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

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J. League · 2023

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Urawa Red Diamonds

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

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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)

Match Details

Referee Ryo Tanimoto
Assistant 1 Toshiyuki Tanaka
Assistant 2 Hisao Manabe

8 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 8.4 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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 Tōkyō	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

33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

1/1

16-30

2/1

31-45

1/–

46-60

4/–

61-75

3/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Sagan Tosu FC and Urawa Red Diamonds get this one started.
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sagan Tosu FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
8' What composure from Yoichi Naganuma! The Japan international strokes it home. 1-0.
11' The Guinea Jose Kante breaks the deadlock on 11 minutes. 1-1!
16' Takuya Ogiwara is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Urawa Red Diamonds tonight.
21' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sagan Tosu FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
26' Atsuki Ito, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
31' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
36' Sagan Tosu FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Urawa Red Diamonds backline.
38' GOAL! Ken Iwao fires home to make it 1-2!
43' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
48' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
53' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
56' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Takahiro Sekine is hanging Toshiki Takahashi on the field on 56 minute.
61' Marius Hoibraten is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Urawa Red Diamonds so far.
65' Cayman Togashi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yuji Ono on 65 minute.
70' A tactical swap from Urawa Red Diamonds — Junpei Hayakawa on, Ken Iwao off on 70 minutes.
73' Yoshiki Narahara has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yuto Iwasaki on 73 minute.
78' 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.
81' Atsushi Kawata is replacing Yuki Horigome for the Sagan Tosu FC side.
82' The crowd applauds Kohei Tezuka as he leaves the pitch. Naoyuki Fujita steps in for Sagan Tosu FC.
85' The Urawa Red Diamonds bench stirs into life. Atsuki Ito is withdrawn and Yuichi Hirano gets his opportunity.
90' Alexander Scholz has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Sagan Tosu FC 1-2 Urawa Red Diamonds.

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
Yuki Muto	2
Yoichi Naganuma	2
Shinzo Koroki	2
Yusuke Matsuo	2
Ataru Esaka	2
Takahiro Akimoto	1
Jose Kante	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.