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

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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

Match Preview

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	Kyōto 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	Tōkyō 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	Ōita 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

62% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

23% 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

1/1

16-30

4/2

31-45

4/2

46-60

7/2

61-75

7/1

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

1/1

16-30

5/3

31-45

4/6

46-60

1/2

61-75

4/7

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Akito Suzuki	10 G	4 A
Mutsuki Kato	3 G	3 A
Shuto Nakano	3 G	2 A
Shun Ayukawa	3 G	1 A
Sebastien Haller	3 G	1 A

Urawa Red Diamonds

Matheus Savio	5 G	1 A
Minamino Harumi	4 G
Takuro Kaneko	3 G	6 A
Hiiro Komori	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to EDION Stadium that hosts another battle between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds.
3' Brilliant from the ! Shinzo Koroki makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 3.
8' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
13' Sanfrecce Hiroshima looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Akito Suzuki scoring 2 goals.
18' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Takeshi Otsuki will be considering his options from the bench.
23' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
28' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Urawa Red Diamonds needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
33' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
38' It’s high time Takeshi Otsuki made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sanfrecce Hiroshima that had 347 games and scored 456 goals.
48' The travelling Urawa Red Diamonds supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
52' A meaty challenge results in booking for Tomoya Ugajin on 52.
53' Sanfrecce Hiroshima player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
58' Daiki Hashioka, a Japan defender, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
60' Douglas Vieira is replacing Yuya Asano for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima side.
62' A tactical swap from Urawa Red Diamonds — Kenyu Sugimoto on, Yuki Muto off on 62 minutes.
65' Urawa Red Diamonds player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
70' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sanfrecce Hiroshima side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
71' A change in the Urawa Red Diamonds ranks — Ewerton exits the field as Takuya Aoki enters on 71.
76' Leandro Pereira adds to his 0 season tally! Sanfrecce Hiroshima lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
81' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kosuke Taketomi is hanging Takahiro Sekine on the field 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 ready to make an impact after coming on for Yoshifumi Kashiwa at the 87 minute mark.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 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
Akito Suzuki	2
Kasper Junker	2
Shinzo Koroki	2
Rhayner	2
Mutsuki Kato	2
Makoto Mitsuta	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 Ōita 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.