Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2023

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Wed 31 May 2023 · 10:30 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 20,266 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 50' Tsukasa Morishima

Hiroki Sakai 72' 1–1

Atsuki Ito 90' 2–1

Y 63' Gakuto Notsuda

Overview

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jumpei Iida
Assistant 1 Makoto Hibino
Assistant 2 Masaki Abe (Japan)

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 19 games · Avg 2.9 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2023-05-31 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022-10-01 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2022-05-13 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2021-08-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2021-05-26 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	2–1	W
27 May	Kyoto Sanga FC	A	2–0	W
20 May	Avispa Fukuoka	A	0–0	D
14 May	Gamba Osaka	H	3–1	W
10 May	Sagan Tosu FC	H	0–2	L
23 Apr	Kawasaki Frontale	A	1–1	D

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 May	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	1–2	L
27 May	Shonan Bellmare	H	1–0	W
20 May	Nagoya Grampus	A	1–2	L
13 May	Vissel Kobe	A	0–2	L
07 May	Avispa Fukuoka	H	3–1	W
29 Apr	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	1–0	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

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

43% 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

4/3

31-45

4/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/4

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/–

46-60

2/2

61-75

5/–

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

Matheus Savio	4 G
Minamino Harumi	4 G
Takuro Kaneko	1 G	5 A
Hiiro Komori	1 G

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Akito Suzuki	6 G	2 A
Shun Ayukawa	3 G	1 A
Sebastien Haller	3 G	1 A
Mutsuki Kato	2 G	3 A
Shuto Nakano	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Urawa Red Diamonds and Sanfrecce Hiroshima has kicked off!
5' 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 Gakuto Notsuda suffering a number of foals already.
10' Urawa Red Diamonds have won 411 goals from 443 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' 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.
20' Yusuke Chajima has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Sanfrecce Hiroshima winning 100% of all matches.
30' It’s high time Maciej Skorza made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
35' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
40' The 28-year-old Ezequiel has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
45' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Keisuke Osako has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
46' Time for substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Nassim Ben Khalifa is replaced by Douglas Vieira.
50' Brilliant from the ! Tsukasa Morishima makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 50.
55' It is a cagey affair so far. Urawa Red Diamonds in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Sanfrecce Hiroshima's compact 3-4-2-1.
60' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
63' Gakuto Notsuda picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
65' Sanfrecce Hiroshima make a change. Gakuto Notsuda trudges off to be replaced by Ezequiel on 65 minutes.
67' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 67 minute. Ken Iwao leaves to be changed by Bryan Linssen.
71' Shuto Nakano has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yusuke Chajima on 71 minute.
72' What an equalizer from Hiroki Sakai!
72' A change in the Sanfrecce Hiroshima ranks — Yusuke Chajima exits the field as Shuto Nakano enters on 72.
73' Hiroki Sakai adds to his 0 season tally! Urawa Red Diamonds lead 2-1 — and this changes everything.
78' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
82' It is a substitution in Urawa Red Diamonds team. Takahiro Sekine is replaced by Takuya Ogiwara on 82 minute.
87' Takahiro Akimoto needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 14 Yellow cards this season.
89' The crowd applauds Tsukasa Morishima as he leaves the pitch. Kosei Shibasaki steps in for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
90' Brilliant from the midfielder! Atsuki Ito makes it 3-1 with a superb finish on 90.
90' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Kaito Yasui by Kai Shibato on 90 minute.
It finishes all square. Urawa Red Diamonds and Sanfrecce Hiroshima share the spoils 2-1.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2
Hiroki Sakai
11
Jose Kante ↓ Shinzo Koroki 67'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
14
Takahiro Sekine ↓ Takuya Ogiwara 82'
28
Alexander Scholz
10
David Moberg-Karlsson ↓ Tomoaki Okubo 67'
5
Marius Hoibraten
15
Takahiro Akimoto
19
Ken Iwao ↓ Bryan Linssen 67'
3
Atsuki Ito
25
Kaito Yasui ↓ Kai Shibato 90'

Bench

9
Bryan Linssen ↑ 67'
30
Shinzo Koroki ↑ 67'
4
Takuya Iwanami
26
Takuya Ogiwara ↑ 82'
22
Kai Shibato ↑ 90'
12
Zion Suzuki
21
Tomoaki Okubo ↑ 67'

Coach Maciej Skorza

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

7
Gakuto Notsuda ↓ Ezequiel 65'
19
Sho Sasaki
38
Keisuke Osako
10
Tsukasa Morishima ↓ Kosei Shibasaki 89'
17
Taishi Matsumoto
8
Takumu Kawamura
24
Shunki Higashi
13
Nassim Ben Khalifa ↓ Douglas Vieira 46'
4
Hayato Araki
25
Yusuke Chajima ↓ Shuto Nakano 72'
2
Jelani Sumiyoshi

Bench

14
Ezequiel ↑ 65'
22
Goro Kawanami
30
Kosei Shibasaki ↑ 89'
18
Yoshifumi Kashiwa
9
Douglas Vieira ↑ 46'
23
Shun Ayukawa
15
Shuto Nakano ↑ 72'

Coach Michael Skibbe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2023-05-31 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-05-27 Kyoto Sanga FC 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2023-05-20 Avispa Fukuoka 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2023-05-14 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Gamba Osaka W 2023-05-10 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 Sagan Tosu FC L 2023-04-23 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2023-05-31 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-05-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Shonan Bellmare W 2023-05-20 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-05-13 Vissel Kobe 2–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-05-07 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–1 Avispa Fukuoka W 2023-04-29 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.79 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.64 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 67% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds45% Draw24% Sanfrecce Hiroshima31%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

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

69%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

55%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds31% Draw41% Sanfrecce Hiroshima28%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.4%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 0

5.2%

1 – 0

5.2%

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 0

4.7%

0 – 1

4.7%

0 – 2

4.4%

1 – 3

4.1%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	12%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	19%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	65%	—	35%
+1	65%	17%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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