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	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

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	Kyoto Sanga FC	A	1–2	L

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Saitama Stadium 2002. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Urawa Red Diamonds and Albirex Niigata.
5' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
10' Albirex Niigata have won 119 goals from 110 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' Albirex Niigata started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
20' Soya Fujiwara has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
30' Matheus Savio is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
35' The energy levels are beginning to show. Maciej Skorza might look to freshen things up shortly.
40' Kaito Yasui is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Albirex Niigata so far.
42' Urawa Red Diamonds receives a card for a hard tackle on 42.
47' The 30-year-old Kaito Taniguchi has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
52' Urawa Red Diamonds are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Albirex Niigata backline.
57' Albirex Niigata fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
59' Yusuke Matsuo is ready to make an impact after coming on for Shoya Nakajima at the 59 minute mark.
64' The supporters are chanting for Takuya Shimamura. He replaces Matheus Moraes on 64 minute.
69' Takuya Ogiwara has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 439 appearances.
74' It looks surprising Albirex Niigata does not make any changes. Samuel Gustafson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
76' Fresh legs for Albirex Niigata! Kaito Taniguchi comes on to replace Hiroto Uemura.
81' Yoichi Naganuma is replacing Takuya Ogiwara for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
86' Time for substitution for Albirex Niigata. Motoki Hasegawa is replaced by Yoshiaki Takagi.
88' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Takahiro Sekine is hanging Takuro Kaneko on the field on 88 minute.
90' Albirex Niigata receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Albirex Niigata.

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
Yota Komi	1
Takahiro Akimoto	1
Samuel Gustafson	1
Naoki Maeda	1
Motoki Nagakura	1
Motoki Nagakura	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 Kyoto 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.