With their 13 point advantage in the league table, Urawa Reds fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Yokohama.
It's no vacation for neither Urawa nor Yokohama 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
Overall J-League stats at home this season for Urawa Reds are 3-3-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Urawa enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Shimizu S-Pulse's place. The match ended 2-1 with R. Yamanaka and S. Koroki scoring. Preceding that match was a defeat to Kawasaki Frontale (0-3).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Urawa matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and one defeat (from two games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Tokyo in only four days. This game is also played here at Saitama Stadium 2002.
Urawa have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Urawa have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Yokohama form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Yokohama, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in J-League, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Yokohama in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Shimizu S-Pulse.
Two away games in a row for Yokohama, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus Kawasaki Frontale in the J-League. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Oita Trinita wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Yokohama when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing two and winning one game.
Yokohama have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. The Yokohama manager T. Shimotaira has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Yokohama - Urawa 0-2. Urawa-Yokohama H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Urawa Reds two wins, Yokohama one win, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Nascimento Lopes de Souza 9 goals |  S. Koroki 4 goals |  Y. Matsuo 4 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Yokohama missing players
| Urawa Reds | Yokohama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 26 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 32 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 37 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 89% | 89% |
| 67% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 78% | 67% |
| 33% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 44% | 39% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 56% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | 70 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 54 | 131 |
| 44 | 22 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 23 | 49 |
| 39% | 36% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 35% | 41% |
- Yokohama has the fewest clean sheets (1) in J-League
- Yokohama have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Yokohama have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Yokohama haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 40 | 50 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 19 | -6 | 30 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 17 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 17 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -16 | 11 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 9 |