This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Urawa Reds at Buriram Stadium when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Daegu with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Urawa Reds and Daegu.
Urawa Reds form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Urawa Reds have to build on here at Buriram Stadium in the J-League.
The home followers witnessed a 0-0 draw against Daegu in the AFC Champions League last time out and are hoping for a victory here. Ito, defender, was given a rating of 7.65/10 in that game, top of the team. Ito hit two key passes and won 3 of 3 duels.
A decent goal production from Urawa in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches.
Daegu form and stats
Last season their AFC Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in K-League Classic matches, Daegu have produced an overall stat of 0-1-3 so far.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Urawa Reds in their previous outing. The AFC Champions League fixture ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Oh got the top player rating of the team with 8.15/10. Oh topped it up with a clean sheet.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Daegu when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing zero and winning zero games.
The Daegu manager Casado has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The most recent registered meeting featuring both these contenders is the Urawa Reds - Daegu 0-0 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Urawa wins - draws - Daegu wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ko 4 goals |  A. Esaka 2 goals |  D. Moberg-Karlsson 2 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Daegu missing players
| Urawa Reds | Daegu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 37 | 26 | Scored | S | 16 | 29 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 31% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 8.7 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 11 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Urawa Reds | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Daegu | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Home United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Shandong Luneng | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -12 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 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 | Ulsan | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | Incheon United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Pohang Steelers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Jeonbuk Motors | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Jeju United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Sangju Sangmu | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Gangwon | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Seoul | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Suwon | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Daegu | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 11 | Suwon Bluewings | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | Seongnam | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -13 | 5 |
