This league campaign has been grim for Urawa Reds up to now, while Yokohama F. Marinos have done well. Will the visitors take another scalp at Saitama Stadium 2002?
- Urawa Reds have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (23) in J-League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a J-League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Shonan Bellmare. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Urawa Reds form and stats
2 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Urawa Reds have to build on here at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the J-League. Urawa Reds are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of five drawn games in a row.
Stress levels are on the rise for Urawa Reds's attacking players as they have now played 327 minutes without scoring in a league game. Esaka was their last goal scorer. Urawa are confident in defense, having played 291 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Urawa Reds drew their last game, also a home match. Sanfrecce Hiroshima (placed 6th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. It's weird, but the exact score line 0-0 has been on "repeat" three times in a row. Nishikawa, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.7 out of 10 in that game. Nishikawa topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Urawa played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Kashiwa Reysol.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 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Kashima Antlers in only three days. This game is also played here at Saitama Stadium 2002.
A decent goal production from Urawa Reds in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. From these home matches, Urawa Reds have conceded only 5 goals.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the J-League. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Yokohama, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Yokohama F. Marinos, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Shonan Bellmare (placed 18th) last time out. Goalkeeper Takaoka was absolutely vital in the Yokohama victory against Shonan Bellmare, making seven saves.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Nagoya Grampus.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Yokohama F. Marinos playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 5 Yokohama F. Marinos wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Yokohama F. Marinos now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Avispa Fukuoka is waiting in only three days.
Yokohama are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. Yokohama F. Marinos have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Urawa wins - draws - Yokohama F. Marinos wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes de Souza 6 goals | T. Nishimura 4 goals | T. Nakagawa 3 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
| Urawa Reds | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 23 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 75% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 33% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 17% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 58% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 3.7 | 4.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 0.9 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 13.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.4 | 13.8 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 4.2 | 5.8 |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 43% | 33% |
| 9.2 | 10 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 14.4 | 11.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 6.2 | 4.3 |
- All of Yokohama F. Marinos's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Urawa Reds have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored more than double the goals of Urawa Reds.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most points from losing position (8) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (23) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+10) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos 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 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Jubilo Iwata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 7 |
