Shonan Bellmare have some work to do from their 15th position, and the task starts against Urawa Reds. Read more!
It's no vacation for neither Bellmare nor Urawa Reds as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
Shonan Bellmare's struggle is real here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka with only 13 points collected from 13 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-7-4.
It's back home for Shonan Bellmare, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Cerezo Osaka away with the result 5-1. Yuki Ohashi, Kazuki Oiwa, Akimi Barada, Shota Kobayashi and Tarik Elyounoussi found the net in that victory. Attacking player Yuki Ohashi bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.43 out of 10. Ohashi scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 6 times. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Bellmare played a great game against Cerezo Osaka and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Shimizu S-Pulse that ended 1-1.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Shonan Bellmare here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 13 games). From these home matches, Bellmare have conceded only 11 goals.
Urawa Reds form and stats
As the visiting team in J-League matches, Urawa Reds have produced an overall stat of 4-2-6 so far.
225 minutes! That's how long the Urawa goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing from Kasper Junker secured the home win 1-0 against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their previous game. The attacker Ataru Esaka got a match rating of 7.64 in that game. Esaka hit three key passes.
Prior to that result Urawa won their away game at Tokushima Vortis. The scoreline was 1-0.A new game in only three days for Urawa, the Nabisco Cup home match versus Kawasaki Frontale. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Urawa have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Urawa Reds - Bellmare 2-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Bellmare wins - draws - Urawa Reds wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 8 goals |   W. de Sousa 5 goals | N. Yamada 4 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 28 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 31 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 26 |
| 81% | 62% | 25% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 88% |
| 65% | 46% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 67% | 69% |
| 38% | 23% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 23% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 54% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 31% | 46% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 42% | 50% |
| 35% | 54% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9 | 8.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 37% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | 33% |
| 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 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 56 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 39 | 63 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 62 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 47 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 46 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 44 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 44 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 44 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 39 |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 30 |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 27 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | -3 | 25 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -13 | 25 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 23 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -24 | 19 |
| 19 | Yokohama | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 34 | -35 | 18 |
| 20 | Oita Trinita | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 25 | -26 | 17 |