This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Urawa Reds at Saitama Stadium 2002 when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Warriors with it. Read all about the Play-offs match here!
The hosts Urawa Reds saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the J-League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Nagoya Grampus, was also a home game here at Saitama Stadium 2002. The away team is better rested.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the finals.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).
The Urawa Reds club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Nagoya Grampus and win 1-0. Kanté, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion player for the side in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.05 (out of 10). Kanté scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sanfrecce Hiroshima (1-2).There will be little rest for Urawa Reds after this match as they are travelling to Shonan Bellmare for a J-League game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Urawa in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Urawa Reds have conceded only 9 goals.
Warriors form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bali United in order to reach play-offs of AFC Champions League.Warriors have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 7-1-1 from 9 games.
The followers enjoyed Warriors's previous fixture versus Bali United, a AFC Champions League win (5-1) played at home.
A defeat, in the Sapling Cup away at Southern District, earlier.
The schedule is very tough for Warriors now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Tai Chung is waiting in only four days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 23 goals in 9 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on Warriors as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Koroki 4 goals |  A. Scholz 3 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Warriors missing players
| Urawa Reds | Warriors | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 11 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 29 | 21 | Scored | S | 35 | 57 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 5.3 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.6 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 14.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 32% | ||
| 11 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 50 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 24 | 48 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 45 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -7 | 32 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 27 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 28 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 26 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 19 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -27 | 18 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -18 | 17 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kitchee | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 69 | 46 |
| 2 | Warriors | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 37 | 44 |
| 3 | Rangers | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 25 | 33 |
| 4 | Eastern | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 31 |
| 5 | Southern District | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 31 |
| 6 | Hong Kong FC | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 26 |
| 7 | Wofoo Tai Po | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 20 |
| 8 | Tai Chung | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -19 | 18 |
| 9 | Sham Shui Po | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 27 | -58 | 7 |
| 10 | HK U23 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 33 | -61 | 1 |
