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Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Urawa Red Diamonds, 2018

J. League · 2018
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
1 – 4
Full Time
Urawa Red Diamonds
Sat 28 Jul 2018 · 10:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League .

Match Details

  • Referee Hajime Matsuo
  • Referee Mitsuharu Taketa
  • Referee Haruhiro Otsuka
  • Referee Kentaro Matsui

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

8
5
6
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 19 games · Avg 2.9 goals Urawa Red Diamonds
Last 5 meetings
2018-07-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 Urawa Red Diamonds 2018-03-31 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2018-03-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2017-11-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Jul Urawa Red Diamonds H 1–4 L
22 Jul Nagoya Grampus A 0–0 D
18 Jul Gamba Osaka H 4–0 W
20 May Cerezo Osaka FC H 0–2 L
13 May Shimizu S-Pulse H 3–1 W
12 May Vegalta Sendai A 3–1 W
Urawa Red Diamonds
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Jul Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 4–1 W
22 Jul Cerezo Osaka FC A 1–1 D
18 Jul Nagoya Grampus H 3–1 W
19 May Gamba Osaka A 0–0 D
13 May Sagan Tosu FC H 0–0 D
13 May Kashiwa Reysol A 0–1 L

Season Stats

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Urawa Red Diamonds
#4 Position #16
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

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)
58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season
0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
0-15
–/–
16-30
1/1
31-45
1/–
46-60
–/–
61-75
2/–
76+
–/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Urawa Red Diamonds
0-15
–/–
16-30
1/1
31-45
–/1
46-60
–/–
61-75
–/2
76+
–/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Sanfrecce Hiroshima have kicked off against Urawa Red Diamonds. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Takuya Iwanami has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Urawa Red Diamonds is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 20' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
  • 25' Hiroki Mizumoto has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 335 appearances.
  • 30' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 35' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sanfrecce Hiroshima must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 40' Urawa Red Diamonds is showing some good football. However, Urawa Red Diamonds are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 45' A quiet spell here at . Urawa Red Diamonds seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 50' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 55' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Teerasil Dangda suffering a number of foals already.
  • 60' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 65' Daiki Hashioka has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 70' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 75' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 80' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 85' The travelling Urawa Red Diamonds supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 90' Sanfrecce Hiroshima currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-4 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Oswaldo de Oliveira

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Shinzo Koroki 4
Tsukasa Morishima 3
Shinzo Koroki 2
Rhayner 2
Mutsuki Kato 2
Makoto Mitsuta 2
Yuki Ohashi 2
Akito Suzuki 2

Head to Head

2018-07-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 Urawa Red Diamonds 2018-03-31 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2018-03-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2017-11-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2018-07-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2018-07-22 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2018-07-18 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–0 Gamba Osaka W 2018-05-20 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2018-05-13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–1 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2018-05-12 Vegalta Sendai 1–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2018-07-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2018-07-22 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2018-07-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Nagoya Grampus W 2018-05-19 Gamba Osaka 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2018-05-13 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Sagan Tosu FC D 2018-05-13 Kashiwa Reysol 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.07 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.86 Urawa Red Diamonds xG
I would bet for: Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Urawa Red Diamonds 76% + Over 2.5 goals 74%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sanfrecce Hiroshima42% Draw24% Urawa Red Diamonds34%
Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes73% 0% No27%
Avg goals/match: 3.93
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 90%
10%
± 2.5 74%
26%
± 3.5 54%
46%
± 4.5 36%
64%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw
66%
Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds
58%
Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Urawa Red Diamonds
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sanfrecce Hiroshima33% Draw38% Urawa Red Diamonds29%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–4 not predicted
1 – 4
Actual
1 – 1
8.4%
2 – 1
7.6%
2 – 2
6.9%
1 – 2
6.9%
3 – 1
5.2%
3 – 2
4.8%
2 – 3
4.3%
2 – 0
4.3%
1 – 3
4.2%
1 – 0
3.6%
0 – 2
3.5%
0 – 1
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers Push Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 13% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 18% 57%
-0.5 43% — 57%
+0.5 65% — 35%
+1 65% 16% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 10% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet
16% ✓
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

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