Urawa Red Diamonds vs Vegalta Sendai, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2020

Urawa Red Diamonds

6 – 0

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Vegalta Sendai

Sun 18 Oct 2020 · 07:00 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45+4' · FT 45+2'

Tomoya Ugajin 23' Y

Y 38' Jakub Slowik

Overview

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Vegalta Sendai — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)
Vegalta Sendai 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Masaaki Toma
Referee Toshiyuki Tanaka
Referee Osamu nomura
Referee Kenta Tsukada

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	Kyōto 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	Tōkyō 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 16 games · Avg 2.1 goals Vegalta Sendai

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 6–0 Vegalta Sendai 2020-07-08 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2019-07-06 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 2019-02-23 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2018-10-07 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Vegalta Sendai	H	6–0	W
14 Oct	Kashiwa Reysol	A	1–1	D
10 Oct	Sagan Tosu FC	A	1–0	W
04 Oct	Nagoya Grampus	H	0–1	L
30 Sep	FC Tōkyō	H	0–1	L
26 Sep	Yokohama FC	H	0–2	L

Vegalta Sendai

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–6	L
14 Oct	Yokohama FC	H	0–0	D
10 Oct	Kawasaki Frontale	A	0–1	L
03 Oct	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	3–3	D
27 Sep	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	2–3	L
23 Sep	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	1–3	L

Key Stats

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

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

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

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Saitama Stadium 2002!
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Urawa Red Diamonds must find a spark to ignite this game.
8' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Kazuki Nagasawa makes it 1-0.
13' 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.
18' The travelling Vegalta Sendai supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
23' That is a Yellow card for Urawa Red Diamonds. Tomoya Ugajin will be fuming at that decision.
28' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
33' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Takashi Kiyama will be considering his options from the bench.
36' Quentin Martinus doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
38' It’s a booking for Vegalta Sendai player. Jakub Slowik gets a Yellow card.
39' What a moment for Shinzo Koroki! That strike on 39 puts his side firmly in control.
40' It is a substitution in Vegalta Sendai team. Takahiro Yanagi is replaced by Koji Hachisuka on 40 minute.
45' It looks surprising Vegalta Sendai does not make any changes. Alexandre Guedes has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
46' Another change for Vegalta Sendai made on 46 minute. Keiya Shiihashi leaves to be changed by Yoshiki Matsushita.
51' Shinzo Koroki doubles the advantage! 4-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
53' Ryosuke Yamanaka gets the nod from Urawa Red Diamonds. He replaces Tomoya Ugajin and will look to change the dynamic.
58' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
59' Vegalta Sendai ring the changes. Isaac Cuenca has done his job and it is now time for Shun Nagasawa to step up.
64' Takayoshi Ishihara is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Urawa Red Diamonds so far.
67' A stunning finish from Leo — that came from absolutely nowhere!
69' Yuki Muto makes way for Kenyu Sugimoto at the 69 minute mark. A tactical switch from Urawa Red Diamonds.
73' Kunimitsu Sekiguchi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ryohei Michibuchi on 73 minute.
77' Fresh legs for Urawa Red Diamonds! Takahiro Sekine comes on to replace Quentin Martinus.
82' Yuki Muto, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
86' GOAL! Leo scores on 86.
Urawa Red Diamonds celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

5
Tomoaki Makino
8
Ewerton ↓ Kai Shibato 69'
3
Tomoya Ugajin ↓ Ryosuke Yamanaka 53'
30
Shinzo Koroki ↓ Leo 53'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa C
27
Daiki Hashioka
31
Takuya Iwanami
7
Kazuki Nagasawa
9
Yuki Muto ↓ Kenyu Sugimoto 69'
11
Quentin Martinus ↓ Takahiro Sekine 77'
24
Koya Yuruki

Bench

14
Kenyu Sugimoto ↑ 69'
6
Ryosuke Yamanaka ↑ 53'
25
Haruki Fukushima
10
Yosuke Kashiwagi
29
Kai Shibato ↑ 69'
41
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 77'
45
Leo ↑ 53'

Coach Takeshi Otsuki

Vegalta Sendai Lineups

Starting XI

5
Keiya Shiihashi ↓ Yoshiki Matsushita 46'
36
Takahiro Yanagi ↓ Koji Hachisuka 40'
3
Ryutaro Iio
29
Alexandre Guedes ↓ Hiroto Yamada 73'
18
Ryohei Michibuchi ↓ Hiroto Yamada 73'
14
Takayoshi Ishihara
23
Simao Junior C
9
Isaac Cuenca ↓ Shun Nagasawa 59'
30
Wataru Tanaka
27
Jakub Slowik
43
Tawiah

Bench

Coach Takashi Kiyama

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shinzo Koroki	5
Leo	3
Kasper Junker	2
Hiroto Yamada	2
Yuki Abe	1
Daiki Hashioka	1
Ko Itakura	1
Ko Itakura	1

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2020-10-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 6–0 Vegalta Sendai W 2020-10-14 Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2020-10-10 Sagan Tosu FC 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2020-10-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Nagoya Grampus L 2020-09-30 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 FC Tōkyō L 2020-09-26 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 Yokohama FC L

Vegalta Sendai Form

2020-10-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 6–0 Vegalta Sendai L 2020-10-14 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Yokohama FC D 2020-10-10 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Vegalta Sendai L 2020-10-03 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 3–3 Vegalta Sendai D 2020-09-27 Vegalta Sendai 2–3 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2020-09-23 Yokohama F·Marinos 3–1 Vegalta Sendai L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.97 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

0.87 Vegalta Sendai xG

I would bet for: Urawa Red Diamonds to win 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds62% Draw22% Vegalta Sendai16%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.84

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

84%

Draw or Vegalta Sendai

38%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Vegalta Sendai

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds44% Draw43% Vegalta Sendai13%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 6–0 not predicted

6 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

11.1%

1 – 0

10.8%

1 – 1

10.8%

2 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

7.6%

3 – 0

7.2%

3 – 1

6.3%

0 – 1

4.3%

1 – 2

4.2%

2 – 2

4.1%

4 – 0

3.5%

4 – 1

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Vegalta Sendai covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	19%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	24%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

42% ✗

Vegalta Sendai keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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