Thursday , 2 July 2026

Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2024 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2024
Urawa Red Diamonds
1 – 1
Full Time
Kawasaki Frontale
Fri 22 Nov 2024 · 10:00 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45' · FT 45'
Thiago Santana 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Match Details

  • Referee Masuya Ueda
11 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 4.4 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

7
6
13
Urawa Red Diamonds 26 games · Avg 3.0 goals Kawasaki Frontale
Last 5 meetings
2024-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale 2024-05-03 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 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

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Nov Kawasaki Frontale H 1–1 D
10 Nov Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 3–0 W
30 Oct Yokohama F·Marinos A 0–0 D
23 Oct Kashiwa Reysol H 1–0 W
19 Oct Tokyo Verdy A 1–2 L
05 Oct Cerezo Osaka FC H 0–1 L
Kawasaki Frontale
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
22 Nov Urawa Red Diamonds A 1–1 D
09 Nov Kyoto Sanga FC A 1–1 D
01 Nov Kashima Antlers H 1–3 L
18 Oct Gamba Osaka H 1–1 D
05 Oct FC Machida Zelvia A 4–1 W
27 Sep Albirex Niigata H 5–1 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' And we are off! Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Urawa Red Diamonds and Kawasaki Frontale are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 10' It looks like no one’s ball. Kawasaki Frontale is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 15' Kawasaki Frontale is showing some good football. However, Kawasaki Frontale are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 20' The home supporters are growing impatient. Urawa Red Diamonds must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 23' Ryoma Watanabe makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Urawa Red Diamonds are in front.
  • 28' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 33' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 38' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Hirokazu Ishihara made 418 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 43' Takahiro Sekine has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 46' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 46 minute. Tomoaki Okubo leaves to be changed by Yusuke Matsuo.
  • 51' Kawasaki Frontale come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 55' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Yu Kobayashi makes it 1-1.
  • 56' The whistle greets Ryota Oshima as he departs to be replaced by So Kawahara.
  • 61' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Kawasaki Frontale that had 439 games and scored 556 goals.
  • 66' Sota Miura is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Kawasaki Frontale so far.
  • 70' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Thiago Santana is hanging Bryan Linssen on the field on 70 minute.
  • 73' Daiya Tono is ready to make an impact after coming on for Marcinho at the 73 minute mark.
  • 78' Bryan Linssen has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 81' Erison is ready to make an impact after coming on for Sai van Wermeskerken at the 81 minute mark.
  • 82' The supporters are chanting for Jesiel. He replaces Shin Yamada on 82 minute.
  • 83' Rio Nitta gets the nod from Urawa Red Diamonds. He replaces Ayumu Ohata and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 88' That is a card for Urawa Red Diamonds. Thiago Santana will be fuming at that decision.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Per-Mathias Høgmo

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Toru Oniki

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

2024-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale 2024-05-03 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 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

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2024-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2024-11-10 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2024-10-30 Yokohama F·Marinos 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2024-10-23 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol W 2024-10-19 Tokyo Verdy 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2024-10-05 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC L

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2024-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2024-11-09 Kyoto Sanga FC 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2024-11-01 Kawasaki Frontale 1–3 Kashima Antlers L 2024-10-18 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Gamba Osaka D 2024-10-05 FC Machida Zelvia 1–4 Kawasaki Frontale W 2024-09-27 Kawasaki Frontale 5–1 Albirex Niigata W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.88 Urawa Red Diamonds xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.59 Kawasaki Frontale xG
I would bet for: Urawa Red Diamonds or Kawasaki Frontale 75% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Urawa Red Diamonds44% Draw25% Kawasaki Frontale31%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes67% 0% No33%
Avg goals/match: 3.47
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 86%
14%
± 2.5 66%
34%
± 3.5 45%
55%
± 4.5 27%
73%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw
69%
Draw or Kawasaki Frontale
56%
Urawa Red Diamonds or Kawasaki Frontale
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Urawa Red Diamonds33% Draw41% Kawasaki Frontale26%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
8.4%
1 – 2
7.2%
2 – 2
6.6%
2 – 0
5.5%
1 – 0
5.3%
3 – 1
5.2%
0 – 0
4.6%
0 – 1
4.3%
3 – 2
4.2%
0 – 2
4%
1 – 3
3.8%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap Urawa Red Diamonds covers Push Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 13% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 19% 56%
-0.5 44% — 56%
+0.5 68% — 32%
+1 68% 16% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 10% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet
21% ✓
Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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