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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Albirex Niigata, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON

Urawa Red Diamonds
Albirex Niigata
Urawa Red Diamonds
2 : 1
18th of March 2023 06:00
Finished
First half: 45  |  Second half: 45
Albirex Niigata

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  • 0' - KICK OFF: Urawa Red Diamonds gets underway.
  • 5' - 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.
  • 10' - What a strike from Shusuke Ota! The score is 0-1.
  • 15' - While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ken Iwao made 37 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 20' - Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 25' - The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 323 games and scored 274 goals.
  • 30' - It’s high time Maciej Skorza made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 34' - Goal! Hiroki Sakai scores his 8 goal in 399 matches.
  • 35' - Urawa Red Diamonds is taking the lead after the goal scored by Hiroki Sakai on 35.
  • 40' - Albirex Niigata is showing some good football. However, Albirex Niigata are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 45' - Ryotaro Ito has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 47' - GOAL! Takahiro Akimoto scores on 45.
  • 52' - Alexander Scholz needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Yellow cards this season.
  • 57' - It looks surprising Albirex Niigata does not make any changes. Ryosuke Kojima has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 62' - Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 62.
  • 67' - The travelling Albirex Niigata supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 68' - It’s a booking for Urawa Red Diamonds player. Yoshio Koizumi gets a Yellow card.
  • 69' - The supporters are chanting for Bryan Linssen. He replaces Shinzo Koroki on 69 minute.
  • 72' - Time for substitution for Albirex Niigata. Koji Suzuki is replaced by Gustavo Nescau.
  • 76' - Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Tomoaki Okubo is replaced by Kaito Yasui.
  • 81' - 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.
  • 82' - The supporters are chanting for Yota Komi. He replaces Taiki Watanabe on 82 minute.
  • 83' - The referee calls foul for Danilo. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 88' - Supporters expect more eagerness from Takahiro Sekine, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 5 goals in the last 4 games.
  • The final score is 2-1.

Today 2023-03-18 Urawa Red Diamonds vs Albirex Niigata are fighting J. League league on Saitama Stadium 2002.

Urawa Red Diamonds had 36 games and get got 62 points in Season (2018/18)

Albirex Niigata had 16 games and get got 17 points in Season (2018/18)

Ranking

Team Played Points
Kawasaki Frontale 36 88
Yokohama F·Marinos 36 75
Vissel Kobe 36 70
Nagoya Grampus 36 65
Kashima Antlers 36 63
Urawa Red Diamonds 36 62
Sagan Tosu FC 36 59
Avispa Fukuoka 36 52
FC Tokyo 36 49
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 36 46
Cerezo Osaka FC 36 45
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 36 45
Gamba Osaka 36 43
Kashiwa Reysol 36 41
Shonan Bellmare 36 36
Shimizu S-Pulse 36 36
Tokushima Vortis 36 33
Oita FC Trinita 36 29
Vegalta Sendai 36 27
Yokohama FC 36 27

Urawa Red Diamonds

Lineup Bench

Albirex Niigata

Lineup Bench

Urawa Red Diamonds Past Matches

2023-03-11 Vissel Kobe
Urawa Red Diamonds 		0
1
2023-03-04 Urawa Red Diamonds
Cerezo Osaka FC 		2
1
2023-02-25 Yokohama F·Marinos
Urawa Red Diamonds 		2
0
2023-02-18 FC Tokyo
Urawa Red Diamonds 		2
0
2022-11-05 Urawa Red Diamonds
Avispa Fukuoka 		1
1

Albirex Niigata Past Matches

2023-03-11 Albirex Niigata
Kawasaki Frontale 		1
0
2023-03-04 Albirex Niigata
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 		2
2
2023-02-26 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Albirex Niigata 		1
2
2023-02-18 Cerezo Osaka FC
Albirex Niigata 		2
2