Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kyoto Sanga FC, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kyoto Sanga FC — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.
- Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
- Kyoto Sanga FC 18 games · 23 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 18 45 2 FC Tokyo 18 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 4 Vissel Kobe 18 35 5 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 6 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 8 Gamba Osaka 18 28 9 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 10 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 11 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 14 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Apr Kyoto Sanga FC H 2–1 W 13 Apr FC Machida Zelvia A 2–0 W 06 Apr Avispa Fukuoka A 0–1 L 02 Apr Shimizu S-Pulse H 2–1 W 28 Mar Cerezo Osaka FC A 1–1 D 16 Mar Kashima Antlers A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Apr Urawa Red Diamonds A 1–2 L 12 Apr Shonan Bellmare H 2–0 W 06 Apr Kashima Antlers A 4–3 W 02 Apr Kashiwa Reysol H 1–1 D 29 Mar Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 1–0 W 16 Mar Shimizu S-Pulse A 2–1 W Season Stats
Urawa Red Diamonds Kyoto Sanga FC #12 Position #14 25 Points 23 18 Played 18 7 / 0 / 11 W / D / L 8 / 0 / 10 37 Scored 32 37 Conceded 39 +0 GD -7 1.39 PPG 1.28 39% Win % 44% Key Stats
38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season17% Clean Sheets
Kyoto Sanga FC this seasonUrawa Red Diamonds are 12th (25 pts). Kyoto Sanga FC are 14th (23 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Urawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ Scored ■ ConcededKyoto Sanga FC0-151/216-302/331-452/146-602/261-75–/676+2/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Kyoto Sanga FC gets underway.
- 5' Shinnosuke Fukuda has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 10' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Kyoto Sanga FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 20' The travelling Kyoto Sanga FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 24' What a strike from Yusuke Matsuo! The score is 1-0.
- 29' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Masaya Okugawa has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 34' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 416 games and scored 377 goals.
- 39' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 44' Kyoto Sanga FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 46' Shinnosuke Fukuda has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kyo Sato on 46 minute.
- 51' Urawa Red Diamonds 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.
- 54' Taiki Hirato is replacing Joao Pedro Mendes for the Kyoto Sanga FC side.
- 55' GOAL! Papagaio scores on 55. Assisted by Hidehiro Sugai
- 60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 61' GOAL! Ryoma Watanabe scores on 61. Assisted by Samuel Gustafson
- 62' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. Ryoma Watanabe is replaced by Taishi Matsumoto on 62 minute.
- 63' Marco Tulio has so much to prove this time. He replaces Masaya Okugawa on 63 minute.
- 68' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 73' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 75' Murilo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Taichi Hara on 75 minute.
- 80' Joao Pedro Mendes needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 85' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Urawa Red Diamonds needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 87' It’s gonna be a card for Hidehiro Sugai.
- The final score is 2-1.
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Lineups
Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups
Starting XI
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Matheus Savio ↓ Takahiro Sekine 75'
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77
Takuro Kaneko ↓ Genki Haraguchi 62'
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24
Yusuke Matsuo ↓ Motoki Nagakura 75'
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- 88
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Bench
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9
Genki Haraguchi ↑ 62'
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6
Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 62'
- 26
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14
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 75'
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- 35
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20
Motoki Nagakura ↑ 75'
- 41
Coach Maciej SkorzaKyoto Sanga FC Lineups
Starting XI
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29
Masaya Okugawa ↓ Marco Tulio 63'
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14
Taichi Hara ↓ Murilo 75'
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- 7
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44
Kyo Sato ↓ Shinnosuke Fukuda 46'
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- 26
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Bench
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11
Marco Tulio ↑ 63'
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77
Murilo ↑ 75'
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Shinnosuke Fukuda ↑ 46'
- 18
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39
Taiki Hirato ↑ 54'
- 21
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10
Shimpei Fukuoka ↑ 46'
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Coach Kwi-Jea Cho -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals David Moberg-Karlsson 4 Kosuke Taketomi 2 Thiago Santana 2 Ryoma Watanabe 2 Papagaio 2 Yusuke Matsuo 1 Fuki Yamada 1 Jose Kante 1 Head to Head
Urawa Red Diamonds Form
2025-04-16 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Kyoto Sanga FC W 2025-04-13 FC Machida Zelvia 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2025-04-06 Avispa Fukuoka 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-04-02 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2025-03-28 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2025-03-16 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds DKyoto Sanga FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.08 Urawa Red Diamonds xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.4 Kyoto Sanga FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + Both teams to score 66%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Urawa Red Diamonds winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.48Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 86% 14% ± 2.5 66% 34% ± 3.5 45% 55% ± 4.5 27% 73% Double Chance
Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw 76%Draw or Kyoto Sanga FC 47%Urawa Red Diamonds or Kyoto Sanga FC 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.8%2 – 1 Actual2 – 0 6.7%2 – 2 6.2%3 – 1 6.2%1 – 2 6.1%1 – 0 5.9%3 – 0 4.5%0 – 0 4.5%3 – 2 4.4%0 – 1 3.7%4 – 1 3.3%Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds
Handicap Urawa Red Diamonds covers Push Kyoto Sanga FC covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 16% 69% -1.5 31% — 69% -1 31% 21% 48% -0.5 52% — 48% +0.5 75% — 25% +1 75% 14% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Kyoto Sanga FC keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.