Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 2018

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sun 4 Mar 2018 · 07:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League .

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Yoshihito Hayashi
Referee Hiroyuki Kimura
Referee Hironobu Kikawada
Referee Masaki Tsuruoka

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

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · Avg 2.8 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2018-03-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2017-11-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Mar	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–2	L
04 Mar	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	2–0	W
26 Feb	Vissel Kobe	A	0–1	L
24 Feb	FC Tōkyō	A	1–1	D
18 Feb	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	0–1	L
12 Feb	Vegalta Sendai	H	1–2	L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Mar	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	2–1	W
25 Feb	Kashima Antlers	H	1–5	L
24 Feb	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	1–0	W
16 Feb	Kingstonian FC	A	3–1	W
10 Feb	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1–3	L
05 Feb	V-Varen Nagasaki	A	3–0	W

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 history

33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts). Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

1/1

16-30

2/1

31-45

1/–

46-60

4/–

61-75

3/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

3/1

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

5/–

61-75

3/4

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between Urawa Red Diamonds and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
5' It’s high time Takafumi Hori made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
15' It is a cagey affair so far. Urawa Red Diamonds in their trying to find a way past Sanfrecce Hiroshima's compact .
20' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is showing some good football. However, Sanfrecce Hiroshima are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
25' Sanfrecce Hiroshima 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.
30' The 34-year-old Kazuki Nagasawa has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
35' 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.
40' Sanfrecce Hiroshima fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
45' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
50' Yoshifumi Kashiwa has been relatively quiet despite scoring 22 goals in his last 335 appearances.
55' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
60' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
65' Urawa Red Diamonds are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sanfrecce Hiroshima backline.
70' Takuya Wada, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
75' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
80' The travelling Sanfrecce Hiroshima supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
85' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
90' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Takafumi Hori will be considering his options from the bench.
It finishes all square. Urawa Red Diamonds and Sanfrecce Hiroshima share the spoils 1-2.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

5
Tomoaki Makino
6
Wataru Endo
3
Tomoya Ugajin
30
Shinzo Koroki
1
Shusaku Nishikawa C
2
Mauricio
22
Yuki Abe
16
Takuya Aoki
15
Kazuki Nagasawa ↓ Tadanari Lee 83'
9
Yuki Muto ↓ Kosuke Taketomi 80'
11
Quentin Martinus ↓ Zlatan Ljubijankic 74'

Bench

Coach Takafumi Hori

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

19
Sho Sasaki
6
Toshihiro Aoyama ↓ Kyohei Yoshino 71'
1
Takuto Hayashi C
4
Hiroki Mizumoto
2
Yuki Nogami
33
Takuya Wada
18
Yoshifumi Kashiwa
15
Sho Inagaki
36
Hayao Kawabe ↓ Masato Kudo 89'
39
Patric
31
Teerasil Dangda ↓ Kosei Shibasaki 56'

Bench

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shinzo Koroki	4
Tsukasa Morishima	3
Yuki Ohashi	2
Kasper Junker	2
Shinzo Koroki	2
Rhayner	2
Mutsuki Kato	2
Makoto Mitsuta	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.5 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.93 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 66% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds30% Draw25% Sanfrecce Hiroshima45%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.43

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

55%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

70%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds24% Draw41% Sanfrecce Hiroshima35%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.2%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

6.5%

0 – 2

6.1%

0 – 1

5.6%

1 – 3

5.6%

0 – 0

4.7%

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

4.2%

0 – 3

3.8%

2 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	15%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	53%	—	47%
+1	53%	20%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	14%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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

Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 2018

Overview

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Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Clean Sheet