Urawa Red Diamonds vs Nagoya Grampus, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Urawa Red Diamonds vs Nagoya Grampus — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.
- Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
- Nagoya Grampus 18 games · 31 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 Aug Nagoya Grampus H 2–1 W 09 Aug Yokohama FC A 2–1 W 27 Jul Avispa Fukuoka H 0–0 D 23 Jul Shonan Bellmare H 4–1 W 19 Jul FC Tokyo A 2–3 L 26 Jun CF Monterrey H 0–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Aug Urawa Red Diamonds A 1–2 L 10 Aug Kyoto Sanga FC H 1–2 L 20 Jul Yokohama F.Marinos A 0–3 L 05 Jul Tokyo Verdy H 0–0 D 28 Jun Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 2–1 W 21 Jun Shimizu S-Pulse H 1–1 D Season Stats
Urawa Red Diamonds Nagoya Grampus #12 Position #6 25 Points 31 18 Played 18 7 / 0 / 11 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 37 Scored 46 37 Conceded 44 +0 GD +2 1.39 PPG 1.72 39% Win % 56% Key Stats
57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season28% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this seasonUrawa Red Diamonds are 12th (25 pts). Nagoya Grampus are 6th (31 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Urawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ Scored ■ ConcededNagoya Grampus0-152/116-302/431-455/446-604/361-753/176+4/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Urawa Red Diamonds and Nagoya Grampus is underway.
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nagoya Grampus needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 7' Hiiro Komori puts Urawa Red Diamonds on the lead.
- 12' 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.
- 17' It looks like no one’s ball. Urawa Red Diamonds is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 22' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 417 games and scored 379 goals.
- 27' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 27 minutes.
- 29' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Taishi Matsumoto is hanging Hiiro Komori on the field on 29 minute.
- 31' Nagoya Grampus receives a card for a hard tackle on 31.
- 32' What a strike from Matheus Savio! The score is 2-0.
- 37' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 42' 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.
- 47' Hirokazu Ishihara needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
- 52' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yoichi Naganuma, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 57' 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.
- 62' Katsuhiro Nakayama has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 63' Another change for Nagoya Grampus made on 63 minute. Yuya Yamagishi leaves to be changed by Yudai Kimura.
- 66' GOAL! Teruki Hara scores on 66.
- 71' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 76' Thiago Santana is replacing Yusuke Matsuo for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
- 78' The supporters are chanting for Kensuke Nagai. He replaces Ryuji Izumi on 78 minute.
- 81' Shuhei Tokumoto is replacing Katsuhiro Nakayama for the Nagoya Grampus side.
- 86' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alexandre Pisano made 417 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 88' The whistle greets Samuel Gustafson as he departs to be replaced by Shoya Nakajima.
- 89' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Takuro Kaneko by Genki Haraguchi on 89 minute.
- 90' Urawa Red Diamonds receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
- With this win, Urawa Red Diamonds is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups
Starting XI
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Matheus Savio ↓ Takahiro Sekine 76'
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77
Takuro Kaneko ↓ Genki Haraguchi 89'
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24
Yusuke Matsuo ↓ Thiago Santana 76'
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Hiiro Komori ↓ Taishi Matsumoto 29'
Bench
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9
Genki Haraguchi ↑ 89'
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10
Shoya Nakajima ↑ 88'
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12
Thiago Santana ↑ 76'
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Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 29'
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14
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 76'
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Coach Maciej SkorzaNagoya Grampus Lineups
Starting XI
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Ryuji Izumi ↓ Kensuke Nagai 78'
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- 27
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77
Kasper Junker ↓ Yuya Asano 78'
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11
Yuya Yamagishi ↓ Yudai Kimura 63'
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Yota Sato ↓ Akinari Kawazura 78'
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Bench
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Kensuke Nagai ↑ 78'
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Yuya Asano ↑ 78'
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Akinari Kawazura ↑ 78'
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Yudai Kimura ↑ 63'
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Shuhei Tokumoto ↑ 81'
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Coach Kenta Hasegawa -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Naoki Maeda 5 Kensuke Nagai 4 Jo 4 Jo 3 Wataru Endo 2 Mateus 2 Gabriel Xavier 2 Takahiro Sekine 2 Head to Head
Urawa Red Diamonds Form
Nagoya Grampus Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.2 Urawa Red Diamonds xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.66 Nagoya Grampus xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 72%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Urawa Red Diamonds winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.86Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 90% 10% ± 2.5 73% 27% ± 3.5 53% 47% ± 4.5 34% 66% Double Chance
Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw 74%Draw or Nagoya Grampus 47%Urawa Red Diamonds or Nagoya Grampus 78%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 8.5%2 – 1 Actual2 – 2 6.7%1 – 2 6.2%3 – 1 5.9%2 – 0 5.2%3 – 2 4.9%1 – 0 4.2%2 – 3 3.7%3 – 0 3.7%1 – 3 3.4%4 – 1 3.3%Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds
Handicap Urawa Red Diamonds covers Push Nagoya Grampus covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 15% 70% -1.5 30% — 70% -1 30% 19% 51% -0.5 49% — 51% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 14% 14% +1.5 86% — 14% +2 86% 9% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.