Tokyo have layed the groundwork for another match after their 3-1 result vs Vissel Kobe, a fixture they learned a lot from. Will they show it against Urawa Reds?
- Tokyo have won all their matches at home so far.
- Urawa Reds have the most scored goals in the first half (9) 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 Tokyo and Urawa Reds.
Tokyo form and stats
Perfect J-League season at home so far for Tokyo 2 wins from 2 appearances. Two home wins in a row for Tokyo bring valid hopes of a third.
The Tokyo club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Vissel Kobe and win 3-1. Morishige was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.03 out of 10. The defender Morishige scored one goal and won 6 of 10 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Yokohama F. Marinos (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Tokyo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tokyo as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Tokyo has won nine of these, drawn zero and lost four.
The manager Puig will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shonan Bellmare in only three days.
At Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo has the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Urawa Reds form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
Urawa Reds's last game was the home draw against Shimizu S-Pulse (1-1). Attacker Junker got a player rating of 7.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Junker hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Consadole Sapporo.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Urawa Reds in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Urawa Reds, five draws and seven defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Urawa's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. 5 goals have been conceded by Urawa Reds in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Tokyo won two games, four matches ended in a draw and Urawa Reds got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  M. Morishige 2 goals |  A. dos Santos da Silva 2 goals |  D. Queiroz de Oliveira 2 goals |
Tokyo missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Tokyo | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 17% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 6.8 | 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6.7 | 6.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9.2 | 12.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.5 | 11.7 |
| 4.8 | 6.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.5 | 4.7 |
| 28% | 38% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 14% | 26% |
| 10 | 11 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8 | 8.3 |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3 |
- All of Tokyo's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Tokyo have won all their matches at home so far.
- Tokyo have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Tokyo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Urawa Reds have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Urawa Reds have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Urawa Reds have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in J-League
- Urawa Reds have yet to win a game away.
- Urawa Reds haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Avispa Fukuoka | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Consadole Sapporo | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
