Shimizu S-Pulse vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

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Urawa Red Diamonds

Wed 7 Apr 2021 · 10:00 UTC IAI Stadium Nihondaira HT 45+4' · FT 45+4'

Elsinho 70' Y

Overview

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Shimizu S-Pulse vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at IAI Stadium Nihondaira.

Shimizu S-Pulse 18 games · 24 pts (2026/27)
Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Takuto Okabe
Referee Masaaki Toma
Referee Satoshi Karakami
Referee Akihiro Takeda
Referee Yuki Noda

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

Shimizu S-Pulse 20 games · Avg 2.3 goals Urawa Red Diamonds

Last 5 meetings

2021-04-07 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2020-09-23 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2020-08-01 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2019-10-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2019-04-28 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Shimizu S-Pulse

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Apr	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	0–2	L
04 Apr	Tokushima Vortis	H	0–3	L
21 Mar	Kashiwa Reysol	A	2–1	W
17 Mar	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	0–1	L
14 Mar	Sagan Tosu FC	H	0–0	D
10 Mar	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	1–2	L

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Apr	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	2–0	W
03 Apr	Kashima Antlers	H	2–1	W
21 Mar	Kawasaki Frontale	H	0–5	L
17 Mar	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	0–0	D
14 Mar	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	0–3	L
10 Mar	Yokohama FC	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Shimizu S-Pulse		Urawa Red Diamonds
#7	Position	#16
24	Points	25
18	Played	18
8 / 0 / 10	W / D / L	7 / 0 / 11
40	Scored	37
42	Conceded	37
-2	GD	+0
1.33	PPG	1.39
44%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

8% Clean Sheets
Shimizu S-Pulse this season

23% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Shimizu S-Pulse are 7th (24 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Shimizu S-Pulse

0-15

1/2

16-30

–/1

31-45

1/3

46-60

2/4

61-75

4/6

76+

1/7

■ 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)

Shimizu S-Pulse

Se-hun Oh	2 G
Koya Kitagawa	1 G

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 game is set. Shimizu S-Pulse kicks off things out of here…
5' With 0 assists to his name this season, Tomoya Ugajin is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Urawa Red Diamonds.
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Thiago Santana, as he is very good at scoring at IAI Stadium Nihondaira with 9 goals in the last 7 games.
15' Teruki Hara is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Shimizu S-Pulse tonight.
20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 455 games and scored 423 goals.
25' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
30' Valdo has been relatively quiet despite scoring 10 goals in his last 238 appearances.
35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
40' Kota Miyamoto is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Shimizu S-Pulse so far.
41' Takuya Iwanami does the damage! The net is bulging and Urawa Red Diamonds surge ahead!
46' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
51' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
54' The whistle greets Valdo as he departs to be replaced by Elsinho.
59' Urawa Red Diamonds fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
62' Shimizu S-Pulse ring the changes. Ryo Takeuchi has done his job and it is now time for Yosuke Kawai to step up.
67' Over 67 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
68' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Shinzo Koroki is hanging Yuki Muto on the field on 68 minute.
70' A meaty challenge results in booking for Elsinho on 70.
75' Shimizu S-Pulse 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.
76' Fresh legs for Urawa Red Diamonds! Kenyu Sugimoto comes on to replace Hidetoshi Takeda.
81' Katsuhiro Nakayama needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 5 Yellow cards this season.
83' The whistle greets Ryo Okui as he departs to be replaced by Kenta Nishizawa.
84' The Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes a substitution. Daigo Nishi departs to be replaced by Koya Yuruki.
89' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kenyu Sugimoto suffering a number of foals already.
90' GOAL! Kenyu Sugimoto scores on 90.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Shimizu S-Pulse Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

18
Elsinho ↑ 54'
1
Takuo Okubo
2
Yugo Tatsuta
17
Yosuke Kawai ↑ 62'
14
Yusuke Goto ↑ 54'
16
Kenta Nishizawa ↑ 83'
23
Yuito Suzuki ↑ 62'

Coach Lotina

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Kenyu Sugimoto ↑ 76'
3
Tomoya Ugajin ↑ 76'
30
Shinzo Koroki ↑ 68'
24
Koya Yuruki ↑ 84'
12
Zion Suzuki
17
Atsuki Ito ↑ 84'
42
Kota Kudo

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shinzo Koroki	5
Shota Kaneko	3
Shota Kaneko	3
Shinzo Koroki	2
Valdo	2
Douglas	2
Fabricio	1
Ataru Esaka	1

Head to Head

Shimizu S-Pulse Form

2021-04-07 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2021-04-04 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–3 Tokushima Vortis L 2021-03-21 Kashiwa Reysol 1–2 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2021-03-17 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2021-03-14 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–0 Sagan Tosu FC D 2021-03-10 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2021-04-07 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2021-04-03 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Kashima Antlers W 2021-03-21 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–5 Kawasaki Frontale L 2021-03-17 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo D 2021-03-14 Yokohama F.Marinos 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2021-03-10 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Yokohama FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.5 Shimizu S-Pulse xG

Expected Goals

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

1.93 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 66% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Shimizu S-Pulse29% Draw25% Urawa Red Diamonds46%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.43

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Shimizu S-Pulse or Draw

54%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

71%

Shimizu S-Pulse or Urawa Red Diamonds

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Shimizu S-Pulse24% Draw41% Urawa Red Diamonds35%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.3%

1 – 2

8.7%

2 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

6.5%

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

5.7%

1 – 3

5.6%

0 – 0

4.7%

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

4.2%

0 – 3

3.8%

2 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Shimizu S-Pulse

Handicap	Shimizu S-Pulse covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	15%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	53%	—	47%
+1	53%	20%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	14%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Shimizu S-Pulse keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

23% ✗

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