Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2024

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

2 – 0

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Urawa Red Diamonds

Fri 23 Feb 2024 · 05:00 UTC Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima HT 45' · FT 45'

Sho Sasaki 29' Y

Y 53' Yoshio Koizumi

Pieros Sotiriou 70' Y

Overview

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima.

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

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

2024-02-23 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 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

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Feb	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	2–0	W
03 Dec	Avispa Fukuoka	A	1–0	W
25 Nov	Gamba Osaka	H	3–0	W
11 Nov	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	0–0	D
28 Oct	FC Tōkyō	A	2–1	W
21 Oct	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	0–0	D

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Feb	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	0–2	L
22 Dec	Al Ahly SC	H	2–4	L
19 Dec	Manchester City FC	H	0–3	L
15 Dec	Club León FC	A	1–0	W
03 Dec	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	2–0	W
25 Nov	Avispa Fukuoka	H	2–3	L

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 ball is rolling at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima. Sanfrecce Hiroshima are looking to make home advantage count against Urawa Red Diamonds.
5' A quiet spell here at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima. Sanfrecce Hiroshima seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
15' Sanfrecce Hiroshima has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
20' Atsuki Ito, a Japan midfielder, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
25' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Per-Mathias Høgmo will be considering his options from the bench.
29' Sho Sasaki is having his name booked by the referee on 29.
34' Sanfrecce Hiroshima started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 34.
39' It looks like no one’s ball. Urawa Red Diamonds is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
44' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Makoto Mitsuta made 339 appearances and scored 18 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
46' Brilliant from the ! Yuki Ohashi makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 45.
51' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
53' Yoshio Koizumi was booked on 53.
55' Yuki Ohashi adds to his 0 season tally! Sanfrecce Hiroshima lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
60' Japan international Shunki Higashi has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
65' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
67' Ken Iwao is replacing Takahiro Sekine for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
70' Pieros Sotiriou has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 70.
73' Fresh legs for Sanfrecce Hiroshima! Douglas Vieira comes on to replace Pieros Sotiriou.
76' Shinzo Koroki is ready to make an impact after coming on for Thiago Santana at the 76 minute mark.
81' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
82' A change in the Sanfrecce Hiroshima ranks — Mutsuki Kato exits the field as Taishi Matsumoto enters on 82.
87' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sanfrecce Hiroshima must find a spark to ignite this game.
90' Time for substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Takumu Kawamura is replaced by Taichi Yamasaki.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-0 Urawa Red Diamonds.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael Skibbe

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

10
Shoya Nakajima ↑ 82'
30
Shinzo Koroki ↑ 76'
38
Naoki Maeda ↑ 67'
66
Ayumu Ohata ↑ 76'
6
Ken Iwao ↑ 67'
20
Yota Sato
16
Ayumi Niekawa

Coach Per-Mathias Høgmo

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

2024-02-23 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2023-12-03 Avispa Fukuoka 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-11-25 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Gamba Osaka W 2023-11-11 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2023-10-28 FC Tōkyō 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-10-21 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 Cerezo Osaka FC D

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2024-02-23 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2023-12-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–4 Al Ahly SC L 2023-12-19 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–3 Manchester City FC L 2023-12-15 Club León FC 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2023-12-03 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2023-11-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Avispa Fukuoka L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

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

1.12 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 60% + Sanfrecce Hiroshima to win 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sanfrecce Hiroshima59% Draw22% Urawa Red Diamonds19%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.17

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw

82%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

41%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Urawa Red Diamonds

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sanfrecce Hiroshima42% Draw41% Urawa Red Diamonds17%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.5%

2 – 1

9.5%

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

3 – 1

6.5%

3 – 0

5.9%

0 – 0

5.8%

2 – 2

5.3%

1 – 2

5.2%

0 – 1

3 – 2

3.7%

4 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	18%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	22%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	12%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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