Urawa Red Diamonds vs Nagoya Grampus, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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Fri 18 Aug 2023 · 10:30 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 32,578 HT 45' · FT 45'

Jose Kante 11' 1–0

Y 16' Akinari Kawazura

Yoshio Koizumi 21' Y

Marius Hoibraten 45' Y

Tomoaki Okubo 60' Y

Y 76' Yuichi Maruyama

Bryan Linssen 89' Y

Overview

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Nagoya Grampus — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.

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

Match Details

Referee Akihiko Ikeuchi
Assistant 1 Isao Nishihashi
Assistant 2 Masahiro Horikoshi

5 games this season 🟨 4.2/game ⚽ 8.8 goals/game

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

2023-08-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Nagoya Grampus 2023-04-09 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2022-08-06 Nagoya Grampus 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2022-06-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Nagoya Grampus 2021-05-30 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Nagoya Grampus

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Aug	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–0	W
13 Aug	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	1–2	L
06 Aug	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	0–0	D
16 Jul	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–2	L
08 Jul	FC Tōkyō	H	0–0	D
01 Jul	Sagan Tosu FC	A	2–1	W

Nagoya Grampus

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Aug	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–1	L
13 Aug	Kashima Antlers	H	1–0	W
05 Aug	Albirex Niigata	H	1–0	W
16 Jul	Kyōto Sanga FC	A	1–2	L
08 Jul	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	2–2	D
01 Jul	Kawasaki Frontale	H	2–0	W

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

23% 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

5/3

31-45

4/6

46-60

1/2

61-75

4/7

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Nagoya Grampus

0-15

5/3

16-30

–/2

31-45

2/5

46-60

2/3

61-75

2/3

76+

4/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

Matheus Savio	5 G	1 A
Minamino Harumi	4 G
Takuro Kaneko	3 G	6 A
Hiiro Komori	1 G

Nagoya Grampus

Yuya Yamagishi	3 G
Takuya Uchida	2 G	1 A
Yudai Kimura	2 G	1 A
Naomichi Ueda	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Urawa Red Diamonds and Nagoya Grampus is underway.
5' Nagoya Grampus come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
11' Brilliant from the ! Jose Kante makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 11.
16' A meaty challenge results in booking for Akinari Kawazura on 16.
21' A meaty challenge results in booking for Yoshio Koizumi on 21.
26' The energy levels are beginning to show. Kenta Hasegawa might look to freshen things up shortly.
31' A quiet spell here at Saitama Stadium 2002. Nagoya Grampus seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
36' Tojiro Kubo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Urawa Red Diamonds so far.
41' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Urawa Red Diamonds and Nagoya Grampus are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
45' Controversy at the stadium! Marius Hoibraten argues furiously but the card stands.
46' The Nagoya Grampus bench stirs into life. Noriyoshi Sakai is withdrawn and Naoki Maeda gets his opportunity.
51' Both keepers have barely been tested. Urawa Red Diamonds and Nagoya Grampus are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
56' 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.
60' Tomoaki Okubo was booked on 60.
65' A tactical swap from Urawa Red Diamonds — Takuya Ogiwara on, Takahiro Sekine off on 65 minutes.
70' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Yoshio Koizumi suffering a number of foals already.
75' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Atsuki Ito made 455 appearances and scored 17 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
76' Yuichi Maruyama catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 76.
78' Jose Kante makes way for Bryan Linssen at the 78 minute mark. A tactical switch from Urawa Red Diamonds.
79' A tactical swap from Nagoya Grampus — Taika Nakashima on, Kensuke Nagai off on 79 minutes.
82' A tactical swap from Nagoya Grampus — Thales Paula on, Ryoya Morishita off on 82 minutes.
87' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Urawa Red Diamonds and Nagoya Grampus are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
89' That is a card for Urawa Red Diamonds. Bryan Linssen will be fuming at that decision.
90' The supporters are chanting for Takuya Iwanami. He replaces Tomoaki Okubo on 90 minute.
The final score is 1-0.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2
Hiroki Sakai
11
Jose Kante ↓ Bryan Linssen 78'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
14
Takahiro Sekine ↓ Takuya Ogiwara 65'
28
Alexander Scholz
21
Tomoaki Okubo ↓ Takuya Iwanami 90'
5
Marius Hoibraten
15
Takahiro Akimoto ↓ Junpei Hayakawa 78'
8
Yoshio Koizumi ↓ Kaito Yasui 46'
19
Ken Iwao
3
Atsuki Ito

Bench

9
Bryan Linssen ↑ 78'
10
Shoya Nakajima
4
Takuya Iwanami ↑ 90'
26
Takuya Ogiwara ↑ 65'
25
Kaito Yasui ↑ 46'
16
Ayumi Niekawa
35
Junpei Hayakawa ↑ 78'

Coach Maciej Skorza

Nagoya Grampus Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

34
Takuya Uchida
18
Kensuke Nagai ↓ Taika Nakashima 79'
1
Mitch Langerak
2
Yuki Nogami ↓ Tojiro Kubo 79'
14
Tsukasa Morishima
15
Sho Inagaki
13
Haruya Fujii
4
Shinnosuke Nakatani
17
Ryoya Morishita ↓ Thales Paula 82'
9
Noriyoshi Sakai ↓ Naoki Maeda 46'
24
Akinari Kawazura ↓ Yuichi Maruyama 46'

Bench

6
Takuji Yonemoto
25
Naoki Maeda ↑ 46'
3
Yuichi Maruyama ↑ 46'
16
Yohei Takeda
27
Taika Nakashima ↑ 79'
21
Thales Paula ↑ 82'
20
Tojiro Kubo ↑ 79'

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2023-08-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Nagoya Grampus W 2023-08-13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2023-08-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Yokohama F·Marinos D 2023-07-16 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2023-07-08 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 FC Tōkyō D 2023-07-01 Sagan Tosu FC 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W

Nagoya Grampus Form

2023-08-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Nagoya Grampus L 2023-08-13 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Kashima Antlers W 2023-08-05 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Albirex Niigata W 2023-07-16 Kyōto Sanga FC 2–1 Nagoya Grampus L 2023-07-08 Nagoya Grampus 2–2 Yokohama F·Marinos D 2023-07-01 Nagoya Grampus 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.78 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.34 Nagoya Grampus xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds49% Draw25% Nagoya Grampus26%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.12

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

73%

Draw or Nagoya Grampus

51%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Nagoya Grampus

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds34% Draw43% Nagoya Grampus23%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.4%

2 – 1

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

6.9%

1 – 2

6.8%

0 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

3 – 1

5.3%

0 – 1

5.1%

3 – 0

0 – 2

3 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Nagoya Grampus covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	21%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	15%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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