Urawa Red Diamonds vs Gamba Osaka, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Gamba Osaka

Sat 16 Oct 2021 · 06:00 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 43' Yuki Yamamoto

Y 56' Shu Kurata

Y 90' Shunya Suganuma

Y 90' Patric

Overview

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Gamba Osaka — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)
Gamba Osaka 18 games · 28 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 22 games · Avg 2.4 goals Gamba Osaka

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-16 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Gamba Osaka 2021-05-16 Gamba Osaka 0–3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2020-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Gamba Osaka 2020-08-19 Gamba Osaka 1–3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2019-12-07 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Gamba Osaka

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Oct	Gamba Osaka	H	1–1	D
02 Oct	Vissel Kobe	A	1–5	L
25 Sep	FC Tokyo	A	2–1	W
18 Sep	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	2–0	W
11 Sep	Yokohama FC	A	2–0	W
29 Aug	Shonan Bellmare	A	0–0	D

Gamba Osaka

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Oct	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	1–1	D
02 Oct	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	1–5	L
26 Sep	Kashiwa Reysol	H	2–1	W
18 Sep	Kashima Antlers	A	1–3	L
12 Sep	Vegalta Sendai	H	2–3	L
28 Aug	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Urawa Red Diamonds		Gamba Osaka
#16	Position	#5
25	Points	28
18	Played	18
7 / 0 / 11	W / D / L	10 / 0 / 8
37	Scored	61
37	Conceded	53
+0	GD	+8
1.39	PPG	1.56
39%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

23% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

15% Clean Sheets
Gamba Osaka this season

Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts). Gamba Osaka are 5th (28 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

1/1

16-30

5/3

31-45

4/6

46-60

1/2

61-75

4/7

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Gamba Osaka

0-15

1/4

16-30

–/1

31-45

1/4

46-60

2/3

61-75

2/3

76+

6/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

Matheus Savio	5 G	1 A
Minamino Harumi	4 G
Takuro Kaneko	3 G	6 A
Hiiro Komori	1 G

Gamba Osaka

Issam Jebali	5 G	3 A
Ryotaro Meshino	2 G
Welton	2 G
Deniz Hummet	2 G
Shinnosuke Nakatani	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Urawa Red Diamonds host Gamba Osaka — let the battle begin!
5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Gamba Osaka needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
15' It’s high time Ricardo Rodríguez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
20' It looks surprising Gamba Osaka does not make any changes. Takashi Usami has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
25' Both keepers have barely been tested. Urawa Red Diamonds and Gamba Osaka are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
30' Urawa Red Diamonds are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
35' Yoshio Koizumi gets the nod from Urawa Red Diamonds. He replaces Takahiro Akimoto and will look to change the dynamic.
40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Takuya Iwanami, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
43' Yuki Yamamoto was booked on 43.
46' A tactical swap from Gamba Osaka — Patric on, Shunya Suganuma off on 46 minutes.
51' 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.
56' Controversy at the stadium! Shu Kurata argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
61' Gamba Osaka make a change. Shu Kurata trudges off to be replaced by Kosuke Onose on 61 minutes.
66' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
69' Time for substitution for Gamba Osaka. Wellington Silva is replaced by Yuya Fukuda.
70' Atsuki Ito gets the nod from Urawa Red Diamonds. He replaces Kai Shibato and will look to change the dynamic.
75' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Urawa Red Diamonds and Gamba Osaka are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
77' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. Koya Yuruki is replaced by Tomoaki Okubo on 77 minute.
82' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
83' The whistle greets Yuki Yamamoto as he departs to be replaced by Kohei Okuno.
88' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ricardo Rodríguez might look to freshen things up shortly.
89' GOAL! Ataru Esaka scores on 89.
90' The referee calls foul for Shunya Suganuma. He receives a Yellow card.
1-1 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

2
Hiroki Sakai
6
Ryosuke Yamanaka ↓ Daigo Nishi 70'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
4
Takuya Iwanami
29
Kai Shibato ↓ Atsuki Ito 70'
33
Ataru Esaka
41
Takahiro Sekine ↓ Tatsuya Tanaka 77'
28
Alexander Scholz
24
Koya Yuruki ↓ Tomoaki Okubo 77'
15
Takahiro Akimoto ↓ Yoshio Koizumi 35'
40
Yuichi Hirano

Bench

5
Tomoaki Makino
8
Daigo Nishi ↑ 70'
11
Tatsuya Tanaka ↑ 77'
12
Zion Suzuki
21
Tomoaki Okubo ↑ 77'
18
Yoshio Koizumi ↑ 35'
17
Atsuki Ito ↑ 70'

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

Gamba Osaka Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

19
Kim Younggwon
8
Kosuke Onose ↑ 61'
14
Yuya Fukuda ↑ 69'
18
Patric ↑ 46'
17
Kohei Okuno ↑ 83'
26
Ko Yanagisawa ↑ 70'
31
Taichi Kato

Coach Masanobu Matsunami

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kasper Junker	3
Takashi Usami	3
Takahiro Sekine	2
Ademilson	2
Ataru Esaka	2
Alexander Scholz	2
Yuki Muto	1
Shu Kurata	1

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2021-10-16 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Gamba Osaka D 2021-10-02 Vissel Kobe 5–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2021-09-25 FC Tokyo 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2021-09-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2021-09-11 Yokohama FC 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2021-08-29 Shonan Bellmare 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D

Gamba Osaka Form

2021-10-16 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Gamba Osaka D 2021-10-02 Gamba Osaka 1–5 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo L 2021-09-26 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol W 2021-09-18 Kashima Antlers 3–1 Gamba Osaka L 2021-09-12 Gamba Osaka 2–3 Vegalta Sendai L 2021-08-28 Gamba Osaka 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.51 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

2.07 Gamba Osaka xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds50% Draw21% Gamba Osaka29%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes79% 0% No21%

Avg goals/match: 4.58

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	82%	18%
± 3.5	66%	34%
± 4.5	47%	53%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

71%

Draw or Gamba Osaka

50%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Gamba Osaka

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds38% Draw35% Gamba Osaka27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 1

6.6%

1 – 1

Actual

3 – 2

5.5%

1 – 2

5.5%

3 – 1

5.4%

2 – 3

4.6%

3 – 3

3.8%

1 – 3

3.7%

4 – 2

3.5%

4 – 1

3.4%

2 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Gamba Osaka covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	14%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	18%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	15%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	10%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Gamba Osaka keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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