Urawa Red Diamonds vs FC Tokyo, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Urawa Red Diamonds vs FC Tokyo — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.
- Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
- FC Tokyo 18 games · 37 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 16 May FC Tokyo H 9–10 L 09 May FC Mito Holly Hock A 4–1 W 06 May Kashiwa Reysol A 1–0 W 02 May JEF United Ichihara Chiba H 2–0 W 29 Apr Kawasaki Frontale H 2–0 W 25 Apr Yokohama F.Marinos H 2–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 May Urawa Red Diamonds A 10–9 W 10 May Tokyo Verdy H 2–1 W 06 May JEF United Ichihara Chiba H 0–3 L 02 May Kawasaki Frontale H 2–0 W 29 Apr Kashiwa Reysol A 3–1 W 24 Apr FC Mito Holly Hock H 5–2 W Season Stats
Urawa Red Diamonds FC Tokyo #12 Position #2 25 Points 37 18 Played 18 7 / 0 / 11 W / D / L 13 / 0 / 5 37 Scored 55 37 Conceded 42 +0 GD +13 1.39 PPG 2.06 39% Win % 72% Key Stats
65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (26 games)46% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season22% Clean Sheets
FC Tokyo this seasonUrawa Red Diamonds are 12th (25 pts). FC Tokyo are 2nd (37 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Urawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Tokyo0-15–/116-30–/231-458/–46-602/–61-754/476+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Saitama Stadium 2002 that hosts another battle between Urawa Red Diamonds and FC Tokyo.
- 5' FC Tokyo is showing some good football. However, FC Tokyo are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Tokyo that had 436 games and scored 396 goals.
- 15' 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 Sei Muroya suffering a number of foals already.
- 20' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
- 25' It looks surprising FC Tokyo does not make any changes. Yoichi Naganuma has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' 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.
- 35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ryunosuke Sato made 436 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 40' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Tokyo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 45' Kento Hashimoto has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 50' FC Tokyo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 55' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with FC Tokyo winning 50% of all matches.
- 60' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kenta Nemoto, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
- 65' FC Tokyo looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 70' It’s high time Tatsuya Tanaka made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 75' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Tokyo needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 80' 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.
- 85' Kyota Tokiwa needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 90' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- With this win, FC Tokyo is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Matheus Savio ↓ Hiroki Abe 46'
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Ado Onaiwu ↓ Hiiro Komori 46'
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Takuro Kaneko ↓ Takahiro Sekine 82'
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Kaito Yasui ↓ Samuel Gustafson 84'
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Junpei Hayakawa ↓ Yusuke Matsuo 63'
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Bench
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Samuel Gustafson ↑ 84'
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Hiroki Abe ↑ 46'
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Takahiro Sekine ↑ 82'
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Yusuke Matsuo ↑ 63'
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Hiiro Komori ↑ 46'
Coach Tatsuya TanakaFC Tokyo Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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Keita Endo ↓ Kota Tawaratsumida 70'
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Ryunosuke Sato ↓ Fuki Yamada 89'
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Kyota Tokiwa ↓ Takahiro Ko 89'
Bench
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Teruhito Nakagawa ↑ 70'
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Takahiro Ko ↑ 89'
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Kota Tawaratsumida ↑ 70'
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Fuki Yamada ↑ 89'
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Coach Rikizo Matsuhashi -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Diego Oliveira 3 Tadanari Lee 2 Taishi Matsumoto 2 David Moberg-Karlsson 2 Kyosuke Tagawa 2 Ryotaro Araki 2 Keita Endo 2 Marcelo Ryan 2 Head to Head
Urawa Red Diamonds Form
2026-05-16 Urawa Red Diamonds 9–10 FC Tokyo L 2026-05-09 FC Mito Holly Hock 1–4 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2026-05-06 Kashiwa Reysol 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2026-05-02 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 JEF United Ichihara Chiba W 2026-04-29 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale W 2026-04-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Yokohama F.Marinos L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 43.72 Urawa Red Diamonds xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo4.19 FC Tokyo xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 98% + Both teams to score 95%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Tokyo winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 7.91Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 100% 0% ± 1.5 100% 0% ± 2.5 98% 2% ± 3.5 94% 6% ± 4.5 87% 13% Double Chance
Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw 55%Draw or FC Tokyo 65%Urawa Red Diamonds or FC Tokyo 81%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✗ 9–10 not predicted9 – 10Actual3 – 4 4.3%3 – 3 4.1%4 – 4 3.9%4 – 3 3.8%3 – 5 3.6%2 – 4 3.5%2 – 3 3.5%4 – 5 3.3%3 – 2 3.1%2 – 5 2.9%5 – 4 2.9%5 – 3 2.8%Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds
Handicap Urawa Red Diamonds covers Push FC Tokyo covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 10% 77% -1.5 23% — 77% -1 23% 13% 63% -0.5 37% — 63% +0.5 52% — 48% +1 52% 15% 33% +1.5 67% — 33% +2 67% 13% 20% +2.5 80% — 20% Clean Sheet
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet 2% ✓FC Tokyo keeps clean sheet 3% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.