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 (2026/27)
Vegalta Sendai 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

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 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 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

0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ 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' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ricardo Rodríguez might look to freshen things up shortly.
10' Vegalta Sendai is showing some good football. However, Vegalta Sendai are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
20' Both keepers have barely been tested. Urawa Red Diamonds and Vegalta Sendai are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
25' It’s high time Makoto Teguramori made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
30' Vegalta Sendai is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
35' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
40' It looks surprising Vegalta Sendai does not make any changes. Tomoaki Makino has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
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' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
55' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Ricardo Rodríguez will be considering his options from the bench.
58' A stunning finish from Kasper Junker — that came from absolutely nowhere!
59' Kasper Junker makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and Urawa Red Diamonds are in front.
64' A change in the Vegalta Sendai ranks — Chihiro Kato exits the field as Quentin Martinus enters on 64.
69' Urawa Red Diamonds currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
73' Poor challenge from Kyohei Yoshino. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
75' Yuki Abe makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and Urawa Red Diamonds are in front.
77' Time for substitution for Vegalta Sendai. Yoshiki Matsushita is replaced by Shogo Nakahara.
78' The whistle greets Yoshio Koizumi as he departs to be replaced by Koya Yuruki.
83' Tatsuya Tanaka gets the nod from Urawa Red Diamonds. He replaces Takahiro Sekine and will look to change the dynamic.
87' Foguinho gets the nod from Vegalta Sendai. He replaces Takayoshi Ishihara and will look to change the dynamic.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Urawa Red Diamonds take all three points.

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.