Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 21 Mar 2021 · 06:00 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45+3' · FT 45+4'

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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 Jumpei Iida
Referee Takuto Okabe
Referee Takumi Takagi
Referee Naoya Okawa
Referee Shu Kawamata

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 26 games · Avg 3.0 goals Kawasaki Frontale

Last 5 meetings

2021-03-21 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–5 Kawasaki Frontale 2020-12-16 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 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

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Mar	Kawasaki Frontale	H	0–5	L
17 Mar	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	0–0	D
14 Mar	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	0–3	L
10 Mar	Yokohama FC	H	2–0	W
06 Mar	Sagan Tosu FC	A	0–2	L
27 Feb	FC Tokyo	H	1–1	D

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Mar	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	5–0	W
17 Mar	Vissel Kobe	A	1–1	D
13 Mar	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1–0	W
10 Mar	Tokushima Vortis	H	2–0	W
06 Mar	Vegalta Sendai	A	5–1	W
03 Mar	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	3–2	W

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

0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

0% 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

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Urawa Red Diamonds kicks off things out of here…
5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
20' Koya Yuruki has been relatively quiet despite scoring 18 goals in his last 439 appearances.
25' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yuki Abe made 439 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
30' Tatsuya Hasegawa has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
40' The home supporters are growing impatient. Urawa Red Diamonds must find a spark to ignite this game.
42' Yu Kobayashi makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Kawasaki Frontale are in front.
47' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 47 minutes.
49' What a strike from Leandro Damiao! The score is 0-2.
51' Goal! Reo Hatate scores his 37 goal in 439 matches.
53' GOAL! Yu Kobayashi scores on 53. Assisted by Leandro Damiao
55' Fresh legs for Urawa Red Diamonds! Yuki Abe comes on to replace Atsuki Ito.
57' A change in the Urawa Red Diamonds ranks — Atsuki Ito exits the field as Yuki Abe enters on 57.
62' Urawa Red Diamonds have won 403 goals from 439 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
67' GOAL! Yasuto Wakizaka scores on 67.
72' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. Yoshio Koizumi is replaced by Takahiro Akimoto on 72 minute.
73' Another substitution for Kawasaki Frontale to replace Jesiel by Shintaro Kurumaya on 73 minute.
78' Urawa Red Diamonds are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Kawasaki Frontale's shape.
81' A change in the Kawasaki Frontale ranks — Leandro Damiao exits the field as Kei Chinen enters on 81.
82' The crowd applauds Tatsuya Hasegawa as he leaves the pitch. Kaoru Mitoma steps in for Kawasaki Frontale.
87' Urawa Red Diamonds are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
88' The whistle greets Ryosuke Yamanaka as he departs to be replaced by Tatsuya Tanaka.
89' Kento Tachibanada is ready to make an impact after coming on for Yasuto Wakizaka at the 89 minute mark.
90' Kawasaki Frontale manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kento Tachibanada is hanging Yasuto Wakizaka on the field on 90 minute.
The final score is 0-5.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

5
Tomoaki Makino C
14
Kenyu Sugimoto
6
Ryosuke Yamanaka ↓ Tatsuya Tanaka 88'
3
Tomoya Ugajin
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
4
Takuya Iwanami
19
Daiki Kaneko
41
Takahiro Sekine ↓ Hidetoshi Takeda 55'
24
Koya Yuruki ↓ Tomoaki Okubo 55'
18
Yoshio Koizumi ↓ Takahiro Akimoto 72'
17
Atsuki Ito ↓ Yuki Abe 55'

Bench

22
Yuki Abe ↑ 55'
29
Kai Shibato
11
Tatsuya Tanaka ↑ 88'
12
Zion Suzuki
21
Tomoaki Okubo ↑ 55'
37
Hidetoshi Takeda ↑ 55'
15
Takahiro Akimoto ↑ 72'

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

4
Jesiel ↓ Shintaro Kurumaya 73'
6
Joao Schmidt
11
Yu Kobayashi
1
Jung Sungryong
5
Shogo Taniguchi
16
Tatsuya Hasegawa ↓ Kaoru Mitoma 82'
8
Yasuto Wakizaka C ↓ Kento Tachibanada 89'
25
Ao Tanaka ↓ Koki Tsukagawa 73'
9
Leandro Damiao ↓ Kei Chinen 81'
13
Miki Yamane
47
Reo Hatate

Bench

7
Shintaro Kurumaya ↑ 73'
41
Akihiro Ienaga
20
Kei Chinen ↑ 81'
27
Kenta Tanno
3
Koki Tsukagawa ↑ 73'
18
Kaoru Mitoma ↑ 82'
22
Kento Tachibanada ↑ 89'

Coach Toru Oniki

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yu Kobayashi	6
Shinzo Koroki	4
Akihiro Ienaga	4
Leandro Damiao	4
Yasuto Wakizaka	4
Shinzo Koroki	3
Kenta Nemoto	2
Tomoaki Okubo	2

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2021-03-21 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–5 Kawasaki Frontale L 2021-03-17 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo D 2021-03-14 Yokohama F.Marinos 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2021-03-10 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Yokohama FC W 2021-03-06 Sagan Tosu FC 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2021-02-27 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 FC Tokyo D

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2021-03-21 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–5 Kawasaki Frontale W 2021-03-17 Vissel Kobe 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2021-03-13 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol W 2021-03-10 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Tokushima Vortis W 2021-03-06 Vegalta Sendai 1–5 Kawasaki Frontale W 2021-03-03 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Cerezo Osaka FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.48 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

2.38 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds23% Draw22% Kawasaki Frontale55%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.86

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

45%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

77%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Kawasaki Frontale

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds20% Draw37% Kawasaki Frontale43%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–5 not predicted

0 – 5

Actual

1 – 2

8.6%

1 – 1

8.2%

1 – 3

6.7%

2 – 2

6.2%

0 – 2

6.1%

2 – 1

5.4%

2 – 3

0 – 3

4.7%

0 – 1

4.6%

1 – 4

0 – 0

3.3%

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	12%	77%
-0.5	23%	—	77%
+0.5	44%	—	56%
+1	44%	20%	36%
+1.5	64%	—	36%
+2	64%	17%	20%
+2.5	80%	—	20%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

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