Soccer betting preview: Urawa Reds welcomes Yokohama F. Marinos in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 06.Aug
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

These two teams are enjoying a sweet season so far and fixtures like today could be key. Get the info on Urawa Reds - Yokohama F. Marinos!

Insights:
  • Urawa Reds have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in J-League
  • Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (44) in J-League

The hosts Urawa Reds saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Emperor Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Nagoya Grampus.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

21 points is a decent return from 10 J-League games here at Saitama Stadium 2002 for Urawa Reds. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Iwao was the last player to score a league goal for Urawa Reds and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Urawa Reds haven't scored in 232 minutes.

The fans are hoping that Urawa will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away defeat in the Emperor Cup fixture against Nagoya Grampus.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cerezo Osaka (0-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Urawa Reds have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Urawa Reds have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 18 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Urawa Reds have conceded only 9 goals.

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Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Yokohama's previous game was their home loss versus Kawasaki Frontale (0-1). Until that loss this team had taken at least a draw from seven league rounds in a row. Late heartbreak for Yokohama F. Marinos in the Kawasaki Frontale match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime. Ichimori was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.52. The agile goalkeeper Ichimori saved a penalty.

The fixture before that was the Emperor Cup-duel against Machida Zelvia, a home defeat (1-4). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Yokohama F. Marinos playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 2 Yokohama F. Marinos wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Yokohama are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. 15 goals have been conceded by Yokohama F. Marinos in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the teams faced each other previously this campaign; Yokohama F. Marinos - Urawa Reds 2-0. Urawa Reds-Yokohama F. Marinos H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Urawa Reds two wins, Yokohama F. Marinos six wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Yokohama F. MarinosA. Lopes de Souza
A. Lopes de Souza
15 goals
Yokohama F. MarinosJ. Pimentel da Silva
J. Pimentel da Silva
7 goals
UrawaS. Koroki
S. Koroki
4 goals

Urawa Reds missing players

Yokohama F. Marinos missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Urawa Reds Yokohama F. Marinos
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 11 21
10 6 1 Won W 1 6 13
7 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
4 1 0 Lost L 1 3 4
27 18 2 Scored S 6 19 44
17 9 1 Conceded C 6 15 24
76% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 90%
38% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 57%
14% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 36% 38%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 29%
43% 70% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 67%
38% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 24%
43% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 10%
 
4.6 4.9 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 3.9 4.6
5.1 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.1 6.1
1.1 0.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.9 1.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.5 14.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 13.2 13.6
4.2 5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.6 5.5
31% 36% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 38%
 
10.9 9.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 17 15.4
3.1 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.9 4.5
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Urawa Reds have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in J-League
  • Urawa Reds have the most points from losing position (16) in J-League
  • Yokohama F. Marinos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (44) in J-League
  • Yokohama F. Marinos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 21 13 5 3 42 17 12 7 3 2 22 10 9 6 2 1 20 7 25 44
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 21 13 4 4 44 24 10 7 2 1 25 9 11 6 2 3 19 15 20 43
3 Nagoya Grampus 21 11 6 4 30 20 11 6 5 0 17 9 10 5 1 4 13 11 10 39
4 Urawa Reds 21 10 7 4 27 17 10 6 3 1 18 9 11 4 4 3 9 8 10 37
5 Cerezo Osaka 21 11 2 8 30 23 11 6 1 4 15 11 10 5 1 4 15 12 7 35
6 Kashima Antlers 21 9 6 6 28 20 9 3 3 3 11 10 12 6 3 3 17 10 8 33
7 Kawasaki Frontale 21 9 5 7 27 23 9 4 3 2 11 6 12 5 2 5 16 17 4 32
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 21 9 4 8 24 21 11 5 3 3 13 9 10 4 1 5 11 12 3 31
9 Sagan Tosu 21 8 5 8 29 26 11 4 3 4 13 16 10 4 2 4 16 10 3 29
10 Avispa Fukuoka 21 8 5 8 21 26 11 6 2 3 12 12 10 2 3 5 9 14 -5 29
11 Consadole Sapporo 21 7 6 8 41 40 10 3 1 6 17 19 11 4 5 2 24 21 1 27
12 Tokyo 21 7 5 9 26 31 10 6 1 3 18 13 11 1 4 6 8 18 -5 26
13 Gamba Osaka 21 7 5 9 27 35 11 5 3 3 17 13 10 2 2 6 10 22 -8 26
14 Albirex Niigata 21 6 6 9 22 29 11 4 2 5 13 17 10 2 4 4 9 12 -7 24
15 Kyoto Sanga 21 7 2 12 24 31 10 4 0 6 10 15 11 3 2 6 14 16 -7 23
16 Yokohama 21 3 6 12 15 41 11 2 3 6 8 19 10 1 3 6 7 22 -26 15
17 Kashiwa Reysol 21 2 8 11 18 33 11 1 6 4 11 18 10 1 2 7 7 15 -15 14
18 Shonan Bellmare 21 2 7 12 26 44 10 1 3 6 12 23 11 1 4 6 14 21 -18 13

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 21 13 5 3 42 17 12 7 3 2 22 10 9 6 2 1 20 7 25 44
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 21 13 4 4 44 24 10 7 2 1 25 9 11 6 2 3 19 15 20 43
3 Nagoya Grampus 21 11 6 4 30 20 11 6 5 0 17 9 10 5 1 4 13 11 10 39
4 Urawa Reds 21 10 7 4 27 17 10 6 3 1 18 9 11 4 4 3 9 8 10 37
5 Cerezo Osaka 21 11 2 8 30 23 11 6 1 4 15 11 10 5 1 4 15 12 7 35
6 Kashima Antlers 21 9 6 6 28 20 9 3 3 3 11 10 12 6 3 3 17 10 8 33
7 Kawasaki Frontale 21 9 5 7 27 23 9 4 3 2 11 6 12 5 2 5 16 17 4 32
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 21 9 4 8 24 21 11 5 3 3 13 9 10 4 1 5 11 12 3 31
9 Sagan Tosu 21 8 5 8 29 26 11 4 3 4 13 16 10 4 2 4 16 10 3 29
10 Avispa Fukuoka 21 8 5 8 21 26 11 6 2 3 12 12 10 2 3 5 9 14 -5 29
11 Consadole Sapporo 21 7 6 8 41 40 10 3 1 6 17 19 11 4 5 2 24 21 1 27
12 Tokyo 21 7 5 9 26 31 10 6 1 3 18 13 11 1 4 6 8 18 -5 26
13 Gamba Osaka 21 7 5 9 27 35 11 5 3 3 17 13 10 2 2 6 10 22 -8 26
14 Albirex Niigata 21 6 6 9 22 29 11 4 2 5 13 17 10 2 4 4 9 12 -7 24
15 Kyoto Sanga 21 7 2 12 24 31 10 4 0 6 10 15 11 3 2 6 14 16 -7 23
16 Yokohama 21 3 6 12 15 41 11 2 3 6 8 19 10 1 3 6 7 22 -26 15
17 Kashiwa Reysol 21 2 8 11 18 33 11 1 6 4 11 18 10 1 2 7 7 15 -15 14
18 Shonan Bellmare 21 2 7 12 26 44 10 1 3 6 12 23 11 1 4 6 14 21 -18 13

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