All the points stay with the home side, the away team runs away as victors or a point each? Everything is possible when the mid-table inhabitants Urawa Reds and Kyoto Sanga clash at Saitama Stadium 2002.
- Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kyoto Sanga have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J-League
It's no vacation for neither Urawa Reds nor Kyoto Sanga 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.
Urawa Reds form and stats
The J-League results at home this season for Urawa Reds are 3-5-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Saitama Stadium 2002 after drawing with Gamba Osaka (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Scholz was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Scholz scored one goal and won 6 of 7 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Vissel Kobe and winning 1-0.Trench warfare? In this team's last 12 league games, 10 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tokyo are coming to town in four days.
A decent goal production from Urawa Reds in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
Kyoto Sanga have only collected 9 points from their away games in the J-League, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
Kyoto go into this game after a win, the home game against Consadole Sapporo that ended 2-1. Miyayoshi came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Consadole Sapporo last time out, making the manager Cho feel like a tactical genius. Asada, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.61. Asada won 2 of 4 duels.
A 0-1 loss hosting Shonan Bellmare before that.A tale of few goals? 9 of this club's most recent 11 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kyoto Sanga manager Cho as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Avispa Fukuoka.
As opposed to that, Kyoto have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have faced each other already this season, with the final score Kyoto Sanga - Urawa Reds 1-0 logged in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Urawa victories, three draws and one Kyoto Sanga win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 9 goals |   A. Scholz 4 goals |  K. Junker 4 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Urawa Reds | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 17 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 79% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 58% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 58% |
| 26% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 16% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 42% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 47% |
| 37% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 42% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 5.4 | 5.1 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 4 | 5.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.6 | 5.4 |
| 0.8 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.9 | 13 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.3 | 8.1 |
| 4.6 | 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 23% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 33% |
| 8.9 | 9.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 12.8 | 11.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
- Kyoto Sanga have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J-League
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 37 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 23 |
| 11 | Urawa Reds | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Júbilo Iwata | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 14 |
