Match preview J-League: Urawa Reds - Matsumoto Yamaga at Saitama Stadium 2002

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Fri 23.August
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Urawa Reds fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Matsumoto Yamaga.

It's no vacation for neither Urawa Reds nor Matsumoto Yamaga 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.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

With 3 J-League wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Urawa Reds are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Urawa Reds's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Matsumoto Yamaga. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Vissel Kobe.

This is expected to be a close game, with Urawa Reds perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Urawa Reds as a small favourite), we find ten games. Urawa Reds has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 5.

Urawa Reds have scored 11 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Urawa Reds defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Matsumoto Yamaga form and stats

As the visiting team in J-League matches, Matsumoto Yamaga have produced an overall stat of 3-4-5 so far.

Two travels in a row for Matsumoto Yamaga, whose manager Y. Sorimachi could celebrate last time after the J-League win against Urawa Reds. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Nagoya Grampus.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Matsumoto Yamaga playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 2 Matsumoto Yamaga wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Matsumoto Yamaga as they have only managed to score 7 times from 12 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Matsumoto Yamaga have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Urawa Reds - Matsumoto Yamaga 1-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Urawa Reds, 0 draws and 1 win for Matsumoto Yamaga. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

S. Koroki
9 goals
R. Moriwaki
2 goals
K. Nagasawa
2 goals / 1 assists

Urawa Reds missing players

Matsumoto Yamaga missing players

Urawa Reds Matsumoto Yamaga
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
24 12 3 Played 3 12 24
8 3 2 Won 2 3 5
6 3 0 Drew 1 4 8
10 6 1 Lost 0 5 11
23 11 3 Scored 3 7 15
34 20 2 Conceded 1 14 29
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 92% 92%
75% 75% 33% Over 1.5 33% 50% 54%
42% 50% 33% Over 2.5 0% 17% 21%
21% 25% 0% Over 3.5 0% 8% 12%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 0% 8% 4%
46% 50% 33% BTTS 33% 33% 38%
25% 17% 33% Clean Sheets 67% 25% 21%
33% 33% 33% Failed To Score 0% 50% 50%
 
3.9 4.2 4.3 Corners For (avg) 6 4.9 4.7
5 4.8 4.3 Corners Against (avg) 2.7 5.3 5.2
1.2 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.3 1.2 1.1
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • 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.

Urawa Reds
All Emperor Cup FIFA Club World Cup AFC Champions League Nabisco Cup J-League
All Home Away
04-08-19 JL Urawa Reds 2 - 2 Nagoya Grampus
10-08-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 1 - 1 Urawa Reds
14-08-19 EC Urawa Reds 2 - 1 Mito Hollyhock
17-08-19 JL Vissel Kobe 3 - 0 Urawa Reds
23-08-19 JL Urawa Reds 1 - 2 Matsumoto Yamaga
27-08-19 ACL Shanghai SIPG 11:30 Urawa Reds
01-09-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 10:00 Urawa Reds
04-09-19 NC Urawa Reds 10:30 Kashima Antlers
08-09-19 NC Kashima Antlers 09:30 Urawa Reds
13-09-19 JL Urawa Reds 10:30 Cerezo Osaka
Matsumoto Yamaga
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J2-League J-League
All Home Away
20-07-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 2 - 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
04-08-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 0 Matsumoto Yamaga
10-08-19 JL Shimizu S-Pulse 1 - 0 Matsumoto Yamaga
18-08-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 1 - 1 Nagoya Grampus
23-08-19 JL Urawa Reds 1 - 2 Matsumoto Yamaga
31-08-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 10:00 Oita Trinita
14-09-19 JL Vissel Kobe 10:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
29-09-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 05:00 Tokyo
05-10-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 05:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
18-10-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 10:00 Kashima Antlers

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tokyo 23 15 3 5 34 17 15 12 0 3 27 11 8 3 3 2 7 6 17 48
2 Kashima Antlers 24 13 6 5 42 23 12 9 2 1 25 9 12 4 4 4 17 14 19 45
3 Kawasaki Frontale 23 10 10 3 35 20 12 3 8 1 13 8 11 7 2 2 22 12 15 40
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 23 11 6 6 31 18 11 5 3 3 12 7 12 6 3 3 19 11 13 39
5 Yokohama F. Marinos 23 12 3 8 37 30 12 7 3 2 21 10 11 5 0 6 16 20 7 39
6 Consadole Sapporo 23 10 5 8 39 28 11 6 3 2 23 13 12 4 2 6 16 15 11 35
7 Cerezo Osaka 23 10 4 9 23 18 11 5 2 4 12 6 12 5 2 5 11 12 5 34
8 Oita Trinita 23 9 7 7 27 23 12 5 3 4 13 8 11 4 4 3 14 15 4 34
9 Nagoya Grampus 23 8 7 8 35 30 10 6 1 3 16 7 13 2 6 5 19 23 5 31
10 Urawa Reds 24 8 6 10 23 34 12 3 3 6 11 20 12 5 3 4 12 14 -11 30
11 Vissel Kobe 24 8 5 11 42 40 11 4 3 4 21 18 13 4 2 7 21 22 2 29
12 Shonan Bellmare 23 9 2 12 33 39 12 4 2 6 17 19 11 5 0 6 16 20 -6 29
13 Gamba Osaka 24 6 10 8 31 35 12 3 5 4 14 15 12 3 5 4 17 20 -4 28
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 23 8 4 11 28 50 11 5 0 6 14 29 12 3 4 5 14 21 -22 28
15 Vegalta Sendai 23 8 3 12 26 34 12 7 2 3 19 16 11 1 1 9 7 18 -8 27
16 Sagan Tosu 24 7 3 14 21 40 11 4 1 6 12 21 13 3 2 8 9 19 -19 24
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 24 5 8 11 15 29 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 3 4 5 7 14 -14 23
18 Júbilo Iwata 23 4 6 13 18 32 11 1 4 6 12 18 12 3 2 7 6 14 -14 18

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