Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.
- Urawa Red Diamonds 14 games · 18 pts (2026/26)
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima 14 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 14 34 2 FC Tokyo 14 32 3 Vissel Kobe 13 26 4 Gamba Osaka 15 25 5 Nagoya Grampus 14 25 6 FC Machida Zelvia 13 25 7 Tokyo Verdy 13 24 8 Cerezo Osaka FC 14 21 9 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 14 20 10 Shimizu S-Pulse 14 20 11 Kawasaki Frontale 14 20 12 Fagiano Okayama FC 14 20 13 Kyoto Sanga FC 13 19 14 Urawa Red Diamonds 14 18 15 FC Mito Holly Hock 14 18 16 Avispa Fukuoka 15 18 17 Yokohama F.Marinos 14 16 18 V-Varen Nagasaki 14 16 19 Kashiwa Reysol 14 11 20 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 14 9 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 #14 Position #9 18 Points 20 14 Played 14 5 / 0 / 9 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 7 23 Scored 28 25 Conceded 26 -2 GD +2 1.29 PPG 1.43 36% Win % 50% Key Stats
56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history36% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season14% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this seasonUrawa Red Diamonds are 14th (18 pts). Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 9th (20 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Urawa Red Diamonds and Sanfrecce Hiroshima has kicked off!
- 5' Shuto Nakano needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Danilo Boza made 369 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 15' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sanfrecce Hiroshima that had 314 games and scored 401 goals.
- 25' 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.
- 30' It looks like no one’s ball. Urawa Red Diamonds is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 40' Sanfrecce Hiroshima started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
- 45' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 45 minutes.
- 50' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sanfrecce Hiroshima needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 55' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 56' The whistle greets Daiki Suga as he departs to be replaced by Shunki Higashi.
- 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' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ryo Germain, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 76' Genki Haraguchi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Matheus Savio on 76 minute.
- 79' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Shion Inoue by Sota Koshimichi on 79 minute.
- 82' Taishi Matsumoto is replacing Hirokazu Ishihara for the Urawa Red Diamonds side.
- 83' The whistle greets Hayao Kawabe as he departs to be replaced by Hiroya Matsumoto.
- 88' The travelling Sanfrecce Hiroshima supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 90' Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Ryoma Watanabe is replaced by Motoki Nagakura.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-0.
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Urawa Red Diamonds
Starting XI-
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Matheus Savio ↓ Genki Haraguchi 76'
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Takuro Kaneko ↓ Takahiro Sekine 76'
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Yusuke Matsuo ↓ Rio Nitta 90'
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Bench-
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Genki Haraguchi ↑ 76'
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Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 82'
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Takahiro Sekine ↑ 76'
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Motoki Nagakura ↑ 90'
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Rio Nitta ↑ 90'
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Starting XI- 9
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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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Shion Inoue ↓ Sota Koshimichi 79'
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Mutsuki Kato ↓ Alen Inoue 83'
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Bench- 3
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Hiroya Matsumoto ↑ 83'
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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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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