Sagan Tosu FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2024 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sagan Tosu FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium.
- Sagan Tosu FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
- Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 18 45 2 FC Tokyo 18 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 4 Vissel Kobe 18 35 5 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 6 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 8 Gamba Osaka 18 28 9 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 10 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 11 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 14 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 Aug Urawa Red Diamonds H 1–1 D 07 Aug Kashima Antlers A 0–3 L 21 Jul Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 1–4 L 14 Jul Gamba Osaka H 0–2 L 06 Jul Albirex Niigata A 4–3 W 03 Jul Yokohama F.Marinos A 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 Aug Sagan Tosu FC A 1–1 D 20 Jul Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo H 3–4 L 14 Jul Kyoto Sanga FC A 0–0 D 06 Jul Shonan Bellmare H 2–3 L 30 Jun Jubilo Iwata H 3–0 W 26 Jun Nagoya Grampus A 1–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Urawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Urawa Red Diamonds gets underway.
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yoichi Naganuma, as he is very good at scoring at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium with 3 goals in the last 3 games.
- 15' Sagan Tosu FC is showing some good football. However, Sagan Tosu FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 20' Shion Homma needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 23' Rikito Inoue is having his name booked by the referee on 23.
- 28' It looks like no one’s ball. Sagan Tosu FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 33' The travelling Urawa Red Diamonds supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 38' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sagan Tosu FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 43' It’s high time Per-Mathias Høgmo made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 48' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ayumu Ohata made 262 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 53' 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.
- 58' Sagan Tosu FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 61' The Sagan Tosu FC manager makes a substitution. Keisuke Sakaiya departs to be replaced by Yusuke Maruhashi.
- 63' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Rio Nitta by Yusuke Matsuo on 63 minute.
- 68' It looks surprising Sagan Tosu FC does not make any changes. Akito Fukuta has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 73' Urawa Red Diamonds is taking the lead after the goal scored by Yusuke Matsuo on 73.
- 77' Hiroshi Kiyotake is replacing Shota Hino for the Sagan Tosu FC side.
- 79' It’s gonna be a card for Shusaku Nishikawa.
- 83' Ayumi Niekawa is replacing Takahiro Sekine for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
- 84' GOAL! Marcelo Ryan scores on 84.
- 89' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 417 games and scored 379 goals.
- 90' The supporters are chanting for Kento Nishiya. He replaces Wataru Harada on 90 minute.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Lineups
Sagan Tosu FC Lineups
Starting XI
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42
Wataru Harada ↓ Kento Nishiya 90'
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27
Yoshiki Narahara ↓ Jaja Silva 61'
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- 32
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18
Shota Hino ↓ Hiroshi Kiyotake 77'
Bench
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28
Yusuke Maruhashi ↑ 61'
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55
Hiroshi Kiyotake ↑ 77'
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70
Jaja Silva ↑ 61'
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33
Kento Nishiya ↑ 90'
Coach Kenta KawaiUrawa Red Diamonds Lineups
Starting XI
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- 1
- 4
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14
Takahiro Sekine ↓ Ayumi Niekawa 83'
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21
Tomoaki Okubo ↓ Shion Homma 77'
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- 13
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25
Kaito Yasui ↓ Hidetoshi Takeda 77'
- 23
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41
Rio Nitta ↓ Yusuke Matsuo 63'
Bench
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24
Yusuke Matsuo ↑ 63'
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47
Hidetoshi Takeda ↑ 77'
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88
Yoichi Naganuma ↑ 83'
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Ayumi Niekawa ↑ 83'
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Shion Homma ↑ 77'
Coach Per-Mathias Høgmo -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Keita Yamashita 3 Yoichi Naganuma 2 Shinzo Koroki 2 Yusuke Matsuo 2 Ataru Esaka 2 Yuki Muto 2 Ahn Yongwoo 1 Daichi Hayashi 1 Head to Head
Sagan Tosu FC Form
Urawa Red Diamonds Form
2024-08-11 Sagan Tosu FC 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2024-07-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–4 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo L 2024-07-14 Kyoto Sanga FC 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2024-07-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Shonan Bellmare L 2024-06-30 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Jubilo Iwata W 2024-06-26 Nagoya Grampus 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.04 Sagan Tosu FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.31 Urawa Red Diamonds xGI would bet for: Sagan Tosu FC or Urawa Red Diamonds 70% + Under 2.5 goals 59%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.35Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 68% 32% ± 2.5 41% 59% ± 3.5 21% 79% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
Sagan Tosu FC or Draw 62%Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds 68%Sagan Tosu FC or Urawa Red Diamonds 70%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 11.8%0 – 1 11.4%1 – 0 8.8%1 – 2 8.2%0 – 2 7.9%2 – 1 6.5%2 – 0 5%2 – 2 4.4%1 – 3 3.6%0 – 3 3.4%3 – 1 2.3%Asian Handicap — Sagan Tosu FC
Handicap Sagan Tosu FC covers Push Urawa Red Diamonds covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 8% 89% -1.5 11% — 89% -1 11% 17% 72% -0.5 28% — 72% +0.5 59% — 41% +1 59% 22% 19% +1.5 81% — 19% +2 81% 12% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
Sagan Tosu FC keeps clean sheet 28% ✓Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet 36% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

