Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 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 09 Nov Urawa Red Diamonds H 3–0 W 25 Oct Yokohama F.Marinos A 0–3 L 17 Oct FC Tokyo H 0–0 D 04 Oct FC Machida Zelvia H 2–1 W 27 Sep Avispa Fukuoka A 2–1 W 23 Sep Kashiwa Reysol A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 Nov Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 0–3 L 25 Oct FC Machida Zelvia H 0–0 D 18 Oct Yokohama F.Marinos A 0–4 L 04 Oct Vissel Kobe H 1–0 W 27 Sep Tokyo Verdy A 0–0 D 23 Sep Shimizu S-Pulse A 0–0 D Season Stats
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Urawa Red Diamonds #7 Position #12 30 Points 25 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 11 41 Scored 37 33 Conceded 37 +8 GD +0 1.67 PPG 1.39 56% Win % 39% Key Stats
56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this seasonSanfrecce Hiroshima are 7th (30 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 12th (25 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima0-153/116-301/231-453/146-605/–61-753/476+1/2■ Scored ■ ConcededUrawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' It’s high time Michael Skibbe made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 10' Sanfrecce Hiroshima started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
- 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 20' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 25' 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.
- 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sanfrecce Hiroshima needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 40' It looks like no one’s ball. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 43' Goal! Kosuke Kinoshita scores his 27 goal in 258 matches.
- 48' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sanfrecce Hiroshima that had 313 games and scored 398 goals.
- 53' Ryo Germain needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 54' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Kosuke Kinoshita by Mutsuki Kato on 54 minute.
- 59' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 61' The Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes a substitution. Takahiro Sekine departs to be replaced by Taishi Matsumoto.
- 66' The travelling Urawa Red Diamonds supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 71' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is showing some good football. However, Sanfrecce Hiroshima are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 72' The Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes a substitution. Isaac Kiese Thelin departs to be replaced by Hiiro Komori.
- 75' What a strike from Mutsuki Kato! The score is 2-0.
- 75' The Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes a substitution. Sota Nakamura departs to be replaced by Naoki Maeda.
- 79' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Takuya Ogiwara by Hirokazu Ishihara on 79 minute.
- 82' What a strike from Naoki Maeda! The score is 3-0.
- 84' The Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes a substitution. Matheus Savio departs to be replaced by Tomoaki Okubo.
- 86' The supporters are chanting for Taichi Yamasaki. He replaces Tsukasa Shiotani on 86 minute.
- 90' Sota Koshimichi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Satoshi Tanaka on 90 minute.
- Another three points for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
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Lineups
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups
Starting XI
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9
Ryo Germain ↓ Valere Germain 75'
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- 6
- 24
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17
Kosuke Kinoshita ↓ Mutsuki Kato 54'
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4
Hayato Araki ↓ Naoto Arai 86'
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39
Sota Nakamura ↓ Naoki Maeda 75'
Bench
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98
Valere Germain ↑ 75'
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Taichi Yamasaki ↑ 86'
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41
Naoki Maeda ↑ 75'
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Naoto Arai ↑ 86'
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Sota Koshimichi ↑ 90'
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Mutsuki Kato ↑ 54'
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Coach Michael SkibbeUrawa Red Diamonds Lineups
Starting XI
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8
Matheus Savio ↓ Tomoaki Okubo 84'
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Samuel Gustafson ↓ Kai Shibato 61'
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- 14
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- 13
- 88
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25
Kaito Yasui ↓ Shoya Nakajima 72'
- 99
Bench
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10
Shoya Nakajima ↑ 72'
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Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 61'
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Kai Shibato ↑ 61'
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Hirokazu Ishihara ↑ 79'
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Tomoaki Okubo ↑ 84'
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Hiiro Komori ↑ 72'
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Coach Maciej Skorza -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Shinzo Koroki 4 Tsukasa Morishima 3 Shinzo Koroki 2 Rhayner 2 Mutsuki Kato 2 Makoto Mitsuta 2 Yuki Ohashi 2 Kasper Junker 2 Head to Head
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form
2025-11-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2025-10-25 Yokohama F.Marinos 3–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2025-10-17 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 FC Tokyo D 2025-10-04 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 FC Machida Zelvia W 2025-09-27 Avispa Fukuoka 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2025-09-23 Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima DUrawa Red Diamonds Form
2025-11-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-10-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 FC Machida Zelvia D 2025-10-18 Yokohama F.Marinos 4–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-10-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Vissel Kobe W 2025-09-27 Tokyo Verdy 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2025-09-23 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.07 Urawa Red Diamonds xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 61% + Sanfrecce Hiroshima to win 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.22Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 83% 17% ± 2.5 61% 39% ± 3.5 40% 60% ± 4.5 23% 77% Double Chance
Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw 82%Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds 41%Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Urawa Red Diamonds 78%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10%2 – 1 9.5%2 – 0 9.1%1 – 0 8%3 – 1 6.8%3 – 0 Actual0 – 0 5.5%2 – 2 5.1%1 – 2 4.8%4 – 1 3.7%3 – 2 3.7%0 – 1 3.6%Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Handicap Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers Push Urawa Red Diamonds covers -2.5 20% — 80% -2 20% 18% 62% -1.5 38% — 62% -1 38% 22% 39% -0.5 61% — 39% +0.5 83% — 17% +1 83% 11% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet 35% ✗Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.