Urawa Reds and Sanfrecce Hiroshima have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the J-League.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Urawa Reds form and stats
1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Urawa Reds have to build on here at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the J-League.
In their previous game, the manager T. Ōtsuki led his Urawa to a defeat in the J-League match away at Nagoya Grampus. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Saitama Stadium 2002. Prior to that, an away loss at Cerezo Osaka in the Nabisco Cup.
Urawa were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Urawa are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Gamba Osaka awaits in four days.
Urawa has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 4 games. 5 goals have been conceded.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Playing away, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in J-League, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the J-League this season.
The Sanfrecce goalkeeper Keisuke Osako is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 229 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Sanfrecce had fun at their own home (Saitama Stadium 2002) last time out, beating Shonan Bellmare 1-0. Y. Asano scored. Prior to that match, the Sanfrecce manager H. Jofuku faced defeat when travelling to Consadole Sapporo and losing 1-2.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sanfrecce have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. Sanfrecce are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Urawa Reds five wins, two draws and Sanfrecce Hiroshima three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two 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 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 89% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 78% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 50% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 5.8 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.2 | 5.9 |
| 8.2 | 10 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | 29 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 47 | 83 |
| 20 | 6 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 30% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 33% |
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima has the fewest conceded goals (1) away
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima has the most clean sheets (3) away
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored at least twice as many goals away as Urawa Reds have scored home.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Urawa Reds have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 25 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Oita Trinita | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 7 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -12 | 5 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 4 |