Urawa Reds are ready for a new challenge after their 2-0 against 2-0 last time out. Vissel Kobe are coming to town!
- Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vissel Kobe have the most matches under the total-line (11) in J-League
It's no vacation for neither Urawa Reds nor Vissel Kobe 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 performed here at Saitama Stadium 2002 this season with 5 wins from 8 J-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Urawa Reds has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Saitama Stadium 2002. We remember; it was Kawasaki Frontale.
The Urawa Reds goalkeeper Zion Suzuki is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 184 minutes without conceding a goal in the J-League.
Urawa's previous game was a Nabisco Cup match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Yokohama (placed 20th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Gamba Osaka and winning 3-0.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 as a small favourite), we find ten games. Urawa Reds has won four of these, drawn one and lost five.
The manager R. Rodríguez Suárez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in only four days.
Urawa has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Urawa Reds's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vissel Kobe form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Vissel Kobe playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
Vissel play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Tokushima Vortis (placed 12th).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Cerezo Osaka.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Vissel Kobe playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were four Vissel wins, five draws and six defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Vissel manager A. Miura as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Kashiwa Reysol.
Vissel are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Vissel have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Urawa Reds won seven, Vissel Kobe won two and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 9 goals |  Y. Abe 3 goals | R. Kikuchi 3 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Vissel Kobe missing players
| Urawa Reds | Vissel Kobe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | 13 |
| 93% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 79% | 75% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 71% |
| 36% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 29% | 21% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 29% | 14% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 29% | 14% |
| 21% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 43% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 43% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.4 | 9.1 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 36% | 46% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 42% | 40% |
- Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vissel Kobe have the most matches under the total-line (11) in J-League
| 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 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 31 | 45 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 27 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 7 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -8 | 12 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 9 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 7 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -18 | 7 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -26 | 6 |