Urawa Red Diamonds vs V-Varen Nagasaki, 2018
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Overview
Match Preview
Urawa Red Diamonds vs V-Varen Nagasaki — J. League .
- Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
- V-Varen Nagasaki 18 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Reo Tanaka
- Referee Yoshiro Imamura
- Referee Yuki Tsukakoshi
- Referee Hiroyuki Igarashi
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Aug V-Varen Nagasaki H 0–0 D 01 Aug Kawasaki Frontale H 2–0 W 28 Jul Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 4–1 W 22 Jul Cerezo Osaka FC A 1–1 D 18 Jul Nagoya Grampus H 3–1 W 19 May Gamba Osaka A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 05 Aug Urawa Red Diamonds A 0–0 D 01 Aug Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo H 2–3 L 27 Jul FC Tōkyō A 1–0 W 22 Jul Kawasaki Frontale A 0–1 L 18 Jul Vissel Kobe H 0–1 L 19 May Yokohama F·Marinos A 2–5 L Season Stats
Urawa Red Diamonds V-Varen Nagasaki #16 Position #9 25 Points 21 18 Played 18 7 / 0 / 11 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 11 37 Scored 25 37 Conceded 33 +0 GD -8 1.39 PPG 1.17 39% Win % 39% Key Stats
70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)30% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season17% Clean Sheets
V-Varen Nagasaki this seasonUrawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts). V-Varen Nagasaki are 9th (21 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Urawa Red Diamonds0-151/116-302/131-451/–46-604/–61-753/276+2/6■ Scored ■ ConcededV-Varen Nagasaki0-15–/316-304/331-453/346-601/461-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Urawa Red Diamonds and V-Varen Nagasaki.
- 5' Urawa Red Diamonds started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
- 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Shusaku Nishikawa, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yosuke Kashiwagi made 439 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 35' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
- 45' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 50' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 55' It looks surprising V-Varen Nagasaki does not make any changes. Takashi Sawada has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 60' It’s high time Takuya Takagi made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 65' It looks like no one’s ball. V-Varen Nagasaki is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 70' 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.
- 75' 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 Ryutaro Iio suffering a number of foals already.
- 80' Tomoya Ugajin needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 85' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 90' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups
Starting XI
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- 3
- 30
- 12
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27
Daiki Hashioka ↓ Ryota Moriwaki 84'
- 31
- 10
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16
Takuya Aoki ↓ Yuki Abe 59'
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9
Yuki Muto ↓ Tadanari Lee 81'
Bench
- 28
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46
Ryota Moriwaki ↑ 84'
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22
Yuki Abe ↑ 59'
- 38
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Tadanari Lee ↑ 81'
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Coach Oswaldo de OliveiraV-Varen Nagasaki Lineups
Starting XI
- 45
- 30
- 4
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32
Yuhei Tokunaga ↓ Daichi Tagami 87'
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15
Yuzuru Shimada ↓ Ryota Isomura 73'
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- 28
- 10
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19
Takashi Sawada ↓ Shunya Yoneda 67'
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Bench
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38
Ryota Isomura ↑ 73'
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5
Daichi Tagami ↑ 87'
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Shunya Yoneda ↑ 67'
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Coach Takuya Takagi -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Zlatan Ljubijankic 1 Musashi Suzuki 1 Musashi Suzuki 1 Zlatan Ljubijankic 1 Head to Head
Urawa Red Diamonds Form
2018-08-05 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 V-Varen Nagasaki D 2018-08-01 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale W 2018-07-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2018-07-22 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2018-07-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Nagoya Grampus W 2018-05-19 Gamba Osaka 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds DV-Varen Nagasaki Form
2018-08-05 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 V-Varen Nagasaki D 2018-08-01 V-Varen Nagasaki 2–3 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo L 2018-07-27 FC Tōkyō 0–1 V-Varen Nagasaki W 2018-07-22 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 V-Varen Nagasaki L 2018-07-18 V-Varen Nagasaki 0–1 Vissel Kobe L 2018-05-19 Yokohama F·Marinos 5–2 V-Varen Nagasaki L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.51 Urawa Red Diamonds xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.92 V-Varen Nagasaki xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 57%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.43Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 70% 30% ± 2.5 43% 57% ± 3.5 23% 77% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw 78%Draw or V-Varen Nagasaki 50%Urawa Red Diamonds or V-Varen Nagasaki 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.1%1 – 0 12.3%0 – 0 Actual2 – 0 9.7%2 – 1 8.9%0 – 1 7%1 – 2 5.4%3 – 0 4.8%3 – 1 4.5%2 – 2 4.2%0 – 2 3.6%3 – 2 2.2%Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds
Handicap Urawa Red Diamonds covers Push V-Varen Nagasaki covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 15% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 24% 51% -0.5 49% — 51% +0.5 78% — 22% +1 78% 14% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet 40% ✗V-Varen Nagasaki keeps clean sheet 23% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.