J-League preview: Can Urawa Reds edge out victory against Kashiwa Reysol?

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Fri 22.October
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

A look at the J-League table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's plenty more to learn about the fixture. Read our Urawa Reds - Kashiwa Reysol match guide!

Insights:
  • Kashiwa Reysol have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in J-League

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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Urawa Reds form and stats

Urawa Reds are steadily winning J-League games and points here at Saitama Stadium 2002. 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 16 games.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Urawa Reds, who played 1-1 against Gamba Osaka. That match was also played at this venue (Saitama Stadium 2002). Midfielder Ataru Esaka was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.01 (out of ten) in that game. Esaka scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).

A Nabisco Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Cerezo Osaka.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Urawa handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, three draws and four defeats.

The Urawa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 16 matches. From these home matches, Urawa have conceded only 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Kashiwa Reysol form and stats

As the visiting team in J-League matches, Kashiwa Reysol have produced an overall stat of 6-2-8 so far.

Kashiwa play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Shimizu S-Pulse (placed 15th). Goalkeeper Seung Gyu Kim got the top player rating of the team with 7.94/10. Kim stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Vegalta Sendai.

Kashiwa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and one defeat. From a total of seven matches.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Kashiwa Reysol have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other already this season, with the match result Kashiwa Reysol - Urawa Reds 0-2 logged in the official records. Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Urawa won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Kashiwa Reysol have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Urawa RedsK. Junker
K. Junker
8 goals
Kashiwa ReysolC. da Silva
C. da Silva
6 goals
UrawaT. Akimoto
T. Akimoto
4 goals

Urawa Reds missing players

Kashiwa Reysol missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Urawa Reds Kashiwa Reysol
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 4 16 32
16 10 4 Won W 1 6 11
7 4 2 Drew D 1 2 4
9 2 0 Lost L 2 8 17
37 21 8 Scored S 4 14 32
33 14 2 Conceded C 5 17 43
88% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
72% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 66%
34% 31% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 47%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 12%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
28% 31% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 38% 50%
50% 56% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 19%
34% 25% 17% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 34%
 
5 4.8 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 5.2
4 4.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.9 4.8
0.7 0.4 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.2 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.2 8.8 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.8 10.1
3.6 3.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.7 3.5
32% 36% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 24% 29%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Kashiwa Reysol have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in J-League
  • Kashiwa Reysol 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 32 25 6 1 69 21 16 14 2 0 33 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 48 81
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 32 22 6 4 69 29 16 12 3 1 37 10 16 10 3 3 32 19 40 72
3 Vissel Kobe 32 17 9 6 51 30 16 9 4 3 26 10 16 8 5 3 25 20 21 60
4 Nagoya Grampus 32 17 6 9 35 24 16 10 2 4 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 57
5 Urawa Reds 32 16 7 9 37 33 16 10 4 2 21 14 16 6 3 7 16 19 4 55
6 Kashima Antlers 32 16 5 11 53 34 16 8 3 5 30 20 16 8 2 6 23 14 19 53
7 Sagan Tosu 32 14 10 8 39 30 16 9 5 2 26 12 16 5 5 6 13 18 9 52
8 Avispa Fukuoka 32 13 7 12 38 34 16 9 1 6 22 15 16 4 6 6 16 19 4 46
9 Tokyo 32 13 7 12 42 40 15 7 2 6 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 18 2 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 11 12 9 38 31 17 5 6 6 17 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 7 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 32 12 6 14 41 45 16 7 2 7 23 25 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 42
12 Cerezo Osaka 32 10 9 13 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 22 16 4 4 8 19 20 -2 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 32 11 4 17 32 43 16 5 2 9 18 26 16 6 2 8 14 17 -11 37
14 Gamba Osaka 32 9 7 16 26 40 16 4 3 9 15 25 16 5 4 7 11 15 -14 34
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 32 7 11 14 31 46 16 3 5 8 12 25 16 4 6 6 19 21 -15 32
16 Tokushima Vortis 32 8 5 19 28 48 16 4 4 8 15 18 16 4 1 11 13 30 -20 29
17 Shonan Bellmare 32 5 13 14 31 38 16 2 9 5 11 13 16 3 4 9 20 25 -7 28
18 Yokohama 32 6 7 19 30 69 16 4 5 7 21 28 16 2 2 12 9 41 -39 25
19 Oita Trinita 31 6 6 19 21 48 16 5 5 6 13 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -27 24
20 Vegalta Sendai 31 4 11 16 24 50 15 2 5 8 9 19 16 2 6 8 15 31 -26 23

Table
  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 32 25 6 1 69 21 16 14 2 0 33 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 48 81
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 32 22 6 4 69 29 16 12 3 1 37 10 16 10 3 3 32 19 40 72
3 Vissel Kobe 32 17 9 6 51 30 16 9 4 3 26 10 16 8 5 3 25 20 21 60
4 Nagoya Grampus 32 17 6 9 35 24 16 10 2 4 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 57
5 Urawa Reds 32 16 7 9 37 33 16 10 4 2 21 14 16 6 3 7 16 19 4 55
6 Kashima Antlers 32 16 5 11 53 34 16 8 3 5 30 20 16 8 2 6 23 14 19 53
7 Sagan Tosu 32 14 10 8 39 30 16 9 5 2 26 12 16 5 5 6 13 18 9 52
8 Avispa Fukuoka 32 13 7 12 38 34 16 9 1 6 22 15 16 4 6 6 16 19 4 46
9 Tokyo 32 13 7 12 42 40 15 7 2 6 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 18 2 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 11 12 9 38 31 17 5 6 6 17 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 7 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 32 12 6 14 41 45 16 7 2 7 23 25 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 42
12 Cerezo Osaka 32 10 9 13 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 22 16 4 4 8 19 20 -2 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 32 11 4 17 32 43 16 5 2 9 18 26 16 6 2 8 14 17 -11 37
14 Gamba Osaka 32 9 7 16 26 40 16 4 3 9 15 25 16 5 4 7 11 15 -14 34
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 32 7 11 14 31 46 16 3 5 8 12 25 16 4 6 6 19 21 -15 32
16 Tokushima Vortis 32 8 5 19 28 48 16 4 4 8 15 18 16 4 1 11 13 30 -20 29
17 Shonan Bellmare 32 5 13 14 31 38 16 2 9 5 11 13 16 3 4 9 20 25 -7 28
18 Yokohama 32 6 7 19 30 69 16 4 5 7 21 28 16 2 2 12 9 41 -39 25
19 Oita Trinita 31 6 6 19 21 48 16 5 5 6 13 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -27 24
20 Vegalta Sendai 31 4 11 16 24 50 15 2 5 8 9 19 16 2 6 8 15 31 -26 23

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