Early weight of the money hint to Urawa Reds superiority when meeting Kyoto Sanga

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Fri 15.Sep
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

Urawa Reds look forward to facing Kyoto Sanga with hopes of taking all three points. Can they? Read our in-depth preview!

Insights:
  • Urawa Reds have the fewest conceded goals (20) in J-League
  • Kyoto Sanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Saitama Stadium 2002 as Urawa Reds have scored 19 goals to get 25 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the J-League are 7-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Urawa Reds's previous match was a J-League Cup game also played at home, finishing 3-0 versus Gamba Osaka. The home side hope to to build on that result.

Before that game, a strong away victory at Gamba Osaka. A J-League Cup match.

Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 12 league games, 9 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

A decent goal production from Urawa Reds in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Urawa have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Kyoto Sanga form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kyoto Sanga so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-8 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Cho, the Kyoto Sanga manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Kyoto Sanga are travelling again after losing away to Vissel Kobe in their previous match (1-2). Hara has bagged at least one goal for the away team three fixtures in a row. The capability! Kaneko got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, top player of the team. Kaneko hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 36 successful passes (of 42 total).

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Avispa Fukuoka.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Kyoto when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kyoto Sanga have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Kyoto Sanga have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled before this season: Kyoto Sanga - Urawa 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Urawa Reds five wins, four draws and Kyoto Sanga one victory. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kyoto SangaA. Aguiar Oliveira
A. Aguiar Oliveira
10 goals
Urawa RedsJ. Kanté Martínez
J. Kanté Martínez
6 goals
Kyoto SangaY. Toyokawa
Y. Toyokawa
5 goals

Urawa Reds missing players

Kyoto Sanga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Urawa Reds Kyoto Sanga
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 4 13 26
12 7 2 Won W 0 3 9
9 4 0 Drew D 1 2 2
5 1 1 Lost L 3 8 15
31 19 6 Scored S 2 15 30
20 9 4 Conceded C 7 20 36
77% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
65% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 77%
35% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 50%
12% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 19%
8% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 12%
42% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 46%
42% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 19%
38% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 38%
 
4.9 4.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.4 4.6
5.2 4.1 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.4 5.2
1.2 1.1 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.6 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12.2 14.4 17.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 10.8 11.8
4 5.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.4 3.5
30% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 34% 33%
 
11 10.1 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.9 12.5
3.5 2.7 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.5 3.9
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Kyoto Sanga have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Urawa Reds have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Urawa Reds have the fewest conceded goals (20) in J-League
  • Urawa Reds have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in J-League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vissel Kobe 26 15 7 4 48 23 14 8 4 2 25 12 12 7 3 2 23 11 25 52
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 15 5 6 49 32 12 9 2 1 29 11 14 6 3 5 20 21 17 50
3 Nagoya Grampus 26 13 7 6 34 25 14 8 6 0 20 10 12 5 1 6 14 15 9 46
4 Cerezo Osaka 26 14 3 9 38 26 14 8 1 5 21 13 12 6 2 4 17 13 12 45
5 Urawa Reds 26 12 9 5 31 20 12 7 4 1 19 9 14 5 5 4 12 11 11 45
6 Kashima Antlers 26 12 7 7 37 24 12 6 3 3 18 11 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 43
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 12 5 9 31 25 13 7 3 3 18 12 13 5 2 6 13 13 6 41
8 Avispa Fukuoka 26 11 5 10 26 30 13 7 2 4 14 13 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 38
9 Kawasaki Frontale 26 9 6 11 34 36 12 4 4 4 16 13 14 5 2 7 18 23 -2 33
10 Tokyo 26 9 6 11 33 37 13 7 2 4 23 17 13 2 4 7 10 20 -4 33
11 Gamba Osaka 26 9 6 11 35 46 12 6 3 3 19 14 14 3 3 8 16 32 -11 33
12 Consadole Sapporo 26 8 8 10 48 49 12 4 2 6 22 20 14 4 6 4 26 29 -1 32
13 Sagan Tosu 26 8 7 11 32 33 14 4 4 6 14 20 12 4 3 5 18 13 -1 31
14 Kyoto Sanga 26 9 2 15 30 36 13 6 0 7 15 16 13 3 2 8 15 20 -6 29
15 Albirex Niigata 26 7 8 11 26 35 13 4 4 5 16 20 13 3 4 6 10 15 -9 29
16 Kashiwa Reysol 26 4 11 11 23 35 14 2 8 4 14 19 12 2 3 7 9 16 -12 23
17 Yokohama 26 5 7 14 22 46 14 4 3 7 14 21 12 1 4 7 8 25 -24 22
18 Shonan Bellmare 26 3 9 14 32 51 13 2 4 7 15 26 13 1 5 7 17 25 -19 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vissel Kobe 26 15 7 4 48 23 14 8 4 2 25 12 12 7 3 2 23 11 25 52
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 15 5 6 49 32 12 9 2 1 29 11 14 6 3 5 20 21 17 50
3 Nagoya Grampus 26 13 7 6 34 25 14 8 6 0 20 10 12 5 1 6 14 15 9 46
4 Cerezo Osaka 26 14 3 9 38 26 14 8 1 5 21 13 12 6 2 4 17 13 12 45
5 Urawa Reds 26 12 9 5 31 20 12 7 4 1 19 9 14 5 5 4 12 11 11 45
6 Kashima Antlers 26 12 7 7 37 24 12 6 3 3 18 11 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 43
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 12 5 9 31 25 13 7 3 3 18 12 13 5 2 6 13 13 6 41
8 Avispa Fukuoka 26 11 5 10 26 30 13 7 2 4 14 13 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 38
9 Kawasaki Frontale 26 9 6 11 34 36 12 4 4 4 16 13 14 5 2 7 18 23 -2 33
10 Tokyo 26 9 6 11 33 37 13 7 2 4 23 17 13 2 4 7 10 20 -4 33
11 Gamba Osaka 26 9 6 11 35 46 12 6 3 3 19 14 14 3 3 8 16 32 -11 33
12 Consadole Sapporo 26 8 8 10 48 49 12 4 2 6 22 20 14 4 6 4 26 29 -1 32
13 Sagan Tosu 26 8 7 11 32 33 14 4 4 6 14 20 12 4 3 5 18 13 -1 31
14 Kyoto Sanga 26 9 2 15 30 36 13 6 0 7 15 16 13 3 2 8 15 20 -6 29
15 Albirex Niigata 26 7 8 11 26 35 13 4 4 5 16 20 13 3 4 6 10 15 -9 29
16 Kashiwa Reysol 26 4 11 11 23 35 14 2 8 4 14 19 12 2 3 7 9 16 -12 23
17 Yokohama 26 5 7 14 22 46 14 4 3 7 14 21 12 1 4 7 8 25 -24 22
18 Shonan Bellmare 26 3 9 14 32 51 13 2 4 7 15 26 13 1 5 7 17 25 -19 18

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