Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

2 – 2

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Urawa Red Diamonds

Wed 26 May 2021 · 10:00 UTC EDION Stadium Hiroshima HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 20' Takuya Iwanami

Overview

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Yagi Akane
Referee Hiroki Kasahara
Referee Yoshiro Imamura
Referee Kentaro Matsui
Referee Takao Nishiyama
Referee Akihito Kawasaki

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · Avg 2.8 goals Urawa Red Diamonds

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-26 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 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

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 May	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	2–2	D
23 May	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	2–1	W
15 May	Tokushima Vortis	H	0–1	L
12 May	Gamba Osaka	A	2–1	W
08 May	Sagan Tosu FC	A	0–0	D
01 May	Vissel Kobe	A	0–3	L

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	2–2	D
22 May	Vissel Kobe	H	2–0	W
16 May	Gamba Osaka	A	3–0	W
09 May	Vegalta Sendai	H	2–0	W
01 May	Avispa Fukuoka	A	0–2	L
25 Apr	Oita FC Trinita	H	3–2	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' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is hosting Urawa Red Diamonds for another epic battle.
5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
10' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
15' Kasper Junker puts Urawa Red Diamonds on the lead.
20' Takuya Iwanami picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
23' GOAL! Rhayner fires home to make it 1-1!
28' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sanfrecce Hiroshima side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
33' The energy levels are beginning to show. Hiroshi Jofuku might look to freshen things up shortly.
38' Keisuke Osako needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
43' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
48' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
53' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yuki Muto made 439 appearances and scored 21 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
58' Time for substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Yoichi Naganuma is replaced by Yuya Asano.
63' Takahiro Sekine has so much to prove this time. He replaces Tatsuya Tanaka on 63 minute.
66' Sanfrecce Hiroshima make a change. Rhayner trudges off to be replaced by Tsukasa Morishima on 66 minutes.
67' Tsukasa Morishima has so much to prove this time. He replaces Rhayner on 67 minute.
72' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
76' The Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes a substitution. Ezequiel departs to be replaced by Yusuke Chajima.
79' The whistle greets Kasper Junker as he departs to be replaced by Shinzo Koroki.
80' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. Koya Yuruki is replaced by Yuki Muto on 80 minute.
84' Brilliant from the ! Shinzo Koroki makes it 1-2 with a superb finish on 84.
89' A tactical swap from Urawa Red Diamonds — Yuki Abe on, Yoshio Koizumi off on 89 minutes.
It finishes all square. Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds share the spoils 2-2.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

1
Takuto Hayashi
10
Tsukasa Morishima ↑ 67'
8
Hayao Kawabe ↑ 58'
3
Akira Ibayashi
29
Yuya Asano ↑ 58'
25
Yusuke Chajima ↑ 76'
23
Shun Ayukawa

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

20
Thomas Deng
6
Ryosuke Yamanaka ↑ 63'
30
Shinzo Koroki ↑ 79'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
22
Yuki Abe ↑ 89'
9
Yuki Muto ↑ 79'
41
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 63'

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2021-05-26 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2021-05-23 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-05-15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Tokushima Vortis L 2021-05-12 Gamba Osaka 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-05-08 Sagan Tosu FC 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2021-05-01 Vissel Kobe 3–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2021-05-26 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2021-05-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Vissel Kobe W 2021-05-16 Gamba Osaka 0–3 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2021-05-09 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Vegalta Sendai W 2021-05-01 Avispa Fukuoka 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2021-04-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–2 Oita FC Trinita W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.96 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.58 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Urawa Red Diamonds 75% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima44% Draw25% Urawa Red Diamonds31%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.54

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw

69%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

56%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Urawa Red Diamonds

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sanfrecce Hiroshima35% Draw40% Urawa Red Diamonds25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

6.9%

2 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

5.6%

3 – 1

5.5%

1 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

4.3%

0 – 1

0 – 2

3.7%

1 – 3

3.6%

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%	19%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	16%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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