Urawa Red Diamonds vs Albirex Niigata, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Urawa Red Diamonds vs Albirex Niigata — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.
- Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
- Albirex Niigata 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 18 45 2 FC Tokyo 18 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 4 Vissel Kobe 18 35 5 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 6 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 8 Gamba Osaka 18 28 9 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 10 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 11 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 14 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 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
Recent Form
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 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 Kyoto Sanga FC A 1–2 L Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Urawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Urawa Red Diamonds and Albirex Niigata has kicked off!
- 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 10' Urawa Red Diamonds is showing some good football. However, Urawa Red Diamonds are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 15' The travelling Albirex Niigata supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 20' Albirex Niigata started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
- 25' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 30' GOAL! Matheus Savio scores on 30. Assisted by Takuro Kaneko
- 35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
- 40' Hirokazu Ishihara has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 42' It’s a booking for Urawa Red Diamonds player. Matheus Savio gets a card.
- 47' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 52' It looks surprising Albirex Niigata does not make any changes. Takuro Kaneko has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 57' 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 Michael Fitzgerald suffering a number of foals already.
- 59' Yusuke Matsuo is replacing Shoya Nakajima for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
- 64' Takuya Shimamura is replacing Matheus Moraes for the Albirex Niigata side.
- 69' Albirex Niigata is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 74' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 76' Kaito Taniguchi is replacing Hiroto Uemura for the Albirex Niigata side.
- 81' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Takuya Ogiwara by Yoichi Naganuma on 81 minute.
- 86' It is a substitution in Albirex Niigata team. Motoki Hasegawa is replaced by Yoshiaki Takagi on 86 minute.
- 88' Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Takuro Kaneko is replaced by Takahiro Sekine.
- 90' Michael Fitzgerald is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
- Full Time. Urawa Red Diamonds beats Albirex Niigata
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Lineups
Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups
Starting XI
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Shoya Nakajima ↓ Yusuke Matsuo 59'
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77
Takuro Kaneko ↓ Takahiro Sekine 88'
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25
Kaito Yasui ↓ Kai Shibato 81'
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Bench
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Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 59'
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22
Kai Shibato ↑ 81'
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14
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 88'
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Yusuke Matsuo ↑ 59'
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88
Yoichi Naganuma ↑ 81'
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Coach Maciej SkorzaAlbirex Niigata Lineups
Starting XI
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31
Yuto Horigome ↓ Kento Hashimoto 76'
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- 8
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Hiroto Uemura ↓ Kaito Taniguchi 76'
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Motoki Ohara ↓ Jin Okumura 76'
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Bench
- 35
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28
Takuya Shimamura ↑ 64'
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42
Kento Hashimoto ↑ 76'
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Kaito Taniguchi ↑ 76'
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Yoshiaki Takagi ↑ 86'
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Jin Okumura ↑ 76'
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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 WAlbirex 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 Kyoto Sanga FC 2–1 Albirex Niigata L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.47 Urawa Red Diamonds xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.84 Albirex Niigata xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 60% + Under — clean sheet likely 55%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Urawa Red Diamonds winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.31Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line 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
✗ WrongActual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 Actual1 – 1 13.1%0 – 0 12%2 – 0 10.4%2 – 1 8.7%0 – 1 7.2%3 – 0 5%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.