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 (2026/26)
Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)

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 Tōkyō	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 Tōkyō	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

33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

11% 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

2/1

31-45

1/–

46-60

4/–

61-75

3/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/3

46-60

1/4

61-75

1/3

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Urawa Red Diamonds and Kawasaki Frontale get this one started.
5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Reo Hatate, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
10' The energy levels are beginning to show. Toru Oniki might look to freshen things up shortly.
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 Jung Sungryong suffering a number of foals already.
20' It’s high time Toru Oniki made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
25' Tatsuya Tanaka, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
30' Yasuto Wakizaka is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Urawa Red Diamonds so far.
35' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Kenyu Sugimoto has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
40' Kawasaki Frontale is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
42' Yu Kobayashi doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
47' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Kawasaki Frontale needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
49' Brilliant from the ! Leandro Damiao makes it 0-2 with a superb finish on 49.
51' The deadlock is broken! Reo Hatate gets on the scoresheet on 51 minutes.
53' A stunning finish from Yu Kobayashi — that came from absolutely nowhere!
55' Yuki Abe is replacing Atsuki Ito for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
57' The whistle greets Atsuki Ito as he departs to be replaced by Yuki Abe.
62' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 62.
67' Yasuto Wakizaka does the damage! The net is bulging and Kawasaki Frontale surge ahead!
72' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 72 minute. Yoshio Koizumi leaves to be changed by Takahiro Akimoto.
73' Kawasaki Frontale make a change. Jesiel trudges off to be replaced by Shintaro Kurumaya on 73 minutes.
78' Over 78 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
81' Kawasaki Frontale make a change. Leandro Damiao trudges off to be replaced by Kei Chinen on 81 minutes.
82' Kawasaki Frontale make a change. Tatsuya Hasegawa trudges off to be replaced by Kaoru Mitoma on 82 minutes.
87' Yoshio Koizumi has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
88' Tatsuya Tanaka has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ryosuke Yamanaka on 88 minute.
89' The crowd applauds Yasuto Wakizaka as he leaves the pitch. Kento Tachibanada steps in for Kawasaki Frontale.
90' The whistle greets Yasuto Wakizaka as he departs to be replaced by Kento Tachibanada.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Urawa Red Diamonds 0-5 Kawasaki Frontale.

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
Akihiro Ienaga	4
Leandro Damiao	4
Yasuto Wakizaka	4
Shinzo Koroki	4
Shinzo Koroki	3
Tomoaki Okubo	2
Ken Iwao	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 Tōkyō 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.