With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second J-League game of the season. Urawa Reds look forward to welcoming Sanfrecce Hiroshima in front of their home support.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Happy days for Urawa Reds in their previous game, a J-League match away at Shonan Bellmare (placed 13th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Before that, Urawa Reds had a Nabisco Cup home game versus Vegalta Sendai which ended with a victory 5-2.
Last season, Urawa Reds's league statistics were 9 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 14th position in the J-League. Over these 34 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 50. Playing at home last season Urawa Reds managed 4-3-10 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 29 conceded.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
The Sanfrecce Hiroshima goalkeeper Keisuke Osako is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 261 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
T. Morishima, Douglas Vieira and Leandro Pereira scored in Sanfrecce Hiroshima's previous match, the home game against Kashima Antlers that ended 3-0. Prior to that result Sanfrecce Hiroshima won their away game at Yokohama in the Nabisco Cup. The scoreline was 2-0.
Let's have a look at how Sanfrecce Hiroshima performed last season in the J-League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 10 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 29 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 24/18 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Urawa Reds won five, Sanfrecce Hiroshima won three and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() S. Koroki 12 goals | ![]() Y. Kashiwa 8 goals | ![]() D. da Silva Vieira 7 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Urawa Reds | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| Urawa Reds | Last season | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Scored | S | 24 | 45 | ||
| 50 | 29 | Conceded | C | 18 | 29 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 76% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 56% | ||
| 41% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 32% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 18% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 9% | ||
| 53% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 38% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 41% | ||
| 32% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 29% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 378 | 220 | Total Shots | T S | 170 | 397 | ||
| 128 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 63 | 138 | ||
| 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Nagoya Grampus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Vegalta Sendai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Yokohama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kawasaki Frontale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Oita Trinita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Consadole Sapporo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Kashima Antlers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 68 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 30 | 70 |
| 2 | Tokyo | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 64 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 63 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 57 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 23 | 60 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 59 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 55 |
| 7 | Gamba Osaka | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 6 | 47 |
| 8 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 61 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 2 | 47 |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 47 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 46 |
| 11 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 45 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 26 | -7 | 41 |
| 12 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 45 | 69 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 29 | -24 | 39 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 32 | -5 | 37 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 50 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -16 | 37 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 53 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 36 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 63 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -23 | 36 |
| 17 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 40 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 31 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 51 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 23 | -22 | 31 |