Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Urawa Reds & Shonan Bellmare face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the J-League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa participated in J-League Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.As mentioned below, Urawa Reds are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 J-League games.
A nice win for Urawa Reds last time playing, versus Consadole Sapporo. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Scholz, Höibraten and Koroki scoring for the victors. Höibraten, defender, was given a rating of 8.02/10 in that game, top of the team. Höibraten scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.
A 0-0 draw away in the J-League before that, with Nagoya Grampus the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Urawa Reds handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
The manager Skorża will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kawasaki Frontale in only four days.
Urawa Reds 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.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
They also participated in J-League Cup last season. This ended in the play-offs, when Cerezo Osaka drew the shortest straw.The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Bellmare played 1-1 against Yokohama F. Marinos in their previous match. Goalkeeper Song made a total of eight saves, making him a hero against Yokohama F. Marinos. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
A 2-2 draw at Tokyo's stadium before that.Shonan Bellmare are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Shonan Bellmare now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Nagoya Grampus is waiting in only four days.
Shonan Bellmare have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 9 goals from 4 away matches. In the opposite end, Bellmare have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Urawa Reds have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when facing Shonan Bellmare.The most up to date past history between these participants is the Shonan Bellmare - Urawa 0-0 played earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Machino 5 goals |  Y. Ohashi 3 goals |   T. Akimoto 2 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Shonan Bellmare missing players
| Urawa Reds | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 36 | 25 | Scored | S | 16 | 33 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 5.3 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 1 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 13.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | ||
| 11.3 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 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 | Shonan Bellmare | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 3 | Urawa Reds | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 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 | Vissel Kobe | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Avispa Fukuoka | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Kawasaki Frontale | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 2 |
