Urawa Red Diamonds vs Shimizu S-Pulse, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Wed 2 Apr 2025 · 10:30 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 42' Ahmed Ahmedov

Samuel Gustafson 90' Y

Overview

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Shimizu S-Pulse — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)
Shimizu S-Pulse 18 games · 24 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 20 games · Avg 2.3 goals Shimizu S-Pulse

Last 5 meetings

2025-04-02 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2022-07-16 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2022-04-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2021-11-27 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2021-04-07 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Apr	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	2–1	W
28 Mar	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	1–1	D
16 Mar	Kashima Antlers	A	1–1	D
08 Mar	Fagiano Okayama FC	H	1–0	W
02 Mar	Kashiwa Reysol	H	0–2	L
26 Feb	Shonan Bellmare	A	1–2	L

Shimizu S-Pulse

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Apr	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	1–2	L
29 Mar	Shonan Bellmare	H	3–0	W
16 Mar	Kyoto Sanga FC	H	1–2	L
08 Mar	Gamba Osaka	A	0–1	L
02 Mar	Fagiano Okayama FC	A	1–1	D
26 Feb	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Urawa Red Diamonds		Shimizu S-Pulse
#16	Position	#7
25	Points	24
18	Played	18
7 / 0 / 11	W / D / L	8 / 0 / 10
37	Scored	40
37	Conceded	42
+0	GD	-2
1.39	PPG	1.33
39%	Win %	44%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

23% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

8% Clean Sheets
Shimizu S-Pulse this season

Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts). Shimizu S-Pulse are 7th (24 pts).

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

Shimizu S-Pulse

0-15

1/2

16-30

–/1

31-45

1/3

46-60

2/4

61-75

4/6

76+

1/7

■ 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

Shimizu S-Pulse

Se-hun Oh	2 G
Koya Kitagawa	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Urawa Red Diamonds to score. At the same time, Shimizu S-Pulse does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
4' Ryoma Watanabe doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
9' Urawa Red Diamonds have won 420 goals from 452 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
14' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Urawa Red Diamonds and Shimizu S-Pulse are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
19' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
24' Takashi Inui has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
29' Urawa Red Diamonds currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
34' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Shimizu S-Pulse that had 377 games and scored 295 goals.
39' The energy levels are beginning to show. Tadahiro Akiba might look to freshen things up shortly.
42' That looks like a foul for a card for Ahmed Ahmedov.
46' Takashi Inui gets the nod from Shimizu S-Pulse. He replaces Motoki Nishihara and will look to change the dynamic.
51' Shimizu S-Pulse 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.
56' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
59' The Brazil Matheus Savio breaks the deadlock on 59 minutes. 2-0!
61' The Shimizu S-Pulse manager makes a substitution. Yutaka Yoshida departs to be replaced by Capixaba.
66' Both keepers have barely been tested. Urawa Red Diamonds and Shimizu S-Pulse are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
71' Shimizu S-Pulse come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
72' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Yusuke Matsuo by Samuel Gustafson on 72 minute.
73' Shinya Yajima is ready to make an impact after coming on for Zento Uno at the 73 minute mark.
77' The crowd applauds Ryoma Watanabe as he leaves the pitch. Genki Haraguchi steps in for Urawa Red Diamonds.
79' Sen Takagi does the damage! The net is bulging and Shimizu S-Pulse surge ahead!
84' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 84.
89' It is a cagey affair so far. Urawa Red Diamonds in their trying to find a way past Shimizu S-Pulse's compact .
90' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Samuel Gustafson on 90 minutes.
90' Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Takuya Ogiwara is replaced by Yoichi Naganuma.
Urawa Red Diamonds celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Maciej Skorza

Shimizu S-Pulse Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

7
Capixaba ↑ 61'
33
Takashi Inui ↑ 46'
21
Shinya Yajima ↑ 73'
23
Koya Kitagawa ↑ 46'
16
Togo Umeda
41
Kento Haneda
19
Kai Matsuzaki ↑ 46'
49
Shion Kotake

Coach Tadahiro Akiba

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shinzo Koroki	5
Shota Kaneko	3
Shota Kaneko	3
Valdo	2
Douglas	2
Shinzo Koroki	2
Ryoma Watanabe	1
Fabricio	1

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2025-04-02 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2025-03-28 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2025-03-16 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2025-03-08 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Fagiano Okayama FC W 2025-03-02 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 Kashiwa Reysol L 2025-02-26 Shonan Bellmare 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L

Shimizu S-Pulse Form

2025-04-02 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2025-03-29 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–0 Shonan Bellmare W 2025-03-16 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 Kyoto Sanga FC L 2025-03-08 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2025-03-02 Fagiano Okayama FC 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse D 2025-02-26 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.97 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.43 Shimizu S-Pulse xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds52% Draw23% Shimizu S-Pulse25%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.4

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

75%

Draw or Shimizu S-Pulse

48%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Shimizu S-Pulse

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds37% Draw41% Shimizu S-Pulse22%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.2%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

6.3%

1 – 0

5.9%

3 – 1

5.8%

0 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

4.2%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 1

4.1%

0 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Shimizu S-Pulse covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	15%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	20%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Shimizu S-Pulse keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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