Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Urawa Red Diamonds

Sun 9 Nov 2025 · 04:00 UTC Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima HT 45' · FT 45'

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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

2025-11-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2025-04-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2024-11-10 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2024-02-23 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2023-08-13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Nov	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	3–0	W
25 Oct	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	0–3	L
17 Oct	FC Tōkyō	H	0–0	D
04 Oct	FC Machida Zelvia	H	2–1	W
27 Sep	Avispa Fukuoka	A	2–1	W
23 Sep	Kashiwa Reysol	A	0–0	D

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Nov	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	0–3	L
25 Oct	FC Machida Zelvia	H	0–0	D
18 Oct	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	0–4	L
04 Oct	Vissel Kobe	H	1–0	W
27 Sep	Tōkyō Verdy	A	0–0	D
23 Sep	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	0–0	D

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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds has kicked off!
5' Isaac Kiese Thelin has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
10' The travelling Urawa Red Diamonds supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
15' A quiet spell here at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima. Sanfrecce Hiroshima seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
30' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sanfrecce Hiroshima must find a spark to ignite this game.
35' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Urawa Red Diamonds backline.
40' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
43' A goal from the Japan international Kosuke Kinoshita! He fires home on 43 to make it 1-0!
48' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 48.
53' 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.
54' Kosuke Kinoshita makes way for Mutsuki Kato at the 54 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
59' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Danilo Boza made 387 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
61' Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Takahiro Sekine is replaced by Taishi Matsumoto.
66' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Sanfrecce Hiroshima winning 100% of all matches.
71' 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.
72' Hiiro Komori is ready to make an impact after coming on for Isaac Kiese Thelin at the 72 minute mark.
75' Mutsuki Kato is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 3 goals this season for the .
75' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Sota Nakamura by Naoki Maeda on 75 minute.
79' The Urawa Red Diamonds bench stirs into life. Takuya Ogiwara is withdrawn and Hirokazu Ishihara gets his opportunity.
82' Goal! Naoki Maeda scores his 36 goal in 450 matches.
84' Tomoaki Okubo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Matheus Savio on 84 minute.
86' Taichi Yamasaki is replacing Tsukasa Shiotani for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima side.
90' Time for substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Satoshi Tanaka is replaced by Sota Koshimichi.
Urawa Red Diamonds will have plenty to reflect on. Sanfrecce Hiroshima were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

9
Ryo Germain ↓ Valere Germain 75'
19
Sho Sasaki
1
Keisuke Osako
6
Hayao Kawabe
24
Shunki Higashi
17
Kosuke Kinoshita ↓ Mutsuki Kato 54'
33
Tsukasa Shiotani ↓ Taichi Yamasaki 86'
4
Hayato Araki ↓ Naoto Arai 86'
14
Satoshi Tanaka ↓ Sota Koshimichi 90'
15
Shuto Nakano
39
Sota Nakamura ↓ Naoki Maeda 75'

Bench

98
Valere Germain ↑ 75'
18
Daiki Suga
3
Taichi Yamasaki ↑ 86'
41
Naoki Maeda ↑ 75'
25
Yusuke Chajima
13
Naoto Arai ↑ 86'
32
Sota Koshimichi ↑ 90'
51
Mutsuki Kato ↑ 54'
26
Min-ki Jeong

Coach Michael Skibbe

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

8
Matheus Savio ↓ Tomoaki Okubo 84'
11
Samuel Gustafson ↓ Kai Shibato 61'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
26
Takuya Ogiwara ↓ Hirokazu Ishihara 79'
14
Takahiro Sekine ↓ Taishi Matsumoto 61'
3
Danilo Boza
5
Marius Hoibraten
13
Ryoma Watanabe
88
Yoichi Naganuma
25
Kaito Yasui ↓ Shoya Nakajima 72'
99
Isaac Kiese Thelin ↓ Hiiro Komori 72'

Bench

10
Shoya Nakajima ↑ 72'
6
Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 61'
22
Kai Shibato ↑ 61'
4
Hirokazu Ishihara ↑ 79'
21
Tomoaki Okubo ↑ 84'
16
Ayumi Niekawa
39
Junpei Hayakawa
17
Hiiro Komori ↑ 72'
28
Kenta Nemoto

Coach Maciej Skorza

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2025-11-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2025-10-25 Yokohama F·Marinos 3–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2025-10-17 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 FC Tōkyō D 2025-10-04 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 FC Machida Zelvia W 2025-09-27 Avispa Fukuoka 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2025-09-23 Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2025-11-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-10-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 FC Machida Zelvia D 2025-10-18 Yokohama F·Marinos 4–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-10-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Vissel Kobe W 2025-09-27 Tōkyō Verdy 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2025-09-23 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

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

1.07 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 61% + Sanfrecce Hiroshima to win 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sanfrecce Hiroshima59% Draw22% Urawa Red Diamonds19%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.22

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

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 Hiroshima44% Draw41% Urawa Red Diamonds15%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10%

2 – 1

9.5%

2 – 0

9.1%

1 – 0

3 – 1

6.8%

3 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

5.5%

2 – 2

5.1%

1 – 2

4.8%

4 – 1

3.7%

3 – 2

3.7%

0 – 1

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	18%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	22%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	11%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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