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Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2020
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
1 – 1
Full Time
Urawa Red Diamonds
Tue 3 Nov 2020 · 08:00 UTC EDION Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+6'
Y 52' Tomoya Ugajin
Toshihiro Aoyama 53' Y
Y 65' Ewerton

Overview

Match Preview

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at EDION Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Jun Mihara
  • Referee Mikiya Nishimura
  • Referee Nobutsugu Murakami
  • Referee Dai Matsumoto

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

7
5
6
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · Avg 2.8 goals Urawa Red Diamonds
Last 5 meetings
2020-11-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2020-08-15 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2019-10-29 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2019-05-26 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2018-07-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Nov Urawa Red Diamonds H 1–1 D
31 Oct Vegalta Sendai A 0–0 D
28 Oct Yokohama F·Marinos H 3–1 W
24 Oct Kashima Antlers A 0–1 L
18 Oct Vissel Kobe H 2–1 W
14 Oct Kawasaki Frontale H 0–2 L
Urawa Red Diamonds
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Nov Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 1–1 D
31 Oct Oita FC Trinita A 0–0 D
24 Oct Cerezo Osaka FC H 3–1 W
18 Oct Vegalta Sendai H 6–0 W
14 Oct Kashiwa Reysol A 1–1 D
10 Oct Sagan Tosu FC A 1–0 W

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

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season
33% 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
3/1
16-30
1/2
31-45
3/1
46-60
5/–
61-75
3/4
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
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' What a night it is going to be! Sanfrecce Hiroshima welcome Urawa Red Diamonds for this crunch clash at EDION Stadium.
  • 3' Shinzo Koroki does the damage! The net is bulging and Urawa Red Diamonds surge ahead!
  • 8' Yuki Muto needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 13' Yuya Asano has been relatively quiet despite scoring 28 goals in his last 335 appearances.
  • 18' Shusaku Nishikawa, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 23' Urawa Red Diamonds seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 28' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 33' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 38' 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.
  • 43' 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 Quentin Martinus suffering a number of foals already.
  • 48' Takahiro Sekine has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 52' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Tomoya Ugajin.
  • 53' Sanfrecce Hiroshima receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 53.
  • 58' 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.
  • 60' Douglas Vieira is ready to make an impact after coming on for Yuya Asano at the 60 minute mark.
  • 62' The Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes a substitution. Yuki Muto departs to be replaced by Kenyu Sugimoto.
  • 65' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ewerton.
  • 70' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 71' The Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes a substitution. Ewerton departs to be replaced by Takuya Aoki.
  • 76' Assisted by Douglas Vieira with the perfectly-timed delivery and Leandro Pereira makes no mistake. 1-1!
  • 81' Fresh legs for Urawa Red Diamonds! Kosuke Taketomi comes on to replace Takahiro Sekine.
  • 86' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 86 minutes.
  • 87' The crowd applauds Yoshifumi Kashiwa as he leaves the pitch. Ryo Nagai steps in for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Takeshi Otsuki

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Shinzo Koroki 4
Tsukasa Morishima 3
Kasper Junker 2
Shinzo Koroki 2
Rhayner 2
Mutsuki Kato 2
Makoto Mitsuta 2
Yuki Ohashi 2

Head to Head

2020-11-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2020-08-15 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2019-10-29 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2019-05-26 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2018-07-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 Urawa Red Diamonds

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2020-11-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2020-10-31 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2020-10-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–1 Yokohama F·Marinos W 2020-10-24 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2020-10-18 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Vissel Kobe W 2020-10-14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2020-11-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2020-10-31 Oita FC Trinita 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2020-10-24 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2020-10-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 6–0 Vegalta Sendai W 2020-10-14 Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2020-10-10 Sagan Tosu FC 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.85 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.41 Urawa Red Diamonds xG
I would bet for: Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Urawa Red Diamonds 74% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sanfrecce Hiroshima44% Draw26% Urawa Red Diamonds30%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes64% 0% No36%
Avg goals/match: 3.26
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 84%
16%
± 2.5 62%
38%
± 3.5 41%
59%
± 4.5 23%
77%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw
70%
Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds
56%
Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Urawa Red Diamonds
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sanfrecce Hiroshima35% Draw42% Urawa Red Diamonds23%
Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
8.9%
1 – 2
6.8%
2 – 0
6.5%
1 – 0
6.4%
2 – 2
6.3%
3 – 1
5.5%
0 – 0
5.4%
0 – 1
4.7%
3 – 0
4%
3 – 2
3.9%
0 – 2
3.8%

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers Push Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 14% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 20% 53%
-0.5 47% — 53%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 15% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 8% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet
25% ✓
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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