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

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J. League · 2022

Urawa Red Diamonds

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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 (2026/27)
Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/27)

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

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 Tokyo	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	Júbilo 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

14% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

14% 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

4/3

31-45

4/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/4

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

2/–

16-30

–/2

31-45

5/2

46-60

4/2

61-75

1/3

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

Matheus Savio	4 G
Minamino Harumi	4 G
Takuro Kaneko	1 G	5 A
Hiiro Komori	1 G

Kawasaki Frontale

Marcinho	6 G	1 A
Yasuto Wakizaka	2 G	3 A
Tatsuya Ito	2 G	1 A
Lazar Romanic	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Urawa Red Diamonds and Kawasaki Frontale is underway.
4' Atsuki Ito does the damage! The net is bulging and Urawa Red Diamonds surge ahead!
9' Urawa Red Diamonds are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Kawasaki Frontale's shape.
14' With 0 assists to his name this season, Tatsuki Seko is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Urawa Red Diamonds.
17' A goal from the Japan international Yusuke Matsuo! He fires home on 17 to make it 2-0!
22' 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.
27' Urawa Red Diamonds are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
32' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
37' Kasper Junker has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
42' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
47' The home supporters are growing impatient. Urawa Red Diamonds must find a spark to ignite this game.
51' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Shogo Taniguchi on 51 minutes.
56' David Moberg-Karlsson is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Kawasaki Frontale tonight.
61' Urawa Red Diamonds ring the changes. Hiroki Sakai has done his job and it is now time for Kazuaki Mawatari to step up.
66' Urawa Red Diamonds are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Kawasaki Frontale backline.
69' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. Atsuki Ito is replaced by Kai Shibato on 69 minute.
70' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Yusuke Matsuo by Kasper Junker on 70 minute.
73' Kawasaki Frontale ring the changes. Marcinho has done his job and it is now time for Ten Miyagi to step up.
78' Fresh legs for Kawasaki Frontale! Kazuya Yamamura comes on to replace Daiya Tono.
81' Magnificent from Akihiro Ienaga! That is 51 goals in 444 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
81' Poor challenge from Kai Shibato. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
82' What a moment for Akihiro Ienaga! That strike on 82 puts his side firmly in control.
83' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. David Moberg-Karlsson is replaced by Kaito Yasui on 83 minute.
85' Brilliant from the ! Ken Iwao makes it 3-2 with a superb finish on 85.
86' Goal! Ken Iwao scores his 7 goal in 37 matches.
90' Yoshio Koizumi is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
Another three points for Urawa Red Diamonds.

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
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

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 Tokyo 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 Júbilo 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.