Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2026

Urawa Red Diamonds

2 – 0

Full Time

Kawasaki Frontale

Wed 29 Apr 2026 · 06:00 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 30,780 HT 45' · FT 45'

Matheus Savio 54' 1–0

Hiiro Komori 71' 2–0

Matheus Savio 79' Y

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
Assistant 1 Masaru Hasegawa (Japan)
Assistant 2 Yuta Tashiro (Japan)

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

2026-04-29 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale 2026-04-05 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 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

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Apr	Kawasaki Frontale	H	2–0	W
25 Apr	Yokohama F.Marinos	H	2–3	L
18 Apr	Kashima Antlers	A	0–1	L
12 Apr	Tokyo Verdy	H	2–3	L
05 Apr	Kawasaki Frontale	A	2–3	L
22 Mar	FC Machida Zelvia	H	1–2	L

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Apr	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–2	L
25 Apr	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	H	2–1	W
18 Apr	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	2–1	W
12 Apr	Kashima Antlers	H	0–2	L
05 Apr	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	3–2	W
28 Mar	FC Machida Zelvia	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

0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

0% 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

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Saitama Stadium 2002 will turn into a battlefield for Urawa Red Diamonds and Kawasaki Frontale.
5' A quiet spell here at Saitama Stadium 2002. Urawa Red Diamonds seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' Urawa Red Diamonds are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Kawasaki Frontale's 4-2-3-1 shape.
15' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Svend Brodersen has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
25' Urawa Red Diamonds have won 403 goals from 439 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Kawasaki Frontale winning 50% of all matches.
35' The energy levels are beginning to show. Shigetoshi Hasebe might look to freshen things up shortly.
40' Yuto Matsunagane has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 439 appearances.
45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
50' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
54' Matheus Savio does the damage! The net is bulging and Urawa Red Diamonds surge ahead!
59' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 439 games and scored 403 goals.
60' Shoya Nakajima makes way for Junpei Hayakawa at the 60 minute mark. A tactical switch from Urawa Red Diamonds.
61' Asahi Sasaki has so much to prove this time. He replaces Filip Uremovic on 61 minute.
62' Kawasaki Frontale make a change. Lazar Romanic trudges off to be replaced by Erison on 62 minutes.
67' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
71' The supporters are chanting for Hiiro Komori. He replaces Takuro Kaneko on 71 minute.
71' Hiiro Komori adds to his 3 season tally! Urawa Red Diamonds lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
74' Another substitution for Kawasaki Frontale to replace Tatsuya Ito by So Kawahara on 74 minute.
79' It’s gonna be a card for Matheus Savio.
82' The Urawa Red Diamonds bench stirs into life. Matheus Savio is withdrawn and Yusuke Matsuo gets his opportunity.
83' Urawa Red Diamonds make a change. Ryoma Watanabe trudges off to be replaced by Hayate Ueki on 83 minutes.
88' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yuta Miyamoto, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
Full Time. Urawa Red Diamonds beats Kawasaki Frontale

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

7
Hiroki Abe
3
Danilo Boza
24
Yusuke Matsuo ↑ 82'
16
Ayumi Niekawa
39
Junpei Hayakawa ↑ 60'
41
Rio Nitta
17
Hiiro Komori ↑ 71'
36
Renji Hidano ↑ 71'
37
Hayate Ueki ↑ 83'

Coach Maciej Skorza

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

24
Ten Miyagi ↑ 83'
9
Erison ↑ 62'
5
Asahi Sasaki ↑ 61'
19
So Kawahara ↑ 74'
38
Soma Kanda
1
Louis Thebault-Yamaguchi
30
Hiroto Noda
32
Shunsuke Hayashi
34
Ryuki Osa ↑ 62'

Coach Shigetoshi Hasebe

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

2026-04-29 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale W 2026-04-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Yokohama F.Marinos L 2026-04-18 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2026-04-12 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Tokyo Verdy L 2026-04-05 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2026-03-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 FC Machida Zelvia L

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2026-04-29 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2026-04-25 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba W 2026-04-18 Yokohama F.Marinos 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2026-04-12 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 Kashima Antlers L 2026-04-05 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2026-03-28 FC Machida Zelvia 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.18 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.6 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds49% Draw23% Kawasaki Frontale28%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.78

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

72%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

51%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Kawasaki Frontale

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds38% Draw39% Kawasaki Frontale23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.8%

2 – 1

8.4%

2 – 2

6.6%

1 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

2 – 0

Actual

3 – 2

4.8%

1 – 0

4.5%

3 – 0

3.9%

2 – 3

3.5%

0 – 0

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%	20%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	14%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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