Urawa Reds will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Tokyo.
It's no vacation for neither Urawa nor Tokyo 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
Urawa Reds have played 10 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). The Urawa manager T. Ōtsuki might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Urawa crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Yokohama here at Saitama Stadium 2002 in a J-League match. A strong away win before that one, visiting Shimizu S-Pulse and winning 2-1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Nagoya Grampus in only four days. This game is also played here at Saitama Stadium 2002.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Urawa here at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Urawa defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Tokyo form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Tokyo, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Sagan Tosu (placed 14th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Cerezo Osaka.
The schedule is very tough for Tokyo now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Shonan Bellmare is waiting in only four days.
Tokyo has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, Tokyo have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Tokyo - Urawa 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Urawa victories, three draws and one Tokyo win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Urawa Reds missing players
Tokyo missing players
| Urawa Reds | Tokyo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 26 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | 35 |
| 34 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 95% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 84% | 70% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | 76% |
| 63% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | 62% |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 55% | 43% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | 14% |
| 53% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | 52% |
| 21% | 30% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 27% | 38% |
| 32% | 40% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 135 | 84 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 101 | 207 |
| 47 | 25 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 44 | 86 |
| 36% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 43% | 38% |
- Tokyo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tokyo have scored at least twice as many goals away as Urawa Reds have scored 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 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 41 | 53 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 42 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 7 | Gamba Osaka | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 32 |
| 8 | Kashiwa Reysol | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | Consadole Sapporo | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -17 | 17 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -19 | 12 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -17 | 11 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -17 | 9 |