Urawa Red Diamonds vs Tokyo Verdy, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2025

Urawa Red Diamonds

2 – 0

Full Time

Tokyo Verdy

Sat 3 May 2025 · 06:00 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 38' Rei Hirakawa

R 73' Hiroto Taniguchi

Genki Haraguchi 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Urawa Red Diamonds vs Tokyo Verdy — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Tokyo Verdy 18 games · 28 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

Urawa Red Diamonds 6 games · Avg 2.2 goals Tokyo Verdy

Last 5 meetings

2025-05-03 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Tokyo Verdy 2024-10-19 Tokyo Verdy 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2024-03-03 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Tokyo Verdy

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 May	Tokyo Verdy	H	2–0	W
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

Tokyo Verdy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 May	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–2	L
29 Apr	Fagiano Okayama FC	A	1–0	W
25 Apr	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	1–0	W
20 Apr	Kawasaki Frontale	A	0–0	D
12 Apr	Vissel Kobe	H	0–1	L
05 Apr	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Urawa Red Diamonds		Tokyo Verdy
#16	Position	#15
25	Points	28
18	Played	18
7 / 0 / 11	W / D / L	10 / 0 / 8
37	Scored	29
37	Conceded	32
+0	GD	-3
1.39	PPG	1.56
39%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

22% Clean Sheets
Tokyo Verdy this season

Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts). Tokyo Verdy are 15th (28 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

Tokyo Verdy

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/3

31-45

2/4

46-60

3/3

61-75

2/1

76+

1/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Saitama Stadium 2002 as Urawa Red Diamonds face off against Tokyo Verdy in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
6' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Yusuke Matsuo makes it 1-0.
11' Japan international Hijiri Onaga has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
16' Urawa Red Diamonds have won 403 goals from 439 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
21' Tokyo Verdy come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
26' Itsuki Someno is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Urawa Red Diamonds so far.
31' Assisted by Yoichi Naganuma with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ryoma Watanabe makes no mistake. 2-0!
36' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
38' Rei Hirakawa catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 38.
43' Over 43 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
46' It is a substitution in Tokyo Verdy team. Kaito Chida is replaced by Hijiri Onaga on 46 minute.
51' Urawa Red Diamonds are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Tokyo Verdy backline.
56' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Urawa Red Diamonds and Tokyo Verdy are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
61' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Tokyo Verdy needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
66' Tokyo Verdy make a change. Yuta Arai trudges off to be replaced by Yuan Matsuhashi on 66 minutes.
68' Urawa Red Diamonds make a change. Yusuke Matsuo trudges off to be replaced by Toshiki Takahashi on 68 minutes.
69' Tokyo Verdy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Itsuki Someno is hanging Yudai Kimura on the field on 69 minute.
72' Tokyo Verdy make a change. Yuya Fukuda trudges off to be replaced by Shuhei Kawasaki on 72 minutes.
73' Hiroto Taniguchi was booked on 73.
77' Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Ryoma Watanabe is replaced by Shoya Nakajima.
82' Urawa Red Diamonds 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.
83' The whistle greets Hirokazu Ishihara as he departs to be replaced by Rio Nitta.
88' The travelling Tokyo Verdy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
90' That looks like a foul for a card for Genki Haraguchi.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Urawa Red Diamonds take all three points.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

8
Matheus Savio ↓ Takahiro Sekine 69'
6
Taishi Matsumoto
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
4
Hirokazu Ishihara ↓ Rio Nitta 83'
77
Takuro Kaneko ↓ Genki Haraguchi 77'
3
Danilo Boza
24
Yusuke Matsuo ↓ Toshiki Takahashi 68'
5
Marius Hoibraten
13
Ryoma Watanabe ↓ Shoya Nakajima 77'
88
Yoichi Naganuma
25
Kaito Yasui

Bench

Coach Maciej Skorza

Tokyo Verdy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ryoma Watanabe	2
Yuto Tsunashima	2
Renji Hidano	1
Itsuki Someno	1
Alexander Scholz	1
Yudai Kimura	1
Yusuke Matsuo	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.65 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.04 Tokyo Verdy xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds52% Draw26% Tokyo Verdy22%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.69

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

78%

Draw or Tokyo Verdy

48%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Tokyo Verdy

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds36% Draw46% Tokyo Verdy18%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.5%

1 – 0

10.2%

2 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

8.6%

0 – 1

6.1%

1 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

5.1%

3 – 0

4.9%

2 – 2

4.9%

0 – 2

3.6%

3 – 2

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Tokyo Verdy covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	16%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	23%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	14%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

36% ✗

Tokyo Verdy keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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

Urawa Red Diamonds vs Tokyo Verdy, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

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

Tokyo Verdy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

Tokyo Verdy 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