Urawa Red Diamonds vs Nagoya Grampus, J. League 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2022

Urawa Red Diamonds

3 – 0

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Nagoya Grampus

Sat 18 Jun 2022 · 10:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Takuya Iwanami 30' Y

Y 42' Mateus

Y 51' Shinnosuke Nakatani

Overview

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Nagoya Grampus — J. League .

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)
Nagoya Grampus 18 games · 31 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 23 games · Avg 2.6 goals Nagoya Grampus

Last 5 meetings

2022-06-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Nagoya Grampus 2021-05-30 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Nagoya Grampus 2020-10-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Nagoya Grampus 2020-08-08 Nagoya Grampus 6–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2019-08-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Nagoya Grampus

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jun	Nagoya Grampus	H	3–0	W
28 May	Avispa Fukuoka	A	0–0	D
25 May	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–2	L
21 May	Kashima Antlers	H	1–1	D
18 May	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	3–3	D
13 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	0–0	D

Nagoya Grampus

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jun	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–3	L
28 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	0–1	L
25 May	Avispa Fukuoka	H	1–0	W
21 May	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	2–1	W
14 May	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	1–0	W
07 May	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Urawa Red Diamonds		Nagoya Grampus
#16	Position	#3
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 history

14% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

0% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season

Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts). Nagoya Grampus are 3rd (31 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

Nagoya Grampus

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/1

31-45

1/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

3/4

■ 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

Nagoya Grampus

Naomichi Ueda

1 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Nagoya Grampus kicks off things out of here…
5' It looks surprising Nagoya Grampus does not make any changes. Ryotaro Ishida has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Urawa Red Diamonds side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
15' Sho Inagaki has been relatively quiet despite scoring 46 goals in his last 340 appearances.
20' 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.
21' What composure from Alexander Scholz! The Denmark international strokes it home. 1-0.
24' Atsuki Ito adds to his 0 season tally! Urawa Red Diamonds lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
26' The Nagoya Grampus manager makes a substitution. Ryotaro Ishida departs to be replaced by Hiroyuki Abe.
27' The whistle greets Ryotaro Ishida as he departs to be replaced by Hiroyuki Abe.
30' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Takuya Iwanami.
35' It’s high time Ricardo Rodríguez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
36' What composure from Takahiro Sekine! The Japan international strokes it home. 3-0.
41' The 28-year-old Takahiro Akimoto has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
42' The referee has no hesitation. Mateus is booked for Nagoya Grampus — Yellow card on 42.
47' Both keepers have barely been tested. Urawa Red Diamonds and Nagoya Grampus are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
51' The referee has no hesitation. Shinnosuke Nakatani is booked for Nagoya Grampus — Yellow card on 51.
52' A tactical swap from Nagoya Grampus — Takuya Uchida on, Keiya Sento off on 52 minutes.
57' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 57.
62' Nagoya Grampus come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
67' 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.
69' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. Ayumu Ohata is replaced by Alex Schalk on 69 minute.
73' Tomoaki Okubo makes way for Kai Matsuzaki at the 73 minute mark. A tactical switch from Urawa Red Diamonds.
74' Fresh legs for Nagoya Grampus! Yoichiro Kakitani comes on to replace Leo Silva.
79' Shinnosuke Nakatani is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Nagoya Grampus tonight.
80' Urawa Red Diamonds ring the changes. Takahiro Sekine has done his job and it is now time for David Moberg-Karlsson to step up.
85' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
90' Nagoya Grampus is showing some good football. However, Nagoya Grampus are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Urawa Red Diamonds to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

1
Shusaku Nishikawa
4
Takuya Iwanami
33
Ataru Esaka
14
Takahiro Sekine ↓ David Moberg-Karlsson 80'
28
Alexander Scholz
44
Ayumu Ohata ↓ Alex Schalk 69'
21
Tomoaki Okubo ↓ Kai Matsuzaki 73'
15
Takahiro Akimoto
19
Ken Iwao
3
Atsuki Ito ↓ Kai Shibato 69'
24
Yuta Miyamoto

Bench

22
Kai Shibato ↑ 69'
10
David Moberg-Karlsson ↑ 80'
17
Alex Schalk ↑ 69'
27
Kai Matsuzaki ↑ 73'
6
Kazuaki Mawatari
20
Tetsuya Chinen

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

Nagoya Grampus Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Naoki Maeda	5
Jo	4
Kensuke Nagai	4
Jo	3
Leo	2
Wataru Endo	2
Mateus	2
Gabriel Xavier	2

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2022-06-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Nagoya Grampus W 2022-05-28 Avispa Fukuoka 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2022-05-25 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2022-05-21 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kashima Antlers D 2022-05-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–3 Yokohama F·Marinos D 2022-05-13 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D

Nagoya Grampus Form

2022-06-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Nagoya Grampus L 2022-05-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Nagoya Grampus L 2022-05-25 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Avispa Fukuoka W 2022-05-21 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 Nagoya Grampus W 2022-05-14 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2022-05-07 Yokohama F·Marinos 2–1 Nagoya Grampus L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.22 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.75 Nagoya Grampus xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds48% Draw23% Nagoya Grampus29%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 3.97

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	74%	26%
± 3.5	55%	45%
± 4.5	36%	64%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

70%

Draw or Nagoya Grampus

52%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Nagoya Grampus

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds37% Draw38% Nagoya Grampus25%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.1%

2 – 1

7.9%

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

6.3%

3 – 1

5.8%

3 – 2

2 – 0

4.8%

2 – 3

1 – 0

3.8%

1 – 3

3.6%

3 – 0

Actual

4 – 1

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Nagoya Grampus covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	14%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	19%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	15%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

18% ✗

Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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