This could be an interesting match as Urawa Reds have their presumed home advantage while Kawasaki Frontale are ahead 15 points in the J-League table.
It's no vacation for neither Urawa Reds nor Kawasaki Frontale 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.
Relegation threatens Urawa Reds who should definitely be looking for some points here. Kawasaki Frontale are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa Reds's struggle is real here at Saitama Stadium 2002 with only 15 points collected from 15 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-3-8.
The fans are hoping that Urawa Reds will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the J-League game against Kashima Antlers (placed 1st). Preceding that game was the away draw at Sanfrecce Hiroshima that finished 1-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Urawa Reds as they are travelling to their away game against Al Hilal in the AFC Champions League. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Urawa Reds here at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 15 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Urawa Reds defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (30) away in J-League, are W8-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
Kawasaki Frontale won their last game, 2-1 versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima played at home. A 3-3 draw at Consadole Sapporo's stadium before that.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kawasaki Frontale manager T. Oniki as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kashima Antlers.
Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 30 goals from 14 away matches. 16 goals have been conceded by Kawasaki Frontale in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Kawasaki Frontale - Urawa Reds 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Urawa Reds won 4 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Kawasaki Frontale has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5Top Goalscorers
  S. Koroki 12 goals |   Y. Kobayashi 11 goals |  Leandro Damião 8 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Urawa Reds | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 31 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 30 | 50 |
| 44 | 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 29 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 74% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 86% | 80% |
| 42% | 53% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 79% | 53% |
| 19% | 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 6% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 52% | 53% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 57% |
| 19% | 13% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 43% | 37% |
| 32% | 33% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals away as Urawa Reds have scored home.
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Urawa Reds haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 27 | 59 |
| 2 | Tokyo | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 59 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 58 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 50 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 51 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 51 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 50 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 43 |
| 8 | Oita Trinita | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 43 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 38 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 53 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 29 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | Urawa Reds | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -13 | 36 |
| 12 | Vegalta Sendai | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 23 | -8 | 35 |
| 13 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 42 | 64 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | -22 | 35 |
| 14 | Nagoya Grampus | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 30 | -6 | 33 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 32 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 37 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 26 | -23 | 31 |
| 17 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 30 |
| 18 | Júbilo Iwata | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 44 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -20 | 25 |