Top-ranking Kashiwa Reysol come to Urawa Reds after their 2-2-result versus Jubilo Iwata. Get out our thorough preview!
- Urawa Reds have the fewest conceded goals (26) in J-League
- Kashiwa Reysol have the most points (25) away in J-League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Urawa Reds form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Urawa Reds have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 12 games.
The Urawa Reds manager Suárez and his pawns return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Kashima Antlers (placed 4th). Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Kashima Antlers last time out, but a goal from Iwanami completed a comeback to a draw result for Urawa. Iwao (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.12/10. Iwao signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 61 successful passes (of 65 total).
In the fixture before, 2-2 away to Jeonbuk Motors (after extra-time, 1-3 on penalties) (AFC Champions League). The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Urawa Reds 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 11 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Lots of goals? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this team has contained at least three goals.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Cerezo Osaka in only four days. This game is also played here at Saitama Stadium 2002.
At Saitama Stadium 2002, Urawa Reds has the goal stats of 24-12 (for/against) from 12 league fixtures.
Kashiwa Reysol form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Visiting Kashiwa Reysol has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Kashiwa Reysol are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Jubilo Iwata (placed 18th). Drawing 2-2 against Jubilo Iwata after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Júnior needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Midfielder Ominami was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.31. Ominami signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 61 total).
A loss against Tokyo was the result prior to that, in a home game.Kashiwa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 8 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Will both teams score? This club's most recent fixtures suggest that, having played 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.
Kashiwa Reysol have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Kashiwa Reysol as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Urawa have not lost in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing Kashiwa Reysol.The previous head-to-head encounter ended Kashiwa Reysol - Urawa Reds 0-0, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Moberg-Karlsson 8 goals |   M. Hosoya 7 goals | Y. Muto 7 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Kashiwa Reysol missing players
| Urawa Reds | Kashiwa Reysol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 38 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | 39 |
| 26 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 35 |
| 85% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 93% |
| 69% | 83% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 57% | 61% |
| 46% | 58% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 36% | 43% |
| 27% | 42% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 21% | 32% |
| 12% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 14% |
| 46% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 43% | 46% |
| 35% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 32% |
| 35% | 17% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 29% |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 4 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 0.8 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 13.4 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 10.4 | 11 |
| 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 31% | 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| 9.5 | 9.7 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
- Kashiwa Reysol have the most points (25) away in J-League
- Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Urawa Reds have the fewest conceded goals (26) 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 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 50 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 49 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 49 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 45 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 41 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 40 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 39 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 36 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | -6 | 31 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -16 | 31 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 29 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -10 | 29 |
| 15 | Avispa Fukuoka | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -14 | 28 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 24 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 23 |
