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

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J. League · 2025

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Urawa Red Diamonds

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

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	Kyoto Sanga FC	18	23
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	21
10	Avispa Fukuoka	18	21
11	Kashima Antlers	18	45
12	FC Tokyo	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

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 Tokyo	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	Tokyo 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

0% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

0% 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

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

2/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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 currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
10' Sho Sasaki has been relatively quiet despite scoring 21 goals in his last 335 appearances.
15' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
20' Ryo Germain is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sanfrecce Hiroshima so far.
25' Taishi Matsumoto, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
30' Urawa Red Diamonds are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Urawa Red Diamonds needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
40' Over 40 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
43' Kosuke Kinoshita does the damage! The net is bulging and Sanfrecce Hiroshima surge ahead!
48' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Urawa Red Diamonds backline.
53' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
54' It is a substitution in Sanfrecce Hiroshima team. Kosuke Kinoshita is replaced by Mutsuki Kato on 54 minute.
59' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
61' A change in the Urawa Red Diamonds ranks — Takahiro Sekine exits the field as Taishi Matsumoto enters on 61.
66' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
71' Supporters expect more eagerness from Shunki Higashi, as he is very good at scoring at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima with 3 goals in the last 3 games.
72' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Isaac Kiese Thelin by Hiiro Komori on 72 minute.
75' Goal! Mutsuki Kato scores his 22 goal in 369 matches.
75' Time for substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Sota Nakamura is replaced by Naoki Maeda.
79' The whistle greets Takuya Ogiwara as he departs to be replaced by Hirokazu Ishihara.
82' What composure from Naoki Maeda! The Japan international strokes it home. 3-0.
84' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 84 minute. Matheus Savio leaves to be changed by Tomoaki Okubo.
86' Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Taichi Yamasaki is hanging Tsukasa Shiotani on the field on 86 minute.
90' Another change for Sanfrecce Hiroshima made on 90 minute. Satoshi Tanaka leaves to be changed by Sota Koshimichi.
The final score is 3-0.

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
Mutsuki Kato	2
Makoto Mitsuta	2
Yuki Ohashi	2
Akito Suzuki	2
Kasper Junker	2
Shinzo Koroki	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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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.