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

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J. League · 2024

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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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 Leon 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

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' Temperatures are rising at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima as Sanfrecce Hiroshima face off against Urawa Red Diamonds in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Alexander Scholz, as he is very good at scoring at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
10' Shinzo Koroki has been relatively quiet despite scoring 63 goals in his last 454 appearances.
15' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Urawa Red Diamonds's shape.
20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sanfrecce Hiroshima side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
25' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
29' Controversy at the stadium! Sho Sasaki argues furiously but the card stands.
34' It’s high time Michael Skibbe made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
39' Urawa Red Diamonds are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
44' Sanfrecce Hiroshima looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Akito Suzuki scoring 2 goals.
46' The Japan Yuki Ohashi breaks the deadlock on 45 minutes. 1-0!
51' Urawa Red Diamonds is showing some good football. However, Urawa Red Diamonds are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
53' Yoshio Koizumi catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 53.
55' A goal from the Japan international Yuki Ohashi! He fires home on 55 to make it 2-0!
60' Over 60 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
65' The 33-year-old Thiago Santana has been sensational this season — 3 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
67' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Takahiro Sekine by Ken Iwao on 67 minute.
70' The referee has no hesitation. Pieros Sotiriou is booked for Sanfrecce Hiroshima — 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' 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.
82' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Mutsuki Kato by Taishi Matsumoto on 82 minute.
87' It looks like no one’s ball. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
90' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Takumu Kawamura by Taichi Yamasaki on 90 minute.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.

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
Shinzo Koroki	2
Rhayner	2
Mutsuki Kato	2
Makoto Mitsuta	2
Yuki Ohashi	2
Akito Suzuki	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 Leon 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.