Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sagan Tosu FC, J. League 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2022

Urawa Red Diamonds

2 – 1

Full Time

Sagan Tosu FC

Sat 8 Oct 2022 · 06:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 15' Diego

Y 69' Toshio Shimakawa

Overview

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sagan Tosu FC — J. League .

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

2022-10-08 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sagan Tosu FC 2022-03-13 Sagan Tosu FC 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2021-08-14 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sagan Tosu FC 2021-03-06 Sagan Tosu FC 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2020-10-10 Sagan Tosu FC 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Oct	Sagan Tosu FC	H	2–1	W
01 Oct	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	1–4	L
17 Sep	Shonan Bellmare	A	0–0	D
14 Sep	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	0–1	L
10 Sep	Kashiwa Reysol	H	4–1	W
03 Sep	Kashima Antlers	A	2–2	D

Sagan Tosu FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Oct	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	1–2	L
01 Oct	Kyoto Sanga FC	H	0–1	L
16 Sep	Kashima Antlers	H	1–1	D
10 Sep	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	1–2	L
03 Sep	Gamba Osaka	A	3–0	W
31 Aug	Kawasaki Frontale	A	0–4	L

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

23% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

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

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

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at . Urawa Red Diamonds are looking to make home advantage count against Sagan Tosu FC.
5' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. Urawa Red Diamonds must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' Poor challenge from Diego. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
20' Urawa Red Diamonds are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sagan Tosu FC backline.
25' The travelling Sagan Tosu FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
30' Sagan Tosu FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
35' Supporters expect more eagerness from Akito Fukuta, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
40' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Kasper Junker makes it 1-0.
45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
50' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Yoshio Koizumi makes no mistake. 2-0!
55' Takuya Iwanami, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
56' Naoyuki Fujita has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yuto Iwasaki on 56 minute.
60' Yusuke Matsuo is replacing Bryan Linssen for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
62' GOAL! Taisei Miyashiro fires home to make it 2-1!
67' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 455 games and scored 423 goals.
69' The referee calls foul for Toshio Shimakawa. He receives a Yellow card.
72' Takahiro Sekine is ready to make an impact after coming on for Yoshio Koizumi at the 72 minute mark.
77' Taichi Kikuchi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
82' Sagan Tosu FC have won 293 goals from 279 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
84' The Sagan Tosu FC manager makes a substitution. Taichi Kikuchi departs to be replaced by Taichi Fukui.
89' A change in the Urawa Red Diamonds ranks — Tomoaki Okubo exits the field as Ataru Esaka enters on 89.
Sagan Tosu FC will have plenty to reflect on. Urawa Red Diamonds were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

33
Ataru Esaka ↑ 89'
14
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 72'
12
Zion Suzuki
11
Yusuke Matsuo ↑ 60'
15
Takahiro Akimoto ↑ 72'
20
Tetsuya Chinen ↑ 89'
25
Kaito Yasui

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

Sagan Tosu FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

47
Kentaro Moriya
10
Yuji Ono ↑ 56'
14
Naoyuki Fujita ↑ 56'
11
Taisei Miyashiro ↑ 56'
13
Shinya Nakano ↑ 72'
43
Taichi Fukui ↑ 84'
31
Masahiro Okamoto

Coach Kenta Kawai

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Keita Yamashita	3
Yoichi Naganuma	2
Shinzo Koroki	2
Yusuke Matsuo	2
Ataru Esaka	2
Yuki Muto	2
Hideto Takahashi	1
Fuchi Honda	1

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2022-10-08 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sagan Tosu FC W 2022-10-01 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2022-09-17 Shonan Bellmare 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2022-09-14 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2022-09-10 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Kashiwa Reysol W 2022-09-03 Kashima Antlers 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds D

Sagan Tosu FC Form

2022-10-08 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sagan Tosu FC L 2022-10-01 Sagan Tosu FC 0–1 Kyoto Sanga FC L 2022-09-16 Sagan Tosu FC 1–1 Kashima Antlers D 2022-09-10 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Sagan Tosu FC L 2022-09-03 Gamba Osaka 0–3 Sagan Tosu FC W 2022-08-31 Kawasaki Frontale 4–0 Sagan Tosu FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.47 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.09 Sagan Tosu FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds48% Draw27% Sagan Tosu FC25%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.56

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	46%	54%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

75%

Draw or Sagan Tosu FC

52%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Sagan Tosu FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds32% Draw48% Sagan Tosu FC20%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.3%

1 – 0

10.4%

0 – 0

9.9%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

8.2%

0 – 1

7.4%

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

4.8%

0 – 2

4.5%

3 – 1

4.3%

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Sagan Tosu FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	14%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	22%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	16%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Sagan Tosu FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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