Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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Kawasaki Frontale

Sat 24 Jun 2023 · 10:30 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 35,887 HT 45' · FT 45'

Takahiro Sekine 53' 1–0

1–1 58' Shusaku Nishikawa og

Ken Iwao 52' Y

R 78' Kazuki Kozuka

Y 81' Akihiro Ienaga

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 Yoshiro Imamura
Assistant 1 Osamu nomura
Assistant 2 Hideaki Nishio

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

2023-06-24 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale 2023-04-23 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 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

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Jun	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1–1	D
11 Jun	Yokohama FC	A	0–0	D
04 Jun	Kashima Antlers	H	0–0	D
31 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	2–1	W
27 May	Kyōto Sanga FC	A	2–0	W
20 May	Avispa Fukuoka	A	0–0	D

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Jun	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	1–1	D
11 Jun	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–0	W
28 May	Kashiwa Reysol	H	2–0	W
20 May	Yokohama FC	A	1–2	L
12 May	FC Tōkyō	A	1–2	L
07 May	Sagan Tosu FC	H	1–0	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

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' And we are off! Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale — let the football do the talking.
5' Brazil international Joao Schmidt has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Urawa Red Diamonds and Kawasaki Frontale are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Miki Yamane, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 444 games and scored 412 goals.
25' Urawa Red Diamonds is showing some good football. However, Urawa Red Diamonds are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
30' Ryota Oshima, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
35' Both keepers have barely been tested. Urawa Red Diamonds and Kawasaki Frontale are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
40' Urawa Red Diamonds are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Kawasaki Frontale's 4-1-2-3 shape.
45' Kawasaki Frontale are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
46' Urawa Red Diamonds make a change. Toshiki Takahashi trudges off to be replaced by Takahiro Sekine on 46 minutes.
51' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
52' A moment of madness from Ken Iwao on 52 minutes earns him a card. Urawa Red Diamonds will be frustrated.
53' Against the run of play, Takahiro Sekine has scored! This game has turned on its head.
58' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Shusaku Nishikawa makes no mistake. 2-0!
63' Urawa Red Diamonds are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Kawasaki Frontale backline.
64' Urawa Red Diamonds ring the changes. Ken Iwao has done his job and it is now time for Yoshio Koizumi to step up.
69' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
74' Over 74 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
75' A tactical swap from Kawasaki Frontale — Kazuki Kozuka on, Ryota Oshima off on 75 minutes.
78' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Kazuki Kozuka.
81' Poor challenge from Akihiro Ienaga. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
83' The Kawasaki Frontale bench stirs into life. Joao Schmidt is withdrawn and Kento Tachibanada gets his opportunity.
88' Fresh legs for Urawa Red Diamonds! Yuichi Hirano comes on to replace Atsuki Ito.
will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

11
Jose Kante ↓ Shinzo Koroki 64'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
26
Takuya Ogiwara
28
Alexander Scholz
21
Tomoaki Okubo
5
Marius Hoibraten
15
Takahiro Akimoto ↓ Ayumu Ohata 75'
19
Ken Iwao ↓ Yoshio Koizumi 64'
3
Atsuki Ito ↓ Yuichi Hirano 88'
25
Kaito Yasui
18
Toshiki Takahashi ↓ Takahiro Sekine 46'

Bench

30
Shinzo Koroki ↑ 64'
4
Takuya Iwanami
14
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 46'
12
Zion Suzuki
66
Ayumu Ohata ↑ 75'
8
Yoshio Koizumi ↑ 64'
40
Yuichi Hirano ↑ 88'

Coach Maciej Skorza

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

4-1-2-3

Starting XI

Bench

30
Yusuke Segawa ↑ 64'
31
Kazuya Yamamura
49
Kazuki Kozuka ↑ 75'
16
Tatsuki Seko ↑ 83'
8
Kento Tachibanada ↑ 83'
20
Shin Yamada ↑ 83'
1
Sung-ryong Jung

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

2023-06-24 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2023-06-11 Yokohama FC 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2023-06-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Kashima Antlers D 2023-05-31 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-05-27 Kyōto Sanga FC 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2023-05-20 Avispa Fukuoka 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2023-06-24 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2023-06-11 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-05-28 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Kashiwa Reysol W 2023-05-20 Yokohama FC 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale L 2023-05-12 FC Tōkyō 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale L 2023-05-07 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Sagan Tosu FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.89 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.47 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds47% Draw25% Kawasaki Frontale28%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.36

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

72%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

53%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Kawasaki Frontale

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds35% Draw41% Kawasaki Frontale24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 2

6.8%

2 – 2

6.4%

2 – 0

6.2%

1 – 0

5.9%

3 – 1

5.5%

0 – 0

0 – 1

4.4%

3 – 2

4.1%

3 – 0

3.8%

0 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	20%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	15%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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