Urawa Red Diamonds vs Vissel Kobe, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

Urawa Red Diamonds

2 – 0

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Vissel Kobe

Sat 22 May 2021 · 07:05 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Vissel Kobe — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)
Vissel Kobe 18 games · 35 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ryuji Sato
Referee Tadashi Baba
Referee Isao Nishihashi
Referee Yusuke Hamamoto
Referee Uhiro Okano (Japan)
Referee Tadashi Nakamura

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 24 games · Avg 2.5 goals Vissel Kobe

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Vissel Kobe 2020-11-18 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2020-08-23 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Vissel Kobe 2019-08-17 Vissel Kobe 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2019-04-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Vissel Kobe

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 May	Vissel Kobe	H	2–0	W
16 May	Gamba Osaka	A	3–0	W
09 May	Vegalta Sendai	H	2–0	W
01 May	Avispa Fukuoka	A	0–2	L
25 Apr	Ōita FC Trinita	H	3–2	W
18 Apr	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–1	L

Vissel Kobe

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 May	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–2	L
15 May	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	1–1	D
09 May	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	0–2	L
01 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	3–0	W
24 Apr	Kashima Antlers	A	1–1	D
17 Apr	Shonan Bellmare	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Urawa Red Diamonds		Vissel Kobe
#16	Position	#1
25	Points	35
18	Played	18
7 / 0 / 11	W / D / L	11 / 0 / 7
37	Scored	41
37	Conceded	37
+0	GD	+4
1.39	PPG	1.94
39%	Win %	61%

Key Stats

46% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)

46% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

43% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this season

Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts). Vissel Kobe are 1st (35 pts).

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

Vissel Kobe

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

2/1

46-60

3/–

61-75

1/2

76+

3/1

■ 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

Vissel Kobe

Yuya Osako	3 G
Katsuya Nagato	2 G	1 A
Yuta Goke	2 G
Yoshinori Muto	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Urawa Red Diamonds and Vissel Kobe is underway.
5' Urawa Red Diamonds is showing some good football. However, Urawa Red Diamonds are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Urawa Red Diamonds and Vissel Kobe are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' Yuki Muto, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
20' Yuta Goke is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Urawa Red Diamonds tonight.
25' Vissel Kobe come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
30' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
35' The travelling Vissel Kobe supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
40' Vissel Kobe are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
45' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
46' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Yuki Abe by Kai Shibato on 46 minute.
47' A goal from the Japan international Tatsuya Tanaka! He fires home on 47 to make it 1-0!
52' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ricardo Rodríguez might look to freshen things up shortly.
56' Vissel Kobe ring the changes. Daiju Sasaki has done his job and it is now time for Ayub Masika to step up.
57' Another change for Vissel Kobe made on 57 minute. Lincoln leaves to be changed by Douglas.
62' Both keepers have barely been tested. Urawa Red Diamonds and Vissel Kobe are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
66' Urawa Red Diamonds make a change. Tatsuya Tanaka trudges off to be replaced by Takahiro Sekine on 66 minutes.
71' Douglas has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
76' Ryo Hatsuse is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Vissel Kobe so far.
81' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
83' The Vissel Kobe manager makes a substitution. Yuta Goke departs to be replaced by Asahi Masuyama.
85' Kasper Junker adds to his 0 season tally! Urawa Red Diamonds lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
90' Fresh legs for Urawa Red Diamonds! Shinzo Koroki comes on to replace Kasper Junker.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

20
Thomas Deng
6
Ryosuke Yamanaka ↑ 66'
30
Shinzo Koroki ↑ 90'
1
Shusaku Nishikawa
29
Kai Shibato ↑ 46'
41
Takahiro Sekine ↑ 66'
18
Yoshio Koizumi ↑ 46'

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

Vissel Kobe Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

19
Ryo Hatsuse ↑ 56'
1
Daiya Maekawa
37
Asahi Masuyama ↑ 83'
25
Leo Osaki
49
Douglas ↑ 56'
20
Shion Inoue
40
Ayub Masika ↑ 56'

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yoshinori Muto	3
Iniesta	3
Yuya Osako	2
Yuki Muto	2
Hotaru Yamaguchi	2
Yuki Muto	2
Shinzo Koroki	2
Kasper Junker	1

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2021-05-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Vissel Kobe W 2021-05-16 Gamba Osaka 0–3 Urawa Red Diamonds W 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 Ōita FC Trinita W 2021-04-18 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L

Vissel Kobe Form

2021-05-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Vissel Kobe L 2021-05-15 Vissel Kobe 1–1 Cerezo Osaka FC D 2021-05-09 Yokohama F.Marinos 2–0 Vissel Kobe L 2021-05-01 Vissel Kobe 3–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-04-24 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Vissel Kobe D 2021-04-17 Shonan Bellmare 0–0 Vissel Kobe D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.91 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.34 Vissel Kobe xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 63% + Over 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds52% Draw24% Vissel Kobe24%

Actual: Urawa Red Diamonds win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.25

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

76%

Draw or Vissel Kobe

48%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Vissel Kobe

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds37% Draw42% Vissel Kobe21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.8%

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

6.7%

1 – 2

6.4%

2 – 2

6.1%

3 – 1

5.8%

0 – 0

5.4%

0 – 1

4.5%

3 – 0

4.4%

3 – 2

3.9%

0 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Vissel Kobe covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	15%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	21%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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