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

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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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

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)
Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)

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 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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 19 games · Avg 2.9 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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

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' Three points are at stake. Sanfrecce Hiroshima host Urawa Red Diamonds — let the battle begin!
3' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Shinzo Koroki makes no mistake. 0-1!
8' Kazuki Nagasawa, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
13' Takahiro Sekine has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
18' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
23' Sanfrecce Hiroshima started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 23.
28' 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.
33' Kenyu Sugimoto is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sanfrecce Hiroshima so far.
38' Japan international Tomoya Ugajin has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
43' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
48' Tsukasa Morishima has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
52' The referee has no hesitation. Tomoya Ugajin is booked for Urawa Red Diamonds — Yellow card on 52.
53' It’s a booking for Sanfrecce Hiroshima player. Toshihiro Aoyama gets a Yellow card.
58' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
60' The Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes a substitution. Yuya Asano departs to be replaced by Douglas Vieira.
62' Kenyu Sugimoto has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yuki Muto on 62 minute.
65' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Ewerton.
70' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
71' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. Ewerton is replaced by Takuya Aoki on 71 minute.
76' Leandro Pereira has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 76 minutes.
81' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Takahiro Sekine by Kosuke Taketomi on 81 minute.
86' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
87' Ryo Nagai is replacing Yoshifumi Kashiwa for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima side.
It finishes all square. Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds share the spoils 1-1.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

26
Kodai Dohi
14
Ezequiel ↑ 87'
38
Keisuke Osako
3
Akira Ibayashi
9
Douglas Vieira ↑ 60'
20
Ryo Nagai ↑ 87'
50
Tomoya Fujii

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

5
Tomoaki Makino
8
Ewerton ↓ Takuya Aoki 71'
3
Tomoya Ugajin
30
Shinzo Koroki
1
Shusaku Nishikawa C
27
Daiki Hashioka
31
Takuya Iwanami
7
Kazuki Nagasawa
9
Yuki Muto ↓ Kenyu Sugimoto 62'
11
Quentin Martinus ↓ Takahiro Sekine 62'
24
Koya Yuruki

Bench

Coach Takeshi Otsuki

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shinzo Koroki	4
Tsukasa Morishima	3
Yuki Ohashi	2
Akito Suzuki	2
Kasper Junker	2
Shinzo Koroki	2
Rhayner	2
Mutsuki Kato	2

Head to Head

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

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.