Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.
- Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
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 Tōkyō 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Apr Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 1–0 W 20 Apr Yokohama F·Marinos H 3–1 W 16 Apr Kyoto Sanga FC H 2–1 W 13 Apr FC Machida Zelvia A 2–0 W 06 Apr Avispa Fukuoka A 0–1 L 02 Apr Shimizu S-Pulse H 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Apr Urawa Red Diamonds A 0–1 L 20 Apr Nagoya Grampus A 1–2 L 12 Apr Fagiano Okayama FC H 0–1 L 06 Apr Cerezo Osaka FC H 2–1 W 02 Apr Kashima Antlers H 1–0 W 29 Mar Kyoto Sanga FC A 0–1 L Season Stats
Urawa Red Diamonds Sanfrecce Hiroshima #16 Position #4 25 Points 30 18 Played 18 7 / 0 / 11 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 37 Scored 41 37 Conceded 33 +0 GD +8 1.39 PPG 1.67 39% Win % 56% Key Stats
56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this seasonUrawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts). Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Urawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ Scored ■ ConcededSanfrecce Hiroshima0-153/116-301/231-453/146-605/–61-753/476+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Urawa Red Diamonds to score. At the same time, Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Sanfrecce Hiroshima started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
- 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Urawa Red Diamonds needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 15' 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 Tsukasa Shiotani suffering a number of foals already.
- 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
- 25' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Hayao Kawabe has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 35' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 40' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 45' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 50' It looks like no one’s ball. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 55' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 56' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Daiki Suga by Shunki Higashi on 56 minute.
- 57' What a strike from Takuro Kaneko! The score is 1-0.
- 62' 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.
- 67' Sanfrecce Hiroshima player sees a card in front of him.
- 72' Daiki Suga needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 76' Genki Haraguchi is replacing Matheus Savio for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
- 79' The supporters are chanting for Sota Koshimichi. He replaces Shion Inoue on 79 minute.
- 82' Taishi Matsumoto is replacing Hirokazu Ishihara for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
- 83' Another change for Sanfrecce Hiroshima made on 83 minute. Hayao Kawabe leaves to be changed by Hiroya Matsumoto.
- 88' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 90' Motoki Nagakura is replacing Ryoma Watanabe for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
- The final score is 1-0.
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Lineups
Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups
Starting XI
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8
Matheus Savio ↓ Genki Haraguchi 76'
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77
Takuro Kaneko ↓ Takahiro Sekine 76'
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24
Yusuke Matsuo ↓ Rio Nitta 90'
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Bench
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9
Genki Haraguchi ↑ 76'
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6
Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 82'
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14
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 76'
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Motoki Nagakura ↑ 90'
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Rio Nitta ↑ 90'
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups
Starting XI
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Daiki Suga ↓ Shunki Higashi 56'
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Hayao Kawabe ↓ Hiroya Matsumoto 83'
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Tsukasa Shiotani ↓ Shuto Nakano 56'
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20
Shion Inoue ↓ Sota Koshimichi 79'
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Mutsuki Kato ↓ Alen Inoue 83'
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Bench
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Hiroya Matsumoto ↑ 83'
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24
Shunki Higashi ↑ 56'
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Sota Koshimichi ↑ 79'
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Shuto Nakano ↑ 56'
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Alen Inoue ↑ 83'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Shinzo Koroki 4 Tsukasa Morishima 3 Kasper Junker 2 Shinzo Koroki 2 Rhayner 2 Mutsuki Kato 2 Makoto Mitsuta 2 Yuki Ohashi 2 Head to Head
Urawa Red Diamonds Form
2025-04-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2025-04-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Yokohama F·Marinos W 2025-04-16 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Kyoto Sanga FC W 2025-04-13 FC Machida Zelvia 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2025-04-06 Avispa Fukuoka 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2025-04-02 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse WSanfrecce Hiroshima Form
2025-04-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2025-04-20 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2025-04-12 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Fagiano Okayama FC L 2025-04-06 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2025-04-02 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Kashima Antlers W 2025-03-29 Kyoto Sanga FC 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.81 Urawa Red Diamonds xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 63% + Over 2.5 goals 61%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Urawa Red Diamonds winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.21Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 83% 17% ± 2.5 61% 39% ± 3.5 40% 60% ± 4.5 22% 78% Double Chance
Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw 74%Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima 49%Urawa Red Diamonds or Sanfrecce Hiroshima 76%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.1%2 – 1 8.9%1 – 2 6.9%1 – 0 Actual2 – 0 6.6%2 – 2 6.2%0 – 0 5.6%3 – 1 5.4%0 – 1 4.9%0 – 2 4%3 – 0 3.9%3 – 2 3.8%Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds
Handicap Urawa Red Diamonds covers Push Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 14% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 20% 54% -0.5 46% — 54% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 16% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 8% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet 25% ✗Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet 17% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.