Open game expected at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium: Kawasaki Frontale vs Urawa Reds preview

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium (27495 seats)

A brief glance at the J-League standings point to an edge to Urawa Reds when they come to Kawasaki Frontale. Even so; let's play the game before select a winner!

Insights:
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the most points from losing position (7) in J-League
  • Urawa Reds have the most clean sheets (3) away in J-League

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 Kawasaki and Urawa Reds.

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Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

0-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Kawasaki Frontale so far this season.

Kawasaki Frontale's previous match was a Nabisco Cup game also played at home, ending 6-0 against Shimizu S-Pulse. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.

Preceding that match was a J-League defeat to Nagoya Grampus (1-2).

Kawasaki Frontale aren't scoring a lot here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in the league, with only {3 goals} from 4 games. On the other hand, Kawasaki have conceded 5 goals. When Kawasaki Frontale hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Gamba Osaka, Yokohama, Kashima Antlers, Kashiwa Reysol and Sagan Tosu), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Urawa Reds, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in J-League, have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far.

Urawa Reds delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Shonan Bellmare in their previous match; a Nabisco Cup fixture.

Before that, Urawa secured a home win against Consadole Sapporo with the score 4-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Urawa Reds playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 Urawa Reds win, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kawasaki Frontale four wins, four draws and Urawa Reds two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kawasaki FrontaleA. Ienaga
A. Ienaga
2 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleY. Segawa
Y. Segawa
2 goals
KawasakiT. Miyashiro
T. Miyashiro
2 goals

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Urawa Reds missing players

Kawasaki Frontale Urawa Reds
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 5 8
2 0 0 Won W 1 2 5
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 2 2 Lost L 0 2 2
9 3 2 Scored S 3 4 12
12 5 4 Conceded C 0 4 7
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 88%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 75%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 20% 50%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
62% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 38%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 38%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 38%
 
3.9 3.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.6 2.6
4.4 4.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 8.6 6.5
1.4 0.8 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.9 11.5 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.2 9.6
3.2 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.4 3.1
35% 21% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 33% 48%
 
11.9 10.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11.8 10.4
4.4 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 2.8
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the most points from losing position (7) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale have yet to win a game at home.
  • Urawa Reds have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Urawa Reds have the most clean sheets (3) away in J-League

  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