Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2020

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Kawasaki Frontale

Sun 20 Sep 2020 · 10:00 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45+3' · FT 45+6'

Kai Shibato 16' Y

Y 36' Miki Yamane

Y 36' Jesiel

Y 90' Taisei Miyashiro

Overview

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)
Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ryuji Sato
Referee Takuto Okabe
Referee Hiroshi Yamauchi
Referee Hiroyuki Igarashi

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	Kyōto 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	Tōkyō 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 26 games · Avg 3.0 goals Kawasaki Frontale

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-11-05 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-06-01 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2018-08-01 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale 2018-05-02 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Sep	Kawasaki Frontale	H	0–3	L
13 Sep	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	4–3	W
09 Sep	Sagan Tosu FC	H	2–2	D
05 Sep	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–3	L
29 Aug	Ōita FC Trinita	H	2–1	W
23 Aug	Vissel Kobe	H	1–2	L

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Sep	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	3–0	W
13 Sep	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	5–1	W
09 Sep	Vissel Kobe	H	3–2	W
05 Sep	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	3–1	W
29 Aug	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	5–0	W
26 Aug	Vissel Kobe	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

Urawa Red Diamonds		Kawasaki Frontale
#16	Position	#14
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 history

23% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

8% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts). Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (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

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

5/2

16-30

–/3

31-45

8/5

46-60

5/5

61-75

4/6

76+

5/2

■ 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

Kawasaki Frontale

Marcinho	8 G	3 A
Yasuto Wakizaka	4 G	4 A
Tatsuya Ito	3 G	3 A
Pedro Romano	3 G
Lazar Romanic	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Urawa Red Diamonds is hosting Kawasaki Frontale for another epic battle.
5' It’s high time Takeshi Otsuki made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jung Sungryong is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Kawasaki Frontale.
15' The 33-year-old Ewerton has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
16' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Kai Shibato.
21' Leo is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Urawa Red Diamonds tonight.
26' 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.
31' It looks like no one’s ball. Kawasaki Frontale is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
36' Miki Yamane has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 36.
37' Miki Yamane is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
42' It is a cagey affair so far. Urawa Red Diamonds in their trying to find a way past Kawasaki Frontale's compact .
45' Another substitution for Kawasaki Frontale to replace Ryota Ohshima by Ao Tanaka on 45 minute.
50' Magnificent from Yu Kobayashi! That is 80 goals in 452 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
53' Fresh legs for Urawa Red Diamonds! Shinzo Koroki comes on to replace Kenyu Sugimoto.
58' The travelling Kawasaki Frontale supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
63' Both keepers have barely been tested. Urawa Red Diamonds and Kawasaki Frontale are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
68' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Yosuke Kashiwagi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
73' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 73 minute. Ewerton leaves to be changed by Kazuki Nagasawa.
78' Kawasaki Frontale are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
82' Thomas Deng makes way for Katsuya Iwatake at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from Urawa Red Diamonds.
87' Kawasaki Frontale fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
89' Kawasaki Frontale make a change. Kyohei Noborizato trudges off to be replaced by Shintaro Kurumaya on 89 minutes.
90' The referee calls foul for Taisei Miyashiro. He receives a Yellow card.
Another three points for Kawasaki Frontale.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

20
Thomas Deng ↓ Katsuya Iwatake 82'
5
Tomoaki Makino
14
Kenyu Sugimoto ↓ Shinzo Koroki 53'
8
Ewerton ↓ Kazuki Nagasawa 73'
6
Ryosuke Yamanaka
1
Shusaku Nishikawa C
31
Takuya Iwanami
10
Yosuke Kashiwagi ↓ Yuki Muto 73'
29
Kai Shibato
41
Takahiro Sekine ↓ Quentin Martinus 53'
45
Leo

Bench

30
Shinzo Koroki ↑ 53'
25
Haruki Fukushima
7
Kazuki Nagasawa ↑ 73'
9
Yuki Muto ↑ 73'
11
Quentin Martinus ↑ 53'
24
Koya Yuruki
28
Katsuya Iwatake ↑ 82'

Coach Takeshi Otsuki

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

4
Jesiel
10
Ryota Ohshima ↓ Ao Tanaka 45'
11
Yu Kobayashi ↓ Leandro Damiao 73'
1
Jung Sungryong
6
Hidemasa Morita
2
Kyohei Noborizato ↓ Shintaro Kurumaya 89'
5
Shogo Taniguchi C
41
Akihiro Ienaga
8
Yasuto Wakizaka ↓ Reo Hatate 73'
19
Manabu Saito ↓ Taisei Miyashiro 89'
13
Miki Yamane

Bench

7
Shintaro Kurumaya ↑ 89'
14
Kengo Nakamura
25
Ao Tanaka ↑ 45'
9
Leandro Damiao ↑ 73'
27
Kenta Tanno
20
Taisei Miyashiro ↑ 89'
30
Reo Hatate ↑ 73'

Coach Toru Oniki

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yu Kobayashi	6
Yasuto Wakizaka	4
Shinzo Koroki	4
Akihiro Ienaga	4
Leandro Damiao	4
Shinzo Koroki	3
Ken Iwao	2
Miki Yamane	2

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2020-09-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale L 2020-09-13 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 3–4 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2020-09-09 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Sagan Tosu FC D 2020-09-05 Cerezo Osaka FC 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2020-08-29 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Ōita FC Trinita W 2020-08-23 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Vissel Kobe L

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2020-09-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale W 2020-09-13 Kawasaki Frontale 5–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2020-09-09 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Vissel Kobe W 2020-09-05 Yokohama F·Marinos 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale W 2020-08-29 Kawasaki Frontale 5–0 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2020-08-26 Vissel Kobe 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.7 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.99 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Urawa Red Diamonds or Kawasaki Frontale 75% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds32% Draw25% Kawasaki Frontale43%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.69

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

57%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

68%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Kawasaki Frontale

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds27% Draw40% Kawasaki Frontale33%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–3 not predicted

0 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

9.3%

1 – 2

8.1%

2 – 1

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 3

5.3%

0 – 2

2 – 3

4.5%

0 – 1

4.4%

3 – 1

3.9%

3 – 2

3.9%

0 – 0

3.8%

1 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	16%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	19%	25%
+1.5	75%	—	25%
+2	75%	13%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

19% ✗

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