Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2025

Urawa Red Diamonds

4 – 0

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Kawasaki Frontale

Sat 6 Dec 2025 · 05:00 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45' · FT 45'

Marius Hoibraten 45' Y

Isaac Kiese Thelin 68' Y

Y 72' Filip Uremovic

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)

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

2025-12-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–0 Kawasaki Frontale 2025-05-21 Kawasaki Frontale 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 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

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Dec	Kawasaki Frontale	H	4–0	W
30 Nov	Fagiano Okayama FC	A	1–0	W
09 Nov	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	0–3	L
25 Oct	FC Machida Zelvia	H	0–0	D
18 Oct	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	0–4	L
04 Oct	Vissel Kobe	H	1–0	W

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Dec	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–4	L
30 Nov	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–2	L
08 Nov	Fagiano Okayama FC	H	1–1	D
25 Oct	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–2	L
18 Oct	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	5–3	W
04 Oct	Kyōto Sanga FC	A	1–1	D

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' That's the starting whistle at Saitama Stadium 2002. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Urawa Red Diamonds and Kawasaki Frontale.
5' Shusaku Nishikawa is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Urawa Red Diamonds so far.
10' Japan international Akihiro Ienaga has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
15' Kawasaki Frontale is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' Yuki Yamamoto has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
30' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
35' Erison is a natural forward and has been asked to do a very specific job for Kawasaki Frontale tonight.
40' Urawa Red Diamonds are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Kawasaki Frontale's shape.
44' A goal from the Sweden international Samuel Gustafson! He fires home on 44 to make it 1-0!
45' It’s gonna be a card for Marius Hoibraten.
46' Kawasaki Frontale make a change. Erison trudges off to be replaced by Lazar Romanic on 46 minutes.
51' Supporters expect more eagerness from So Kawahara, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
54' Thiago Santana does the damage! The net is bulging and Urawa Red Diamonds surge ahead!
58' Goal! Kenta Nemoto scores his 4 goal in 443 matches.
63' 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.
65' Hiroto Noda is replacing Jesiel for the Kawasaki Frontale side.
66' Urawa Red Diamonds make a change. Thiago Santana trudges off to be replaced by Isaac Kiese Thelin on 66 minutes.
68' Urawa Red Diamonds player sees a card in front of him.
72' Filip Uremovic has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 72.
74' A change in the Urawa Red Diamonds ranks — Shoya Nakajima exits the field as Hiroki Abe enters on 74.
76' So Kawahara makes way for Toya Myogan at the 76 minute mark. A tactical switch from Kawasaki Frontale.
77' Magnificent from Isaac Kiese Thelin! That is 4 goals in 248 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
81' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 81 minute. Samuel Gustafson leaves to be changed by Toshikazu Teruuchi.
86' It looks like no one’s ball. Kawasaki Frontale is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
Another three points for Urawa Red Diamonds.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

8
Matheus Savio
11
Samuel Gustafson ↓ Toshikazu Teruuchi 81'
10
Shoya Nakajima ↓ Hiroki Abe 74'
12
Thiago Santana ↓ Isaac Kiese Thelin 66'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
26
Takuya Ogiwara
4
Hirokazu Ishihara
5
Marius Hoibraten ↓ Yudai Fujiwara 81'
13
Ryoma Watanabe
25
Kaito Yasui ↓ Kai Shibato 74'
28
Kenta Nemoto

Bench

Coach Maciej Skorza

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

4
Jesiel ↓ Hiroto Noda 65'
41
Akihiro Ienaga ↓ Yuto Ozeki 46'
14
Yasuto Wakizaka
22
Filip Uremovic
23
Marcinho
31
Sai van Wermeskerken ↓ Sota Miura 46'
6
Yuki Yamamoto
9
Erison ↓ Lazar Romanic 46'
5
Asahi Sasaki
19
So Kawahara ↓ Toya Myogan 76'
98
Louis Thebault-Yamaguchi

Bench

21
Shunsuke Ando
16
Yuto Ozeki ↑ 46'
29
Toya Myogan ↑ 76'
13
Sota Miura ↑ 46'
38
Soma Kanda
39
Kaito Tsuchiya
91
Lazar Romanic ↑ 46'
30
Hiroto Noda ↑ 65'
34
Shuto Yamaichi

Coach Shigetoshi Hasebe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yu Kobayashi	6
Shinzo Koroki	4
Akihiro Ienaga	4
Leandro Damiao	4
Yasuto Wakizaka	4
Shinzo Koroki	3
Miki Yamane	2
Kenta Nemoto	2

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2025-12-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–0 Kawasaki Frontale W 2025-11-30 Fagiano Okayama FC 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2025-11-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-10-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 FC Machida Zelvia D 2025-10-18 Yokohama F·Marinos 4–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-10-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Vissel Kobe W

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2025-12-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2025-11-30 Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2025-11-08 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Fagiano Okayama FC D 2025-10-25 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2025-10-18 Kawasaki Frontale 5–3 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2025-10-04 Kyōto Sanga FC 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.34 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.27 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds59% Draw21% Kawasaki Frontale20%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.61

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

80%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

41%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Kawasaki Frontale

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds44% Draw38% Kawasaki Frontale18%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 1

8.8%

2 – 0

7.4%

3 – 1

1 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

5.7%

3 – 0

5.6%

1 – 2

3 – 2

4.5%

4 – 1

4.2%

0 – 0

4 – 0

Actual

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5	21%	—	79%
-2	21%	18%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	21%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	11%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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