Urawa Red Diamonds vs Vegalta Sendai, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

Urawa Red Diamonds

2 – 0

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Vegalta Sendai

Sun 9 May 2021 · 07:00 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 73' Kyohei Yoshino

Overview

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

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Vegalta Sendai 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ryo Hirama
Referee Takuto Okabe
Referee Hirokazu Otsubo
Referee Hiroyoshi Takayama
Referee
Referee Chikei Tajiri

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 16 games · Avg 2.1 goals Vegalta Sendai

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-09 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Vegalta Sendai 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

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 May	Vegalta Sendai	H	2–0	W
01 May	Avispa Fukuoka	A	0–2	L
25 Apr	Oita FC Trinita	H	3–2	W
18 Apr	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–1	L
11 Apr	Tokushima Vortis	H	1–0	W
07 Apr	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	2–0	W

Vegalta Sendai

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 May	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–2	L
01 May	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1–0	W
24 Apr	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	1–2	L
17 Apr	Yokohama FC	A	2–2	D
11 Apr	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	0–0	D
07 Apr	Tokushima Vortis	A	0–1	L

Key Stats

44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

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

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Urawa Red Diamonds to score. At the same time, Vegalta Sendai does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' It’s high time Makoto Teguramori made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Urawa Red Diamonds that had 439 games and scored 403 goals.
20' 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 Takuya Iwanami suffering a number of foals already.
25' 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.
30' Supporters expect more eagerness from Takayoshi Ishihara, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
40' 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.
45' 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.
50' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
55' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Jakub Slowik has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
58' Urawa Red Diamonds is taking the lead after the goal scored by Kasper Junker on 58.
59' Goal! Kasper Junker scores his 42 goal in 61 matches.
64' Time for substitution for Vegalta Sendai. Chihiro Kato is replaced by Quentin Martinus.
69' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
73' It’s a booking for Vegalta Sendai player. Kyohei Yoshino gets a Yellow card.
75' GOAL! Yuki Abe scores on 75.
77' Another substitution for Vegalta Sendai to replace Yoshiki Matsushita by Shogo Nakahara on 77 minute.
78' Time for substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds. Yoshio Koizumi is replaced by Koya Yuruki.
83' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 83 minute. Takahiro Sekine leaves to be changed by Tatsuya Tanaka.
87' Vegalta Sendai manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Foguinho is hanging Takayoshi Ishihara on the field on 87 minute.
Another three points for Urawa Red Diamonds.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Kenyu Sugimoto ↑ 78'
6
Ryosuke Yamanaka
30
Shinzo Koroki ↑ 64'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
19
Daiki Kaneko ↑ 83'
11
Tatsuya Tanaka ↑ 83'
24
Koya Yuruki ↑ 78'

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

Vegalta Sendai Lineups

Starting XI

13
Yasuhiro Hiraoka
4
Koji Hachisuka
7
Kunimitsu Sekiguchi ↓ Shuhei Akasaki 64'
15
Takuma Nishimura
16
Kyohei Yoshino
8
Yoshiki Matsushita ↓ Shogo Nakahara 77'
6
Rikiya Uehara
14
Takayoshi Ishihara ↓ Foguinho 87'
27
Jakub Slowik
32
Ryoma Kida ↓ Takumi Mase 77'
26
Chihiro Kato ↓ Quentin Martinus 64'

Bench

11
Shuhei Akasaki ↑ 64'
18
Shogo Nakahara ↑ 77'
20
Quentin Martinus ↑ 64'
31
Hayato Teruyama
1
Yuma Obata
25
Takumi Mase ↑ 77'
35
Foguinho ↑ 87'

Coach Makoto Teguramori

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shinzo Koroki	5
Leo	3
Hiroto Yamada	2
Kasper Junker	2
Kazuki Nagasawa	1
Quentin Martinus	1
Yuki Abe	1
Daiki Hashioka	1

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2021-05-09 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Vegalta Sendai W 2021-05-01 Avispa Fukuoka 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2021-04-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–2 Oita FC Trinita W 2021-04-18 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2021-04-11 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Tokushima Vortis W 2021-04-07 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W

Vegalta Sendai Form

2021-05-09 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Vegalta Sendai L 2021-05-01 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol W 2021-04-24 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 2–1 Vegalta Sendai L 2021-04-17 Yokohama FC 2–2 Vegalta Sendai D 2021-04-11 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Yokohama F·Marinos D 2021-04-07 Tokushima Vortis 1–0 Vegalta Sendai L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.71 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

0.78 Vegalta Sendai xG

I would bet for: Urawa Red Diamonds to win 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds60% Draw24% Vegalta Sendai16%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes45% 0% No55%

Avg goals/match: 2.49

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

84%

Draw or Vegalta Sendai

40%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Vegalta Sendai

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds40% Draw47% Vegalta Sendai13%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

13.3%

1 – 1

11.8%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

10.2%

2 – 1

9.2%

3 – 0

6.6%

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

5.3%

1 – 2

4.1%

2 – 2

3.6%

4 – 0

2.8%

0 – 2

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Vegalta Sendai covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	18%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	25%	42%
-0.5	58%	—	42%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	11%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

46% ✗

Vegalta Sendai keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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