Urawa Reds and Shonan Bellmare spectators can't wait for J-League clash at Saitama Stadium 2002

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

With their 20 point advantage in the league table, Urawa Reds fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Shonan Bellmare.

Insights:
  • Shonan Bellmare has the fewest scored goals (28) in J-League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

Overall J-League stats at home this season for Urawa Reds are 5-3-7 (wins-draw-losses).

The fans are hoping that Urawa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the J-League game against Kashima Antlers (placed 5th). Before that game, the home loss against Gamba Osaka with the scoreline 1-2.

Urawa Reds were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Urawa's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost one.

Urawa are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Kawasaki Frontale awaits in four days.

Urawa has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Urawa Reds have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Shonan Bellmare form and stats

There's been little loot from Shonan Bellmare's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 15 away games in the J-League. Shonan Bellmare, who have the fewest scored goals (28) in J-League, only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws.

The manager B. Ukishima was unhappy after their last game, a J-League match played at their home ground Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka. Bellmare suffered a 1-2 loss to Gamba Osaka (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Shimizu S-Pulse that ended 1-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bellmare when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing two and winning zero games.

After this away game Bellmare return home for a J-League game against Oita Trinita. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Bellmare have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 15 games. Bellmare's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 29 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Shonan Bellmare - Urawa 2-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Urawa Reds-Shonan Bellmare H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Urawa Reds five wins, Shonan Bellmare three wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

UrawaL. Nascimento Lopes de Souza
L. Nascimento Lopes de Souza
11 goals
Urawa RedsS. Koroki
S. Koroki
9 goals
Shonan BellmareN. Ishihara
N. Ishihara
6 goals

Urawa Reds missing players

Shonan Bellmare missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Urawa Reds Shonan Bellmare
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
13 5 1 Won W 1 2 6
6 3 2 Drew D 1 3 7
12 7 1 Lost L 3 10 18
42 18 9 Scored S 8 17 28
51 20 5 Conceded C 9 29 46
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
74% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 55%
55% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 60% 42%
32% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 47% 29%
16% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 20% 16%
48% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 60% 45%
26% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 13% 23%
32% 40% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 27% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.1 1.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.9 9.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6.6 6.3 6.8
3.5 3.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 2.7 2.7
39% 35% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 42% 33%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Shonan Bellmare has the fewest points (9) away in J-League
  • Shonan Bellmare has the fewest points from losing position (3) in J-League
  • Shonan Bellmare has the fewest scored goals (28) in J-League
  • Shonan Bellmare have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shonan Bellmare haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Kawasaki Frontale 31 24 4 3 81 27 16 14 1 1 45 14 15 10 3 2 36 13 54 76
2 Gamba Osaka 32 19 5 8 44 40 16 8 2 6 19 21 16 11 3 2 25 19 4 62
3 Nagoya Grampus 32 18 5 9 44 28 15 11 2 2 27 12 17 7 3 7 17 16 16 59
4 Cerezo Osaka 31 18 4 9 44 34 15 8 3 4 19 11 16 10 1 5 25 23 10 58
5 Kashima Antlers 32 17 4 11 52 43 15 7 4 4 24 21 17 10 0 7 28 22 9 55
6 Tokyo 32 15 6 11 45 42 15 8 0 7 21 22 17 7 6 4 24 20 3 51
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 13 9 9 46 34 16 7 5 4 29 19 15 6 4 5 17 15 12 48
8 Kashiwa Reysol 30 14 5 11 56 42 15 5 3 7 27 26 15 9 2 4 29 16 14 47
9 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 14 5 14 68 56 17 9 2 6 42 26 16 5 3 8 26 30 12 47
10 Urawa Reds 31 13 6 12 42 51 15 5 3 7 18 20 16 8 3 5 24 31 -9 45
11 Oita Trinita 30 10 7 13 30 40 16 5 4 7 11 18 14 5 3 6 19 22 -10 37
12 Vissel Kobe 33 9 9 15 50 58 17 4 5 8 25 30 16 5 4 7 25 28 -8 36
13 Consadole Sapporo 32 9 8 15 44 57 17 5 5 7 27 29 15 4 3 8 17 28 -13 35
14 Sagan Tosu 31 6 13 12 32 39 15 3 5 7 14 17 16 3 8 5 18 22 -7 31
15 Yokohama 31 8 5 18 35 57 15 5 2 8 19 29 16 3 3 10 16 28 -22 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 31 6 7 18 28 46 16 4 4 8 11 17 15 2 3 10 17 29 -18 25
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 31 6 7 18 44 65 16 4 3 9 30 32 15 2 4 9 14 33 -21 25
18 Vegalta Sendai 32 5 9 18 33 59 16 0 6 10 14 32 16 5 3 8 19 27 -26 24

Table
  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 31 24 4 3 81 27 16 14 1 1 45 14 15 10 3 2 36 13 54 76
2 Gamba Osaka 32 19 5 8 44 40 16 8 2 6 19 21 16 11 3 2 25 19 4 62
3 Nagoya Grampus 32 18 5 9 44 28 15 11 2 2 27 12 17 7 3 7 17 16 16 59
4 Cerezo Osaka 31 18 4 9 44 34 15 8 3 4 19 11 16 10 1 5 25 23 10 58
5 Kashima Antlers 32 17 4 11 52 43 15 7 4 4 24 21 17 10 0 7 28 22 9 55
6 Tokyo 32 15 6 11 45 42 15 8 0 7 21 22 17 7 6 4 24 20 3 51
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 13 9 9 46 34 16 7 5 4 29 19 15 6 4 5 17 15 12 48
8 Kashiwa Reysol 30 14 5 11 56 42 15 5 3 7 27 26 15 9 2 4 29 16 14 47
9 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 14 5 14 68 56 17 9 2 6 42 26 16 5 3 8 26 30 12 47
10 Urawa Reds 31 13 6 12 42 51 15 5 3 7 18 20 16 8 3 5 24 31 -9 45
11 Oita Trinita 30 10 7 13 30 40 16 5 4 7 11 18 14 5 3 6 19 22 -10 37
12 Vissel Kobe 33 9 9 15 50 58 17 4 5 8 25 30 16 5 4 7 25 28 -8 36
13 Consadole Sapporo 32 9 8 15 44 57 17 5 5 7 27 29 15 4 3 8 17 28 -13 35
14 Sagan Tosu 31 6 13 12 32 39 15 3 5 7 14 17 16 3 8 5 18 22 -7 31
15 Yokohama 31 8 5 18 35 57 15 5 2 8 19 29 16 3 3 10 16 28 -22 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 31 6 7 18 28 46 16 4 4 8 11 17 15 2 3 10 17 29 -18 25
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 31 6 7 18 44 65 16 4 3 9 30 32 15 2 4 9 14 33 -21 25
18 Vegalta Sendai 32 5 9 18 33 59 16 0 6 10 14 32 16 5 3 8 19 27 -26 24

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