Can Urawa Reds beat Vissel Kobe in Saitama Stadium 2002 clash?

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Wed 23.February
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

It's match two of the J-League season and everything to play for. Check out our complete preview of Urawa Reds-Vissel Kobe!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Urawa Reds and Vissel Kobe.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

The season before, Urawa Reds's league stats were 18 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses, leading to 6th spot in the J-League. In these 38 matches they scored 45 goals and let in 38. Playing at home in the previous season Urawa Reds managed 12-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 17 conceded.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 312 minutes without scoring a league goal. Tanaka was the last player to find the net.

The followers are hoping that Urawa will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Kyoto Sanga (placed 5th). Sakai was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.33 out of 10. The defender Sakai hit two key passes and won 12 of 17 duels.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Urawa Reds have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost two.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Urawa Reds as they have a new game in only three days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Gamba Osaka are visiting.

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Vissel Kobe form and stats

Let's have a look at how Vissel Kobe performed last season in the J-League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 10 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 62 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 6 and lost 3 with 31/22 goals scored/conceded. Vissel Kobe have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the J-League were 10 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats from 19 fixtures.

Vissel play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Nagoya Grampus (placed 3rd). Kobayashi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.91. The defender Kobayashi won 9 of 10 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sagan Tosu at their stadium, the result 2-0.

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 16 relevant matches. Results were five Vissel Kobe wins, five draws and six defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Avispa Fukuoka in just three days.

Vissel Kobe have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Urawa won six games, one match ended with a tie and Vissel Kobe got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Urawa Reds missing players

Vissel Kobe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Urawa Reds Vissel Kobe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 8
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 1
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 5
9 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 1
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
7 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 11
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3
Urawa Reds Last season Vissel Kobe
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
18 12   Won W   10 21
9 4   Drew D   6 10
11 3   Lost L   3 7
45 28   Scored S   31 62
38 17   Conceded C   22 36
87% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
68% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   95% 76%
34% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 37%
13% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 24%
11% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 13%
32% 37%   BTTS BTTS   63% 53%
45% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 34%
37% 26%   Failed to Score F T   16% 16%
 
4.6 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 3.8
4.3 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.1
0.7 0.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 0.8
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.1 8.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 9.2
3.6 3.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.2
33% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 39%
 
9.9 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   9.6 9.6
3.6 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kashima Antlers 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Nagoya Grampus 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Kawasaki Frontale 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Kyoto Sanga 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cerezo Osaka 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Avispa Fukuoka 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Jubilo Iwata 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sagan Tosu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Tokyo 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Urawa Reds 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Gamba Osaka 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Vissel Kobe 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Last season 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 38 28 8 2 81 28 19 16 3 0 39 14 19 12 5 2 42 14 53 92
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 38 24 7 7 82 35 19 13 4 2 46 12 19 11 3 5 36 23 47 79
3 Vissel Kobe 38 21 10 7 62 36 19 11 4 4 31 14 19 10 6 3 31 22 26 73
4 Kashima Antlers 38 21 6 11 62 36 19 10 4 5 32 20 19 11 2 6 30 16 26 69
5 Nagoya Grampus 38 19 9 10 44 30 19 11 4 4 22 13 19 8 5 6 22 17 14 66
6 Urawa Reds 38 18 9 11 45 38 19 12 4 3 28 17 19 6 5 8 17 21 7 63
7 Sagan Tosu 38 16 11 11 43 35 19 11 5 3 30 15 19 5 6 8 13 20 8 59
8 Avispa Fukuoka 38 14 12 12 42 37 19 10 3 6 26 18 19 4 9 6 16 19 5 54
9 Tokyo 38 15 8 15 49 53 19 8 3 8 30 26 19 7 5 7 19 27 -4 53
10 Consadole Sapporo 38 14 9 15 48 50 19 8 4 7 27 27 19 6 5 8 21 23 -2 51
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38 12 13 13 44 42 19 5 6 8 19 23 19 7 7 5 25 19 2 49
12 Cerezo Osaka 38 13 9 16 47 51 19 8 5 6 26 28 19 5 4 10 21 23 -4 48
13 Gamba Osaka 38 12 8 18 33 49 19 5 4 10 17 28 19 7 4 8 16 21 -16 44
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 38 10 12 16 37 54 19 5 6 8 17 28 19 5 6 8 20 26 -17 42
15 Kashiwa Reysol 38 12 5 21 37 56 19 6 3 10 21 29 19 6 2 11 16 27 -19 41
16 Shonan Bellmare 38 7 16 15 36 41 19 3 10 6 13 15 19 4 6 9 23 26 -5 37
17 Tokushima Vortis 38 10 6 22 34 55 19 4 5 10 18 24 19 6 1 12 16 31 -21 36
18 Oita Trinita 38 9 8 21 31 55 19 7 5 7 19 21 19 2 3 14 12 34 -24 35
19 Vegalta Sendai 38 5 13 20 31 62 19 3 6 10 12 23 19 2 7 10 19 39 -31 28
20 Yokohama 38 6 9 23 32 77 19 4 6 9 21 31 19 2 3 14 11 46 -45 27

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 Kashima Antlers 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Nagoya Grampus 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Kawasaki Frontale 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Kyoto Sanga 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Cerezo Osaka 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Avispa Fukuoka 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Jubilo Iwata 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sagan Tosu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Tokyo 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Urawa Reds 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Gamba Osaka 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Vissel Kobe 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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