Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sagan Tosu FC, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2020

Urawa Red Diamonds

2 – 2

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Sagan Tosu FC

Wed 9 Sep 2020 · 10:30 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45+3' · FT 45+11'

Y 3' Daiki Matsuoka

Thomas Deng 5' Y

Overview

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sagan Tosu FC — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)
Sagan Tosu FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jumpei Iida
Referee Takahiro Okano
Referee Masahiro Horikoshi
Referee

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 16 games · Avg 2.5 goals Sagan Tosu FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-09 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Sagan Tosu FC 2019-09-28 Sagan Tosu FC 3–3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2019-06-15 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sagan Tosu FC 2018-08-11 Sagan Tosu FC 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2018-05-13 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Sagan Tosu FC

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Sep	Sagan Tosu FC	H	2–2	D
05 Sep	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–3	L
29 Aug	Oita FC Trinita	H	2–1	W
23 Aug	Vissel Kobe	H	1–2	L
19 Aug	Gamba Osaka	A	3–1	W
15 Aug	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–0	W

Sagan Tosu FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Sep	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	2–2	D
05 Sep	Yokohama FC	H	3–0	W
08 Aug	Kashima Antlers	A	0–2	L
01 Aug	FC Tokyo	A	3–2	W
26 Jul	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	1–1	D
22 Jul	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	1–1	D

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Urawa Red Diamonds and Sagan Tosu FC has kicked off!
3' Daiki Matsuoka is having his name booked by the referee on 3.
5' Thomas Deng catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 5.
10' 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.
12' Cho Donggeon makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Sagan Tosu FC are in front.
16' Fuchi Honda is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
21' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
26' Ryang Yong Gi has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
31' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Urawa Red Diamonds and Sagan Tosu FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
36' It’s high time Takeshi Otsuki made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
41' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
46' Tomoya Koyamatsu is replacing Fuchi Honda for the Sagan Tosu FC side.
48' Against the run of play, Shinzo Koroki has scored! This game has turned on its head.
53' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Takahiro Sekine has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
56' Fresh legs for Sagan Tosu FC! Daichi Hayashi comes on to replace Cho Donggeon.
60' What a moment for Daichi Hayashi! That strike on 60 puts his side firmly in control.
62' The supporters are chanting for Yuki Muto. He replaces Yosuke Kashiwagi on 62 minute.
65' Urawa Red Diamonds make a change. Shinzo Koroki trudges off to be replaced by Kenyu Sugimoto on 65 minutes.
66' Park Jeongsu is ready to make an impact after coming on for Daiki Matsuoka at the 66 minute mark.
71' Supporters expect more eagerness from Thomas Deng, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
76' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 76.
81' What a moment for Yuki Muto! That strike on 81 puts his side firmly in control.
82' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 82 minute. Katsuya Iwatake leaves to be changed by Ryosuke Yamanaka.
83' A tactical swap from Sagan Tosu FC — Yohei Toyoda on, Takeshi Kanamori off on 83 minutes.
88' Urawa Red Diamonds have won 403 goals from 439 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
It finishes all square. Urawa Red Diamonds and Sagan Tosu FC share the spoils 2-2.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

20
Thomas Deng
5
Tomoaki Makino
30
Shinzo Koroki ↓ Kenyu Sugimoto 65'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa C
27
Daiki Hashioka
10
Yosuke Kashiwagi ↓ Yuki Muto 62'
16
Takuya Aoki ↓ Ewerton 62'
29
Kai Shibato
41
Takahiro Sekine
28
Katsuya Iwatake ↓ Ryosuke Yamanaka 82'
45
Leo

Bench

14
Kenyu Sugimoto ↑ 65'
8
Ewerton ↑ 62'
6
Ryosuke Yamanaka ↑ 82'
31
Takuya Iwanami
7
Kazuki Nagasawa
9
Yuki Muto ↑ 62'
36
Zion Suzuki

Coach Takeshi Otsuki

Sagan Tosu FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

4
Riki Harakawa ↑ 56'
11
Yohei Toyoda ↑ 83'
15
Park Jeongsu ↑ 66'
1
Tatsuya Morita
16
Daichi Hayashi ↑ 56'
6
Yuto Uchida
22
Tomoya Koyamatsu ↑ 46'

Coach Myung-Hwi Kim

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Keita Yamashita	3
Yusuke Matsuo	2
Ataru Esaka	2
Yuki Muto	2
Yoichi Naganuma	2
Shinzo Koroki	2
Riki Harakawa	1
Marcelo Ryan	1

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2020-09-09 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Sagan Tosu FC D 2020-09-05 Cerezo Osaka FC 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2020-08-29 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Oita FC Trinita W 2020-08-23 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Vissel Kobe L 2020-08-19 Gamba Osaka 1–3 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2020-08-15 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W

Sagan Tosu FC Form

2020-09-09 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Sagan Tosu FC D 2020-09-05 Sagan Tosu FC 3–0 Yokohama FC W 2020-08-08 Kashima Antlers 2–0 Sagan Tosu FC L 2020-08-01 FC Tokyo 2–3 Sagan Tosu FC W 2020-07-26 Sagan Tosu FC 1–1 Cerezo Osaka FC D 2020-07-22 Sagan Tosu FC 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.51 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.3 Sagan Tosu FC xG

I would bet for: Urawa Red Diamonds or Sagan Tosu FC 73% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds42% Draw27% Sagan Tosu FC31%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.81

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

69%

Draw or Sagan Tosu FC

58%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Sagan Tosu FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds30% Draw46% Sagan Tosu FC24%

Actual: Sagan Tosu FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.8%

2 – 1

8.6%

1 – 0

8.2%

0 – 0

1 – 2

7.4%

0 – 1

6.9%

2 – 0

6.8%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

3 – 1

4.3%

3 – 0

3.3%

1 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Sagan Tosu FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	20%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	17%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Sagan Tosu FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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