Frontale side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
9' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Danilo Boza makes no mistake. 0-2!
14' 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.
15' The Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes a substitution. Danilo Boza departs to be replaced by Hayate Ueki.
20' With 0 assists to his name this season, Kento Tachibanada is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Kawasaki Frontale.
25' Marcinho, a Brazil , has 1 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
30' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
35' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked 13 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
40' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
43' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Yasuto Wakizaka.
45' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Erison.
50' Matheus Savio has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 4 goals to his name this season.
55' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
56' Goal! Takuro Kaneko scores his 30 goal in 381 matches.
61' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Erison has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
66' Kawasaki Frontale have won 571 goals from 446 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
69' A tactical swap from Kawasaki Frontale — Lazar Romanic on, Erison off on 69 minutes.
74' Yoichi Naganuma is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Kawasaki Frontale tonight.
76' Kawasaki Frontale ring the changes. Tatsuya Ito has done his job and it is now time for Soma Kanda to step up.
77' Lazar Romanic has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 77 minutes.
81' Kaito Yasui makes way for Hiroki Abe at the 81 minute mark. A tactical switch from Urawa Red Diamonds.
86' Controversy at the stadium! Kai Shibato argues furiously but the card stands.
89' The Urawa Red Diamonds bench stirs into life. Ado Onaiwu is withdrawn and Isaac Kiese Thelin gets his opportunity.
3-2 the final result. Urawa Red Diamonds will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

10
Shoya Nakajima ↑ 89'
7
Hiroki Abe ↑ 81'
26
Takuya Ogiwara
4
Hirokazu Ishihara
9
Isaac Kiese Thelin ↑ 89'
16
Ayumi Niekawa
36
Renji Hidano ↑ 81'
37
Hayate Ueki ↑ 15'

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

2026-04-05 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2026-03-28 FC Machida Zelvia 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2026-03-22 Kawasaki Frontale 0–5 Yokohama F·Marinos L 2026-03-18 Tōkyō Verdy 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2026-03-14 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2026-03-01 Kawasaki Frontale 6–4 FC Mito Holly Hock W

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2026-04-05 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2026-03-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 FC Machida Zelvia L 2026-03-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–3 Kashiwa Reysol D 2026-03-14 Tōkyō Verdy 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2026-03-07 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 FC Mito Holly Hock W 2026-02-28 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Kashima Antlers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.28 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

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

2.15 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale47% Draw21% Urawa Red Diamonds32%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes79% 0% No21%

Avg goals/match: 4.43

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	81%	19%
± 3.5	63%	37%
± 4.5	45%	55%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

68%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

53%

Kawasaki Frontale or Urawa Red Diamonds

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale34% Draw36% Urawa Red Diamonds30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 1

6.6%

2 – 1

6.6%

1 – 2

6.2%

3 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

4.9%

2 – 3

4.9%

1 – 3

4.4%

3 – 3

3.7%

2 – 0

3.2%

4 – 2

0 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap	Kawasaki Frontale covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	12%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	17%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	16%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	11%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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