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

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 19 games · Avg 2.9 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	Ōita 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

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

43% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

14% 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

3/2

31-45

3/–

46-60

2/2

61-75

5/–

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

1/1

16-30

4/3

31-45

4/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/4

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Akito Suzuki	6 G	2 A
Shun Ayukawa	3 G	1 A
Sebastien Haller	3 G	1 A
Mutsuki Kato	2 G	3 A
Shuto Nakano	2 G	1 A

Urawa Red Diamonds

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

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to score. At the same time, Urawa Red Diamonds does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
10' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Ricardo Rodríguez will be considering his options from the bench.
15' Brilliant from the ! Kasper Junker makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 15.
20' It’s a booking for Urawa Red Diamonds player. Takuya Iwanami gets a Yellow card.
23' Against the run of play, Rhayner has scored! This game has turned on its head.
28' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
33' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Keisuke Osako has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
38' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
43' 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.
48' It’s high time Hiroshi Jofuku made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
53' Ezequiel needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 3 Yellow cards this season.
58' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Yoichi Naganuma by Yuya Asano on 58 minute.
63' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Takahiro Sekine is hanging Tatsuya Tanaka on the field on 63 minute.
66' The whistle greets Rhayner as he departs to be replaced by Tsukasa Morishima.
67' Tsukasa Morishima has so much to prove this time. He replaces Rhayner on 67 minute.
72' Sanfrecce Hiroshima currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
76' Time for substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Ezequiel is replaced by Yusuke Chajima.
79' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 79 minute. Kasper Junker leaves to be changed by Shinzo Koroki.
80' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. Koya Yuruki is replaced by Yuki Muto on 80 minute.
84' A stunning finish from Shinzo Koroki — that came from absolutely nowhere!
89' The supporters are chanting for Yuki Abe. He replaces Yoshio Koizumi on 89 minute.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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
Rhayner	2
Mutsuki Kato	2
Makoto Mitsuta	2
Yuki Ohashi	2
Akito Suzuki	2
Kasper Junker	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 Ōita 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.