Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2023

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Urawa Red Diamonds

Sun 13 Aug 2023 · 09:00 UTC EDION Stadium Hiroshima 21,108 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 29' Jose Kante

Mutsuki Kato 69' 1–1

Nassim Ben Khalifa 90+3' 2–1

Sho Sasaki 45' Y

Y 90' Alexander Scholz

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 Hayato Shimizu
Assistant 2 Kentaro Matsui

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

2023-08-13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2023-05-31 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022-10-01 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2022-05-13 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2021-08-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Aug	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	2–1	W
05 Aug	Shonan Bellmare	A	0–1	L
16 Jul	Yokohama FC	H	1–1	D
08 Jul	Kashima Antlers	H	1–1	D
01 Jul	Albirex Niigata	A	0–2	L
24 Jun	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	0–1	L

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Aug	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	1–2	L
06 Aug	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	0–0	D
16 Jul	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–2	L
08 Jul	FC Tōkyō	H	0–0	D
01 Jul	Sagan Tosu FC	A	2–1	W
28 Jun	Shonan Bellmare	H	4–1	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' Sanfrecce Hiroshima have kicked off against Urawa Red Diamonds. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are deployed in a 3-4-2-1 today, looking to exploit space against Urawa Red Diamonds's 4-2-3-1 shape.
10' Urawa Red Diamonds fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
15' Shoya Nakajima has been relatively quiet despite scoring 14 goals in his last 330 appearances.
20' Sanfrecce Hiroshima looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Akito Suzuki scoring 2 goals.
25' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
29' Jose Kante does the damage! The net is bulging and Urawa Red Diamonds surge ahead!
34' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
39' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Shinzo Koroki has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
44' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sanfrecce Hiroshima side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
45' Sho Sasaki was booked on 45.
46' The supporters are chanting for Douglas Vieira. He replaces Makoto Mitsuta on 46 minute.
51' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 51 minutes.
56' A tactical swap from Urawa Red Diamonds — Takahiro Sekine on, Takahiro Akimoto off on 56 minutes.
61' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
66' Over 66 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
69' GOAL! Mutsuki Kato scores on 69. Assisted by Tsukasa Shiotani
74' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sanfrecce Hiroshima needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
75' The Urawa Red Diamonds bench stirs into life. Jose Kante is withdrawn and Shinzo Koroki gets his opportunity.
78' Nassim Ben Khalifa is ready to make an impact after coming on for Pieros Sotiriou at the 78 minute mark.
83' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
88' Sanfrecce Hiroshima 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.
90' Alexander Scholz was booked on 90.
90' Fresh legs for Sanfrecce Hiroshima! Shunki Higashi comes on to replace Mutsuki Kato.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sanfrecce Hiroshima to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

7
Gakuto Notsuda
19
Sho Sasaki
38
Keisuke Osako
8
Takumu Kawamura
20
Pieros Sotiriou ↓ Nassim Ben Khalifa 78'
33
Tsukasa Shiotani
4
Hayato Araki
16
Takaaki Shichi
11
Makoto Mitsuta ↓ Douglas Vieira 46'
15
Shuto Nakano ↓ Sota Koshimichi 46'
51
Mutsuki Kato ↓ Shunki Higashi 90'

Bench

Coach Michael Skibbe

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2
Hiroki Sakai
11
Jose Kante ↓ Shinzo Koroki 75'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
26
Takuya Ogiwara
28
Alexander Scholz
21
Tomoaki Okubo
5
Marius Hoibraten
15
Takahiro Akimoto ↓ Takahiro Sekine 56'
19
Ken Iwao ↓ Kai Shibato 75'
3
Atsuki Ito
25
Kaito Yasui ↓ Shoya Nakajima 75'

Bench

10
Shoya Nakajima ↑ 75'
30
Shinzo Koroki ↑ 75'
4
Takuya Iwanami
22
Kai Shibato ↑ 75'
14
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 56'
66
Ayumu Ohata
16
Ayumi Niekawa

Coach Maciej Skorza

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

2023-08-13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2023-08-05 Shonan Bellmare 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-07-16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Yokohama FC D 2023-07-08 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Kashima Antlers D 2023-07-01 Albirex Niigata 2–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-06-24 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Yokohama F·Marinos L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2023-08-13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2023-08-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Yokohama F·Marinos D 2023-07-16 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2023-07-08 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 FC Tōkyō D 2023-07-01 Sagan Tosu FC 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2023-06-28 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Shonan Bellmare W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.99 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

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

1.34 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 64% + Over 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sanfrecce Hiroshima51% Draw24% Urawa Red Diamonds25%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.33

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw

75%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

49%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Urawa Red Diamonds

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima38% Draw41% Urawa Red Diamonds21%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.4%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

7.1%

1 – 0

6.5%

1 – 2

6.2%

2 – 2

6.1%

3 – 1

0 – 0

5.1%

3 – 0

4.6%

0 – 1

4.1%

3 – 2

4.1%

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	21%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	14%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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