J-League: Two teams in pretty good shape get together for this game. Urawa Reds might have a small advantage with their 6th place in the table?
- Urawa Reds haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Urawa Reds, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Overall J-League stats at home this season for Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 2-2-3 (wins-draw-losses). With Sanfrecce having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager H. Jofuku.
A strong away win for Sanfrecce Hiroshima against Cerezo Osaka the last match, as Júnior Santos and Yuya Asano were on target. The attacker Júnior Santos was "man of the match" for Sanfrecce with a rating of 8.0/10. Santos scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 6 times.
Heartbreak before that as Sanfrecce lost 0-3 at Vegalta Sendai's place.There will be little rest for Sanfrecce after this match as they are travelling to Tokyo for a J-League game in only four days.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored 5 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Sanfrecce are not conceding a lot of goals here at EDION Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa Reds have only collected 6 points from their away games in the J-League, after 2-0-4 (6 played).
The Urawa Reds goalkeeper Zion Suzuki is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 274 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Urawa are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the J-League against Vissel Kobe (placed 8th). Tomoaki Makino, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.05. Makino hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Yokohama.A quick return to home after this game, as Urawa are hosting Nagoya Grampus in the J-League only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Urawa as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. Urawa have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Sanfrecce victories, three draws and five Urawa Reds wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Asano 4 goals |  J. dos Santos Junior 3 goals |  Y. Abe 3 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 65% | 43% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 83% | 80% |
| 47% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 53% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 24% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 35% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 12.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 9.8 | 8.1 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 29% | 19% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 38% |
- Urawa Reds haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 33 | 48 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 36 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 28 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 28 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 8 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 21 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Tokushima Vortis | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 12 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -17 | 10 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 9 |
| 19 | Gamba Osaka | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -10 | 7 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 24 | -28 | 6 |