Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2022

Urawa Red Diamonds

3 – 1

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Kawasaki Frontale

Sat 30 Jul 2022 · 10:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 51' Shogo Taniguchi

Kai Shibato 81' Y

Yoshio Koizumi 90' Y

Overview

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League .

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)

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

2022-07-30 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale 2022-03-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2021-11-03 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2021-03-21 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–5 Kawasaki Frontale 2020-12-16 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jul	Kawasaki Frontale	H	3–1	W
16 Jul	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	2–1	W
10 Jul	FC Tōkyō	H	3–0	W
06 Jul	Kyoto Sanga FC	H	2–2	D
02 Jul	Gamba Osaka	A	1–1	D
26 Jun	Vissel Kobe	A	1–0	W

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jul	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	1–3	L
09 Jul	Gamba Osaka	H	4–0	W
02 Jul	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	1–2	L
25 Jun	Jubilo Iwata	H	1–1	D
18 Jun	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	5–2	W
29 May	Kyoto Sanga FC	A	0–1	L

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.
4' Against the run of play, Atsuki Ito has scored! This game has turned on its head.
9' With 0 assists to his name this season, Kai Shibato is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Urawa Red Diamonds.
14' Kawasaki Frontale looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker So Kawahara scoring 1 goals.
17' What composure from Yusuke Matsuo! The Japan international strokes it home. 2-0.
22' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
27' The travelling Kawasaki Frontale supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
32' Tetsuya Chinen is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Kawasaki Frontale so far.
37' Supporters expect more eagerness from Daiya Tono, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
42' It looks surprising Kawasaki Frontale does not make any changes. Ken Iwao has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
47' Hiroki Sakai needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
51' Shogo Taniguchi was booked on 51.
56' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
61' Kazuaki Mawatari is ready to make an impact after coming on for Hiroki Sakai at the 61 minute mark.
66' It looks like no one’s ball. Kawasaki Frontale is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
69' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Atsuki Ito by Kai Shibato on 69 minute.
70' Kasper Junker gets the nod from Urawa Red Diamonds. He replaces Yusuke Matsuo and will look to change the dynamic.
73' The crowd applauds Marcinho as he leaves the pitch. Ten Miyagi steps in for Kawasaki Frontale.
78' Kawasaki Frontale make a change. Daiya Tono trudges off to be replaced by Kazuya Yamamura on 78 minutes.
81' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Akihiro Ienaga makes no mistake. 2-1!
81' The referee shows Urawa Red Diamonds player a Yellow card on 81.
82' Akihiro Ienaga is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
83' Kaito Yasui is ready to make an impact after coming on for David Moberg-Karlsson at the 83 minute mark.
85' Ken Iwao has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 85 minutes.
86' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Ken Iwao makes it 4-2.
90' That is a Yellow card for Urawa Red Diamonds. Yoshio Koizumi will be fuming at that decision.
3-1 the final result. Kawasaki Frontale will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

2
Hiroki Sakai ↓ Kazuaki Mawatari 61'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
4
Takuya Iwanami
33
Ataru Esaka ↓ Yoshio Koizumi 61'
14
Takahiro Sekine
10
David Moberg-Karlsson ↓ Kaito Yasui 83'
11
Yusuke Matsuo ↓ Kasper Junker 69'
15
Takahiro Akimoto
19
Ken Iwao
3
Atsuki Ito ↓ Kai Shibato 69'
20
Tetsuya Chinen

Bench

22
Kai Shibato ↑ 69'
12
Zion Suzuki
7
Kasper Junker ↑ 69'
8
Yoshio Koizumi ↑ 61'
27
Kai Matsuzaki
6
Kazuaki Mawatari ↑ 61'
25
Kaito Yasui ↑ 83'

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

21
Shunsuke Ando
27
Kenta Tanno
31
Kazuya Yamamura ↑ 78'
24
Ten Miyagi ↑ 73'

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

2022-07-30 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale W 2022-07-16 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2022-07-10 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 FC Tōkyō W 2022-07-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Kyoto Sanga FC D 2022-07-02 Gamba Osaka 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2022-06-26 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2022-07-30 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale L 2022-07-09 Kawasaki Frontale 4–0 Gamba Osaka W 2022-07-02 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale L 2022-06-25 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Jubilo Iwata D 2022-06-18 Kawasaki Frontale 5–2 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo W 2022-05-29 Kyoto Sanga FC 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.24 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.72 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds51% Draw22% Kawasaki Frontale27%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 3.96

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	74%	26%
± 3.5	55%	45%
± 4.5	36%	64%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

73%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

49%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Kawasaki Frontale

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds38% Draw38% Kawasaki Frontale24%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.2%

2 – 1

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

Actual

3 – 2

2 – 0

4.9%

1 – 0

3.9%

2 – 3

3.9%

3 – 0

3.6%

1 – 3

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%	19%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	14%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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