Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.
- Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
- Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee
- Assistant 1 Masaru Hasegawa (Japan)
- Assistant 2 Yuta Tashiro (Japan)
4 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 7.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# 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 29 Apr Kawasaki Frontale H 2–0 W 25 Apr Yokohama F.Marinos H 2–3 L 18 Apr Kashima Antlers A 0–1 L 12 Apr Tokyo Verdy H 2–3 L 05 Apr Kawasaki Frontale A 2–3 L 22 Mar FC Machida Zelvia H 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Apr Urawa Red Diamonds A 0–2 L 25 Apr JEF United Ichihara Chiba H 2–1 W 18 Apr Yokohama F.Marinos A 2–1 W 12 Apr Kashima Antlers H 0–2 L 05 Apr Urawa Red Diamonds H 3–2 W 28 Mar FC Machida Zelvia A 0–1 L Season Stats
Urawa Red Diamonds Kawasaki Frontale #12 Position #9 25 Points 28 18 Played 18 7 / 0 / 11 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 37 Scored 38 37 Conceded 40 +0 GD -2 1.39 PPG 1.56 39% Win % 56% Key Stats
62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (26 games)54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this seasonUrawa Red Diamonds are 12th (25 pts). Kawasaki Frontale are 9th (28 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Urawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ Scored ■ ConcededKawasaki Frontale0-152/116-30–/–31-45–/346-601/461-751/376+7/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Saitama Stadium 2002. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' The travelling Kawasaki Frontale supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' It’s high time Maciej Skorza made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' Kento Tachibanada has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 20' 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 Sota Miura suffering a number of foals already.
- 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kenta Nemoto, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Urawa Red Diamonds needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 35' Kawasaki Frontale seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 40' 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.
- 45' Kawasaki Frontale is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 50' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 50 minutes.
- 54' GOAL! Matheus Savio scores on 54.
- 59' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 60' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Shoya Nakajima by Junpei Hayakawa on 60 minute.
- 61' Time for substitution for Kawasaki Frontale. Filip Uremovic is replaced by Asahi Sasaki.
- 62' It is a substitution in Kawasaki Frontale team. Lazar Romanic is replaced by Erison on 62 minute.
- 67' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 71' Hiiro Komori is replacing Takuro Kaneko for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
- 71' Goal! Hiiro Komori scores his 5 goal in 258 matches.
- 74' So Kawahara has so much to prove this time. He replaces Tatsuya Ito on 74 minute.
- 79' The referee calls foul for Matheus Savio. He receives a card.
- 82' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yusuke Matsuo is hanging Matheus Savio on the field on 82 minute.
- 83' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Hayate Ueki is hanging Ryoma Watanabe on the field on 83 minute.
- 88' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Kawasaki Frontale winning 50% of all matches.
- Another three points for Urawa Red Diamonds.
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Lineups
Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Matheus Savio ↓ Yusuke Matsuo 82'
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45
Ado Onaiwu ↓ Renji Hidano 71'
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77
Takuro Kaneko ↓ Hiiro Komori 71'
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13
Ryoma Watanabe ↓ Hayate Ueki 83'
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- 25
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Bench
- 7
- 3
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24
Yusuke Matsuo ↑ 82'
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39
Junpei Hayakawa ↑ 60'
- 41
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Hiiro Komori ↑ 71'
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36
Renji Hidano ↑ 71'
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Hayate Ueki ↑ 83'
Coach Maciej SkorzaKawasaki Frontale Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Tatsuya Ito ↓ So Kawahara 74'
- 49
- 14
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Filip Uremovic ↓ Asahi Sasaki 61'
- 23
- 6
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Kento Tachibanada ↓ Ten Miyagi 83'
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- 13
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Lazar Romanic ↓ Erison 62'
Bench
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24
Ten Miyagi ↑ 83'
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Erison ↑ 62'
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Asahi Sasaki ↑ 61'
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So Kawahara ↑ 74'
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Ryuki Osa ↑ 62'
Coach Shigetoshi Hasebe -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Yu Kobayashi 6 Leandro Damiao 4 Yasuto Wakizaka 4 Shinzo Koroki 4 Akihiro Ienaga 4 Shinzo Koroki 3 Ken Iwao 2 Miki Yamane 2 Head to Head
Urawa Red Diamonds Form
2026-04-29 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale W 2026-04-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Yokohama F.Marinos L 2026-04-18 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2026-04-12 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Tokyo Verdy L 2026-04-05 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2026-03-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 FC Machida Zelvia LKawasaki Frontale Form
2026-04-29 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2026-04-25 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba W 2026-04-18 Yokohama F.Marinos 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2026-04-12 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 Kashima Antlers L 2026-04-05 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2026-03-28 FC Machida Zelvia 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.18 Urawa Red Diamonds xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.6 Kawasaki Frontale xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 70%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Urawa Red Diamonds winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.78Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 89% 11% ± 2.5 71% 29% ± 3.5 51% 49% ± 4.5 33% 67% Double Chance
Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw 72%Draw or Kawasaki Frontale 51%Urawa Red Diamonds or Kawasaki Frontale 77%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 8.8%2 – 1 8.4%2 – 2 6.6%1 – 2 6.2%3 – 1 6%2 – 0 Actual3 – 2 4.8%1 – 0 4.5%3 – 0 3.9%2 – 3 3.5%0 – 0 3.5%4 – 1 3.3%Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds
Handicap Urawa Red Diamonds covers Push Kawasaki Frontale covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 15% 70% -1.5 30% — 70% -1 30% 20% 50% -0.5 50% — 50% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 14% 14% +1.5 86% — 14% +2 86% 8% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet 21% ✗Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.