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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 06.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Urawa Reds in 10th and Vegalta Sendai in 11th place.

It's no vacation for neither Urawa Reds nor Vegalta Sendai 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

3 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. That’s what Urawa Reds have to build on here at Saitama Stadium 2002. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Urawa Reds's previous game was a J-League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Vegalta Sendai. The home side are looking to build on that result. Ahead of that match, Urawa Reds won a home game hosting Ryutsu Keizai University (2-1).

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 nine games. Urawa Reds has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 5.

Urawa Reds have scored 7 goals here in 9 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Urawa Reds defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Vegalta Sendai form and stats

There's been little loot from Vegalta Sendai's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 9 away games. Vegalta Sendai, who have the fewest points (3) away in J-League, only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 0 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Vegalta Sendai are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Vegalta Sendai play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Urawa Reds. That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Osaka in the Emperor Cup.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Vegalta Sendai in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Vegalta Sendai, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vegalta Sendai as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games. In the opposite end, Vegalta Sendai have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Urawa Reds - Vegalta Sendai 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 8 - 2 - 0 (Urawa Reds wins - draws - Vegalta Sendai wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Koroki
6 goals
Ramon Lopes
4 goals
S. Nagasawa
4 goals / 2 assists

Urawa Reds missing players

Vegalta Sendai missing players

Urawa Reds Vegalta Sendai
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
17 9 2 Played 1 9 18
7 3 0 Won 0 1 7
3 1 0 Drew 0 0 1
7 5 2 Lost 1 8 10
14 7 0 Scored 3 7 22
21 15 6 Conceded 4 17 26
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 94%
65% 67% 100% Over 1.5 100% 67% 78%
29% 44% 50% Over 2.5 100% 44% 56%
12% 22% 50% Over 3.5 100% 22% 22%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 100% 11% 6%
29% 33% 0% BTTS 100% 44% 50%
35% 22% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 11% 22%
41% 44% 100% Failed To Score 0% 44% 33%
 
4.2 4.2 4 Corners For (avg) 9 5 4.7
4.5 4.1 4 Corners Against (avg) 3 4.1 4.9
1.4 1.2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1 0.9
0 0 0 Red Cards 1 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Urawa Reds have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • 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.
  • Vegalta Sendai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Vegalta Sendai haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Urawa Reds
All Emperor Cup FIFA Club World Cup AFC Champions League Nabisco Cup J-League
All Home Away
19-06-19 ACL Urawa Reds 1 - 2 Ulsan
26-06-19 ACL Ulsan 0 - 3 Urawa Reds
30-06-19 JL Oita Trinita 2 - 0 Urawa Reds
03-07-19 EC Urawa Reds 2 - 1 Ryutsu Keizai University
06-07-19 JL Urawa Reds 1 - 0 Vegalta Sendai
13-07-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 10:00 Urawa Reds
20-07-19 JL Júbilo Iwata 10:00 Urawa Reds
31-07-19 JL Urawa Reds 10:30 Kashima Antlers
04-08-19 JL Urawa Reds 10:00 Nagoya Grampus
10-08-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 05:00 Urawa Reds
Vegalta Sendai
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
23-06-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 2 - 0 Tokyo
26-06-19 NC Vegalta Sendai 1 - 0 Nagoya Grampus
30-06-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 2 - 1 Consadole Sapporo
03-07-19 EC Vegalta Sendai 4 - 1 Osaka
06-07-19 JL Urawa Reds 1 - 0 Vegalta Sendai
13-07-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 10:00 Kashima Antlers
20-07-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 10:00 Vegalta Sendai
03-08-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 10:00 Júbilo Iwata
10-08-19 JL Tokyo 10:00 Vegalta Sendai
17-08-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 10:00 Kawasaki Frontale

  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 17 11 3 3 25 12 10 9 0 1 20 6 7 2 3 2 5 6 13 36
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 18 10 3 5 30 24 9 6 3 0 17 6 9 4 0 5 13 18 6 33
3 Kawasaki Frontale 16 8 7 1 25 11 9 2 6 1 10 7 7 6 1 0 15 4 14 31
4 Kashima Antlers 17 9 4 4 28 15 9 7 1 1 19 5 8 2 3 3 9 10 13 31
5 Oita Trinita 18 8 5 5 21 15 9 4 2 3 10 5 9 4 3 2 11 10 6 29
6 Cerezo Osaka 18 8 3 7 17 12 8 4 1 3 8 4 10 4 2 4 9 8 5 27
7 Consadole Sapporo 17 8 3 6 23 21 8 5 1 2 16 9 9 3 2 4 7 12 2 27
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 7 4 6 21 13 9 3 3 3 8 5 8 4 1 3 13 8 8 25
9 Nagoya Grampus 17 7 4 6 27 20 7 5 0 2 11 3 10 2 4 4 16 17 7 25
10 Urawa Reds 17 7 3 7 14 21 9 3 1 5 7 15 8 4 2 2 7 6 -7 24
11 Vegalta Sendai 18 7 1 10 22 26 9 6 1 2 15 9 9 1 0 8 7 17 -4 22
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 6 4 8 26 39 8 4 0 4 13 19 10 2 4 4 13 20 -13 22
13 Vissel Kobe 18 6 3 9 29 31 8 3 2 3 16 14 10 3 1 6 13 17 -2 21
14 Gamba Osaka 17 5 5 7 21 24 9 2 3 4 11 13 8 3 2 3 10 11 -3 20
15 Shonan Bellmare 17 5 2 10 18 26 9 2 2 5 9 13 8 3 0 5 9 13 -8 17
16 Matsumoto Yamaga 17 4 4 9 9 22 9 2 2 5 5 11 8 2 2 4 4 11 -13 16
17 Sagan Tosu 17 5 1 11 12 25 8 4 0 4 9 11 9 1 1 7 3 14 -13 16
18 Júbilo Iwata 18 3 5 10 12 23 9 1 4 4 9 12 9 2 1 6 3 11 -11 14

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