The first leg ended Al Hilal-Urawa Reds 1-1. All is set for the decider in this AFC Champions League Finals fixture!
This looks to be an appealing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Urawa Reds form and stats
Perfect J-League season at home so far for Urawa Reds 3 wins from 3 appearances.
The Urawa Reds manager Skorża and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Al Hilal in the AFC Champions League. The versatile forward Koroki outdid all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.32 out of 10. Koroki scored one goal.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Kawasaki Frontale that finished 1-1.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 5, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Urawa are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Saitama Stadium 2002 in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches.
Al Hilal form and stats
Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Pro League travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Al Hilal delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Urawa Reds in their previous match; a AFC Champions League fixture. Midfielder Al-Dawsari was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.22. Al-Dawsari scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 47 successful passes (of 54 total).
Ahead of that, the Kings Cup win away at Al Ittihad. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Al Hilal in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Al Hilal, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Hilal are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 12 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other previously this season, with the result Al Hilal - Urawa Reds 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior five meetings): Urawa won one game, two matches ended with a tie and Al Hilal got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / five.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Ighalo 18 goals |  M. Delgado de Oliveira 5 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Al Hilal missing players
| Urawa Reds | Al Hilal | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 22 | Scored | S | 27 | 50 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 12% | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 5.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.2 | ||
| 1 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11.8 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 13.3 | ||
| 4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 11.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 23 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Kyoto Sanga | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 10 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 7 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Ittihad | 25 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 37 | 59 |
| 2 | Al Nassr | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 39 | 56 |
| 3 | Al Shabab | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 27 | 53 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 22 | 49 |
| 5 | Al Taawon | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 40 |
| 6 | Al Fateh | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 39 |
| 7 | Al Ta'ee | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -1 | 34 |
| 8 | Dhamk | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | -2 | 32 |
| 9 | Al Ittifaq | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 30 |
| 10 | Abha | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -10 | 30 |
| 11 | Al Raed | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -11 | 29 |
| 12 | Al Feiha | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -13 | 25 |
| 13 | Al Wahda | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 23 |
| 14 | Al Khaleej | 25 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 21 | -17 | 23 |
| 15 | Al Adalh | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 48 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -27 | 21 |
| 16 | Al Batin | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 31 | -34 | 15 |
