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

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Sun 31 Aug 2025 · 10:00 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45' · FT 45'

Matheus Savio 42' Y

Y 90' Michael Fitzgerald

Overview

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Albirex Niigata — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)
Albirex Niigata 0 games · 0 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

Urawa Red Diamonds 6 games · Avg 2.3 goals Albirex Niigata

Last 5 meetings

2025-08-31 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Albirex Niigata 2025-05-11 Albirex Niigata 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2024-12-08 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Albirex Niigata 2024-05-11 Albirex Niigata 2–4 Urawa Red Diamonds 2023-09-02 Albirex Niigata 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	Albirex Niigata	H	1–0	W
22 Aug	Kashiwa Reysol	A	2–4	L
16 Aug	Nagoya Grampus	H	2–1	W
09 Aug	Yokohama FC	A	2–1	W
27 Jul	Avispa Fukuoka	H	0–0	D
23 Jul	Shonan Bellmare	H	4–1	W

Albirex Niigata

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–1	L
23 Aug	Kashima Antlers	H	1–2	L
16 Aug	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1–1	D
11 Aug	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	1–3	L
20 Jul	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	0–2	L
05 Jul	Kyōto Sanga FC	A	1–2	L

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

1/1

16-30

4/3

31-45

4/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/4

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

Matheus Savio	4 G
Minamino Harumi	4 G
Takuro Kaneko	1 G	5 A
Hiiro Komori	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Urawa Red Diamonds vs Albirex Niigata — let the football do the talking.
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
15' Albirex Niigata are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
20' Albirex Niigata have won 119 goals from 110 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
25' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
30' GOAL! Matheus Savio fires home to make it 1-0!
35' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
40' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
42' Controversy at the stadium! Matheus Savio argues furiously but the card stands.
47' The energy levels are beginning to show. Maciej Skorza might look to freshen things up shortly.
52' 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.
57' Takuro Kaneko has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
59' The supporters are chanting for Yusuke Matsuo. He replaces Shoya Nakajima on 59 minute.
64' It is a substitution in Albirex Niigata team. Matheus Moraes is replaced by Takuya Shimamura on 64 minute.
69' Albirex Niigata fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
74' Urawa Red Diamonds are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Albirex Niigata backline.
76' It is a substitution in Albirex Niigata team. Hiroto Uemura is replaced by Kaito Taniguchi on 76 minute.
81' A tactical swap from Urawa Red Diamonds — Yoichi Naganuma on, Takuya Ogiwara off on 81 minutes.
86' Yoshiaki Takagi gets the nod from Albirex Niigata. He replaces Motoki Hasegawa and will look to change the dynamic.
88' Urawa Red Diamonds make a change. Takuro Kaneko trudges off to be replaced by Takahiro Sekine on 88 minutes.
90' Michael Fitzgerald catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
With this win, Urawa Red Diamonds is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

8
Matheus Savio
11
Samuel Gustafson ↓ Taishi Matsumoto 59'
10
Shoya Nakajima ↓ Yusuke Matsuo 59'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
26
Takuya Ogiwara ↓ Yoichi Naganuma 81'
4
Hirokazu Ishihara
77
Takuro Kaneko ↓ Takahiro Sekine 88'
3
Danilo Boza
5
Marius Hoibraten
25
Kaito Yasui ↓ Kai Shibato 81'
17
Hiiro Komori

Bench

12
Thiago Santana
6
Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 59'
22
Kai Shibato ↑ 81'
14
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 88'
21
Tomoaki Okubo
24
Yusuke Matsuo ↑ 59'
88
Yoichi Naganuma ↑ 81'
16
Ayumi Niekawa
28
Kenta Nemoto

Coach Maciej Skorza

Albirex Niigata Lineups

Starting XI

5
Michael Fitzgerald
77
Kakeru Funaki
25
Soya Fujiwara
31
Yuto Horigome ↓ Kento Hashimoto 76'
65
Abdelrahman Saidi
8
Eiji Shirai
50
Hiroto Uemura ↓ Kaito Taniguchi 76'
41
Motoki Hasegawa ↓ Yoshiaki Takagi 86'
14
Motoki Ohara ↓ Jin Okumura 76'
21
Ryuga Tashiro
55
Matheus Moraes ↓ Takuya Shimamura 64'

Bench

Coach Toru Irie

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shusuke Ota	2
Thiago Santana	2
Alexander Scholz	1
Hiroki Sakai	1
Yota Komi	1
Takahiro Akimoto	1
Samuel Gustafson	1
Naoki Maeda	1

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2025-08-31 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Albirex Niigata W 2025-08-22 Kashiwa Reysol 4–2 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-08-16 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Nagoya Grampus W 2025-08-09 Yokohama FC 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2025-07-27 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Avispa Fukuoka D 2025-07-23 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Shonan Bellmare W

Albirex Niigata Form

2025-08-31 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Albirex Niigata L 2025-08-23 Albirex Niigata 1–2 Kashima Antlers L 2025-08-16 Albirex Niigata 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2025-08-11 Cerezo Osaka FC 3–1 Albirex Niigata L 2025-07-20 Albirex Niigata 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2025-07-05 Kyōto Sanga FC 2–1 Albirex Niigata L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.47 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

0.84 Albirex Niigata xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 60% + Under — clean sheet likely 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds55% Draw26% Albirex Niigata19%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes45% 0% No55%

Avg goals/match: 2.31

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	67%	33%
± 2.5	40%	60%
± 3.5	21%	79%
± 4.5	9%	91%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

82%

Draw or Albirex Niigata

45%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Albirex Niigata

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds35% Draw50% Albirex Niigata15%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

13.1%

0 – 0

12%

2 – 0

10.4%

2 – 1

8.7%

0 – 1

7.2%

3 – 0

1 – 2

4.9%

3 – 1

4.4%

2 – 2

3.8%

0 – 2

3.3%

3 – 2

1.9%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Albirex Niigata covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	16%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	24%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	13%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

44% ✗

Albirex Niigata keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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