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 (2026/27)
Tokyo Verdy 18 games · 28 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 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

0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

0% 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

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Tokyo Verdy

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/1

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Saitama Stadium 2002. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' Kosuke Saito is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Urawa Red Diamonds tonight.
6' Assisted by Matheus Savio with the perfectly-timed delivery and Yusuke Matsuo makes no mistake. 1-0!
11' Tokyo Verdy is showing some good football. However, Tokyo Verdy are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
16' Tokyo Verdy are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
21' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
26' Urawa Red Diamonds are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Tokyo Verdy's shape.
31' GOAL! Ryoma Watanabe fires home to make it 2-0!
36' Kaito Yasui, a Japan , has 3 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
38' That is a card for Tokyo Verdy. Rei Hirakawa will be fuming at that decision.
43' With 0 assists to his name this season, Hiroto Yamami is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Tokyo Verdy.
46' Tokyo Verdy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Hijiri Onaga is hanging Kaito Chida on the field on 46 minute.
51' Both keepers have barely been tested. Urawa Red Diamonds and Tokyo Verdy are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
56' It looks like no one’s ball. Tokyo Verdy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
61' The home supporters are growing impatient. Urawa Red Diamonds must find a spark to ignite this game.
66' Tokyo Verdy ring the changes. Yuta Arai has done his job and it is now time for Yuan Matsuhashi to step up.
68' Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Yusuke Matsuo is replaced by Toshiki Takahashi.
69' Itsuki Someno is replacing Yudai Kimura for the Tokyo Verdy side.
72' A tactical swap from Tokyo Verdy — Shuhei Kawasaki on, Yuya Fukuda off on 72 minutes.
73' The referee shows Tokyo Verdy player a card on 73.
77' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Shoya Nakajima is hanging Ryoma Watanabe on the field on 77 minute.
82' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yuta Arai, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
83' Rio Nitta is ready to make an impact after coming on for Hirokazu Ishihara at the 83 minute mark.
88' Matheus Savio has been relatively quiet despite scoring 32 goals in his last 385 appearances.
90' It’s a booking for Urawa Red Diamonds player. Genki Haraguchi gets a card.
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
Itsuki Someno	1
Alexander Scholz	1
Yudai Kimura	1
Yusuke Matsuo	1
Renji Hidano	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