Sagan Tosu FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 1 Jul 2023 · 10:00 UTC Ekimae Real Estate Stadium 11,224 HT 45' · FT 45'

Yoichi Naganuma 8' 1–0

1–1 11' Jose Kante

1–2 38' Ken Iwao

Overview

Match Preview

Sagan Tosu FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium.

Sagan Tosu FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ryo Tanimoto
Assistant 1 Toshiyuki Tanaka
Assistant 2 Hisao Manabe

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

Sagan Tosu FC 16 games · Avg 2.5 goals Urawa Red Diamonds

Last 5 meetings

2023-07-01 Sagan Tosu FC 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2023-05-10 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 Sagan Tosu FC 2022-10-08 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sagan Tosu FC 2022-03-13 Sagan Tosu FC 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2021-08-14 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sagan Tosu FC

Recent Form

Sagan Tosu FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Jul	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	1–2	L
24 Jun	Shonan Bellmare	A	6–0	W
10 Jun	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	1–1	D
03 Jun	Yokohama FC	A	2–1	W
27 May	Kashima Antlers	H	2–2	D
20 May	Albirex Niigata	H	2–0	W

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Jul	Sagan Tosu FC	A	2–1	W
28 Jun	Shonan Bellmare	H	4–1	W
24 Jun	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1–1	D
11 Jun	Yokohama FC	A	0–0	D
04 Jun	Kashima Antlers	H	0–0	D
31 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	2–1	W

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

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! Sagan Tosu FC welcome Urawa Red Diamonds for this crunch clash at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium.
5' Urawa Red Diamonds fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
8' Assisted by Kohei Tezuka with the perfectly-timed delivery and Yoichi Naganuma makes no mistake. 1-0!
11' What a strike from Jose Kante! The score is 1-1.
16' Junpei Hayakawa, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
21' 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.
26' It is a cagey affair so far. Sagan Tosu FC in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Urawa Red Diamonds's compact 4-2-3-1.
31' 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.
36' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
38' Sensational shot from Ken Iwao. Urawa Red Diamonds is back in the lead.
43' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
48' Japan international Shinzo Koroki has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
53' 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.
56' Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Toshiki Takahashi is replaced by Takahiro Sekine.
61' Sagan Tosu FC have won 293 goals from 279 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
65' Sagan Tosu FC ring the changes. Yuji Ono has done his job and it is now time for Cayman Togashi to step up.
70' Ken Iwao makes way for Junpei Hayakawa at the 70 minute mark. A tactical switch from Urawa Red Diamonds.
73' Sagan Tosu FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yoshiki Narahara is hanging Yuto Iwasaki on the field on 73 minute.
78' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Alexander Scholz has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
81' Time for substitution for Sagan Tosu FC. Yuki Horigome is replaced by Atsushi Kawata.
82' Kohei Tezuka makes way for Naoyuki Fujita at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sagan Tosu FC.
85' Atsuki Ito makes way for Yuichi Hirano at the 85 minute mark. A tactical switch from Urawa Red Diamonds.
90' The 28-year-old So Kawahara has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Urawa Red Diamonds take all three points.

Lineups

Sagan Tosu FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

22
Cayman Togashi ↑ 65'
14
Naoyuki Fujita ↑ 82'
41
Ryonosuke Kabayama ↑ 73'
9
Atsushi Kawata ↑ 81'
30
Masaya Tashiro
27
Yoshiki Narahara ↑ 73'
35
Kei Uchiyama

Coach Kenta Kawai

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2
Hiroki Sakai
11
Jose Kante ↓ Shinzo Koroki 56'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
28
Alexander Scholz
66
Ayumu Ohata ↓ Takuya Ogiwara 70'
21
Tomoaki Okubo
5
Marius Hoibraten
19
Ken Iwao ↓ Junpei Hayakawa 70'
3
Atsuki Ito ↓ Yuichi Hirano 85'
25
Kaito Yasui
18
Toshiki Takahashi ↓ Takahiro Sekine 56'

Bench

30
Shinzo Koroki ↑ 56'
4
Takuya Iwanami
26
Takuya Ogiwara ↑ 70'
14
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 56'
12
Zion Suzuki
40
Yuichi Hirano ↑ 85'
35
Junpei Hayakawa ↑ 70'

Coach Maciej Skorza

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Keita Yamashita	3
Yoichi Naganuma	2
Shinzo Koroki	2
Yusuke Matsuo	2
Ataru Esaka	2
Yuki Muto	2
Hideto Takahashi	1
Fuchi Honda	1

Head to Head

Sagan Tosu FC Form

2023-07-01 Sagan Tosu FC 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2023-06-24 Shonan Bellmare 0–6 Sagan Tosu FC W 2023-06-10 Sagan Tosu FC 1–1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo D 2023-06-03 Yokohama FC 1–2 Sagan Tosu FC W 2023-05-27 Sagan Tosu FC 2–2 Kashima Antlers D 2023-05-20 Sagan Tosu FC 2–0 Albirex Niigata W

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2023-07-01 Sagan Tosu FC 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2023-06-28 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Shonan Bellmare W 2023-06-24 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2023-06-11 Yokohama FC 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2023-06-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Kashima Antlers D 2023-05-31 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

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1.2 Sagan Tosu FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.19 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Sagan Tosu FC or Urawa Red Diamonds 70% + Under 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sagan Tosu FC36% Draw30% Urawa Red Diamonds34%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.39

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	69%	31%
± 2.5	42%	58%
± 3.5	22%	78%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Sagan Tosu FC or Draw

66%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

64%

Sagan Tosu FC or Urawa Red Diamonds

70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sagan Tosu FC25% Draw50% Urawa Red Diamonds25%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14%

0 – 0

11.3%

1 – 0

9.9%

0 – 1

9.7%

2 – 1

7.6%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

6.4%

0 – 2

6.2%

2 – 2

4.6%

3 – 1

3.1%

1 – 3

3 – 0

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Sagan Tosu FC

Handicap	Sagan Tosu FC covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	10%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	20%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	19%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Sagan Tosu FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

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