J-League match preview and statistics: Tokyo fight Urawa Reds

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 18.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ajinomoto Stadium (50100 seats)

The J-League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Tokyo and Urawa Reds are placed 4th and 2nd respectively.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Tokyo form and stats

Tokyo's first J-League home game here at Ajinomoto Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 12 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 17 matches.

A strong away win for Tokyo against Yokohama F. Marinos the last match, as Diego Oliveira and Leandro (2) were on target. Ahead of that match, Tokyo lost 0-4 at home to Kawasaki Frontale.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Tokyo handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, three draws and three defeats.

The manager K. Hasegawa will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Consadole Sapporo in only four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Tokyo at home in the league. 0 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

Urawa Reds are yet to lose a point on their J-League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.

Urawa Reds had fun at their own home (Ajinomoto Stadium) last time out, beating Kashima Antlers 1-0. Ewerton scored. Preceding that game was the away victory against Vegalta Sendai with the score of 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Urawa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, four draws and three defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kashiwa Reysol in just four days.

Urawa Reds have the goal stats of 5-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Tokyo-Urawa Reds H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Tokyo zero wins, Urawa Reds seven wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TokyoD. Queiroz de Oliveira
D. Queiroz de Oliveira
14 goals
Urawa RedsS. Koroki
S. Koroki
12 goals
TokyoK. Nagai
K. Nagai
9 goals

Tokyo missing players

Urawa Reds missing players

Tokyo Urawa Reds
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 1 Played P 0 2 4
3 0 0 Won W 0 2 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
7 0 0 Scored S 0 5 6
6 4 4 Conceded C 0 3 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
75% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
25% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
5 8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 4.7
4.5 6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 8
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
42 11 11 Total Shots T S 0 17 34
17 2 2 Shots on Target S O 0 9 12
41% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 25%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Tokyo has the most points from losing position (6)
  • Tokyo has the most scored goals in the second half (5)
Tokyo Last season Urawa Reds
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
19 12   Won W   5 9
7 2   Drew D   7 10
8 3   Lost L   5 15
46 29   Scored S   18 34
29 13   Conceded C   21 50
91% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
68% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 76%
35% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 41%
18% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 21%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
38% 41%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
41% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 18%
29% 18%   Failed to Score F T   29% 32%
 
5.1 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.2
5.4 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.8
0.9 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.3
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
374 204   Total Shots T S   158 378
135 77   Shots on Target S O   64 128
34% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 27%

  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 4 3 1 0 9 2 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 7 10
2 Urawa Reds 4 3 1 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 3 3 10
3 Cerezo Osaka 4 3 0 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 9
4 Tokyo 4 3 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 3 0 0 7 2 1 9
5 Nagoya Grampus 4 2 2 0 7 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 8
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4 2 1 1 7 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 5 7
7 Oita Trinita 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 7
8 Gamba Osaka 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 7
9 Consadole Sapporo 4 2 1 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 7
10 Yokohama 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 5
11 Vegalta Sendai 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
12 Vissel Kobe 4 1 2 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 -2 5
13 Yokohama F. Marinos 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 1 0 2 5 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 4
14 Kashiwa Reysol 4 1 0 3 6 9 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 3
15 Sagan Tosu 4 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 2
16 Shonan Bellmare 4 0 1 3 4 7 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 -3 1
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 4 0 0 4 3 9 3 0 0 3 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 -6 0
18 Kashima Antlers 4 0 0 4 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 1 6 -7 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 22 4 8 68 38 17 12 3 2 37 14 17 10 1 6 31 24 30 70
2 Tokyo 34 19 7 8 46 29 17 12 2 3 29 13 17 7 5 5 17 16 17 64
3 Kashima Antlers 34 18 9 7 54 30 17 11 3 3 30 15 17 7 6 4 24 15 24 63
4 Kawasaki Frontale 34 16 12 6 57 34 17 5 9 3 21 17 17 11 3 3 36 17 23 60
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 18 5 11 39 25 17 9 3 5 21 11 17 9 2 6 18 14 14 59
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 45 29 17 7 7 3 21 11 17 8 3 6 24 18 16 55
7 Gamba Osaka 34 12 11 11 54 48 17 7 6 4 28 18 17 5 5 7 26 30 6 47
8 Vissel Kobe 34 14 5 15 61 59 17 8 3 6 33 26 17 6 2 9 28 33 2 47
9 Oita Trinita 34 12 11 11 35 35 17 7 3 7 18 16 17 5 8 4 17 19 0 47
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 13 7 14 54 49 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 6 3 8 24 27 5 46
11 Vegalta Sendai 34 12 5 17 38 45 17 9 4 4 25 19 17 3 1 13 13 26 -7 41
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 11 6 17 45 69 17 7 1 9 21 40 17 4 5 8 24 29 -24 39
13 Nagoya Grampus 34 9 10 15 45 50 17 7 3 7 22 18 17 2 7 8 23 32 -5 37
14 Urawa Reds 34 9 10 15 34 50 17 4 3 10 16 29 17 5 7 5 18 21 -16 37
15 Sagan Tosu 34 10 6 18 32 53 17 7 2 8 21 30 17 3 4 10 11 23 -21 36
16 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 6 18 40 63 17 5 3 9 19 34 17 5 3 9 21 29 -23 36
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 34 6 13 15 21 40 17 2 8 7 10 18 17 4 5 8 11 22 -19 31
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 8 7 19 29 51 17 2 5 10 16 28 17 6 2 9 13 23 -22 31