Urawa Red Diamonds vs Avispa Fukuoka, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Urawa Red Diamonds vs Avispa Fukuoka — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.
- Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
- Avispa Fukuoka 18 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
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 Tōkyō 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 27 Jul Avispa Fukuoka H 0–0 D 23 Jul Shonan Bellmare H 4–1 W 19 Jul FC Tōkyō A 2–3 L 26 Jun CF Monterrey H 0–4 L 21 Jun FC Internazionale Milano A 1–2 L 17 Jun CA River Plate A 1–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 27 Jul Urawa Red Diamonds A 0–0 D 21 Jul Kyoto Sanga FC H 2–2 D 28 Jun Vissel Kobe H 0–0 D 21 Jun Albirex Niigata H 3–2 W 15 Jun Fagiano Okayama FC A 1–0 W 31 May Tokyo Verdy H 0–0 D Season Stats
Urawa Red Diamonds Avispa Fukuoka #16 Position #10 25 Points 21 18 Played 18 7 / 0 / 11 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 11 37 Scored 49 37 Conceded 59 +0 GD -10 1.39 PPG 1.17 39% Win % 39% Key Stats
30% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)20% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season11% Clean Sheets
Avispa Fukuoka this seasonUrawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts). Avispa Fukuoka are 10th (21 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Urawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ Scored ■ ConcededAvispa Fukuoka0-151/316-303/231-453/246-60–/–61-754/276+–/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Saitama Stadium 2002 that hosts another battle between Urawa Red Diamonds and Avispa Fukuoka.
- 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 10' The travelling Avispa Fukuoka supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 15' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
- 20' It looks like no one’s ball. Avispa Fukuoka is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 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' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 439 games and scored 403 goals.
- 35' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Avispa Fukuoka needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 45' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 50' Supporters expect more eagerness from Matheus Savio, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 6 goals in the last 6 games.
- 55' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 58' Yota Maejima is replacing Masato Yuzawa for the Avispa Fukuoka side.
- 63' The whistle greets Thiago Santana as he departs to be replaced by Hiiro Komori.
- 68' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Yuto Iwasaki has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 73' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 73 minutes.
- 78' 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.
- 82' The Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes a substitution. Matheus Savio departs to be replaced by Taishi Matsumoto.
- 87' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 88' It is a substitution in Avispa Fukuoka team. Yuto Iwasaki is replaced by Kazuki Fujimoto on 88 minute.
- 90' Urawa Red Diamonds receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
- 90' The supporters are chanting for Shoya Nakajima. He replaces Kaito Yasui on 90 minute.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups
Starting XI
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Thiago Santana ↓ Hiiro Komori 63'
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Takuro Kaneko ↓ Takahiro Sekine 63'
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24
Yusuke Matsuo ↓ Tomoaki Okubo 82'
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25
Kaito Yasui ↓ Shoya Nakajima 90'
Bench
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Shoya Nakajima ↑ 90'
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Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 82'
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Takahiro Sekine ↑ 63'
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Tomoaki Okubo ↑ 82'
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Hiiro Komori ↑ 63'
Coach Maciej SkorzaAvispa Fukuoka Lineups
Starting XI
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Yuto Iwasaki ↓ Kazuki Fujimoto 88'
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Masato Yuzawa ↓ Yota Maejima 58'
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Daiki Matsuoka ↓ Hiroki Akino 82'
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Shosei Usui ↓ Wellington 58'
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Bench
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Wellington ↑ 58'
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Nassim Ben Khalifa ↑ 82'
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Kazuki Fujimoto ↑ 88'
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Yota Maejima ↑ 58'
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Hiroki Akino ↑ 82'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kazuya Konno 3 Thiago Santana 1 Ryoma Watanabe 1 Shahab Zahedi Tabar 1 John Mary 1 Yuto Iwasaki 1 Bruno Mendes 1 Alexander Scholz 1 Head to Head
Urawa Red Diamonds Form
2025-07-27 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Avispa Fukuoka D 2025-07-23 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Shonan Bellmare W 2025-07-19 FC Tōkyō 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-06-26 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–4 CF Monterrey L 2025-06-21 FC Internazionale Milano 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-06-17 CA River Plate 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds LAvispa Fukuoka Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 42.16 Urawa Red Diamonds xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.75 Avispa Fukuoka xGI would bet for: Urawa Red Diamonds or Avispa Fukuoka 75% + Over 2.5 goals 74%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.91Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 90% 10% ± 2.5 74% 26% ± 3.5 54% 46% ± 4.5 35% 65% Double Chance
Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw 68%Draw or Avispa Fukuoka 57%Urawa Red Diamonds or Avispa Fukuoka 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✗ 0–0 not predicted0 – 0Actual1 – 1 8.4%2 – 1 8%2 – 2 6.8%1 – 2 6.5%3 – 1 5.7%3 – 2 4.9%2 – 0 4.8%2 – 3 4%1 – 0 3.9%1 – 3 3.7%3 – 0 3.4%0 – 2 3.2%Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds
Handicap Urawa Red Diamonds covers Push Avispa Fukuoka covers -2.5 14% — 86% -2 14% 14% 72% -1.5 28% — 72% -1 28% 19% 53% -0.5 47% — 53% +0.5 69% — 31% +1 69% 15% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 9% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet 18% ✗Avispa Fukuoka keeps clean sheet 12% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.