Football match preview: Yokohama F. Marinos vs Urawa Reds

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nissan Stadium (69143 seats)

With the tense opening game out of the way it’s time for the second J-League clash of the season. Yokohama F. Marinos eagerly anticipate Urawa Reds in front of their stadium regulars.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats

The previous season, Yokohama F. Marinos's league stats were 20 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses, providing 1st place in the J-League. From these 34 matches they scored {70 goals} and conceded 35. Playing as the host team in the last season Yokohama F. Marinos produced 12-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with {33 goals} and 10 conceded.

It's back home for Yokohama F. Marinos, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kawasaki Frontale away with the result 2-1. Nishimura and Élber found the net in that victory. Midfielder Élber was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.34 (out of ten) in that game. Élber scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, a home victory against Ventforet Kofu in the Super Cup. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Yokohama's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

Let's have a look at how Urawa Reds performed last season in the J-League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 15 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded {39 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 7 and lost 7 with 16/22 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the J-League ended in defeat. Last season Urawa Reds had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 3, drew 7 and lost 7.

Urawa Reds lost away at Tokyo (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfielder Ito was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.34. Ito dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Yokohama F. Marinos's place.

Urawa Reds 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

Yokohama F. Marinos-Urawa Reds H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Yokohama F. Marinos six wins, Urawa Reds two wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Yokohama F. MarinosJ. Pimentel da Silva
J. Pimentel da Silva
1 goals
Yokohama F. MarinosT. Nishimura
T. Nishimura
1 goals

Yokohama F. Marinos missing players

Urawa Reds missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Yokohama F. Marinos Urawa Reds
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 1 1 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 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%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 100%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 2
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5 5
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1 1
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
18 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10 10
5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 3
Yokohama F. Marinos Last season Urawa Reds
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
20 12   Won W   3 10
8 3   Drew D   7 15
6 2   Lost L   7 9
70 33   Scored S   16 48
35 10   Conceded C   22 39
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   76% 85%
85% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 71%
62% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 47%
38% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 29%
15% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 18%
50% 29%   BTTS BTTS   41% 53%
38% 59%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 29%
18% 24%   Failed to Score F T   47% 32%
 
5.8 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5
3.9 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 4.1
1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.6 0.7
3 0   Red cards R C   0 3
 
15.2 17.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 12.9
6 7.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.8
34% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 29%
 
11 9.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 10.6
3.8 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shonan Bellmare 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Kashima Antlers 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Nagoya Grampus 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Vissel Kobe 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Cerezo Osaka 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Gamba Osaka 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Kashiwa Reysol 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Albirex Niigata 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Kawasaki Frontale 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Avispa Fukuoka 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Yokohama 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Kyoto Sanga 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Urawa Reds 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Sagan Tosu 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 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 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 20 8 6 70 35 17 12 3 2 33 10 17 8 5 4 37 25 35 68
2 Kawasaki Frontale 34 20 6 8 65 42 17 14 1 2 38 18 17 6 5 6 27 24 23 66
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 52 41 17 10 3 4 31 15 17 5 7 5 21 26 11 55
4 Kashima Antlers 34 13 13 8 47 42 17 7 6 4 25 22 17 6 7 4 22 20 5 52
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 13 12 9 46 40 17 7 5 5 23 20 17 6 7 4 23 20 6 51
6 Tokyo 34 14 7 13 46 43 17 8 5 4 27 15 17 6 2 9 19 28 3 49
7 Kashiwa Reysol 34 13 8 13 43 44 17 6 3 8 22 25 17 7 5 5 21 19 -1 47
8 Nagoya Grampus 34 11 13 10 30 35 17 7 6 4 17 17 17 4 7 6 13 18 -5 46
9 Urawa Reds 34 10 15 9 48 39 17 7 8 2 32 17 17 3 7 7 16 22 9 45
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 11 12 11 45 55 17 7 6 4 25 24 17 4 6 7 20 31 -10 45
11 Sagan Tosu 34 9 15 10 45 44 17 5 9 3 23 13 17 4 6 7 22 31 1 42
12 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 11 13 31 39 17 5 6 6 15 22 17 5 5 7 16 17 -8 41
13 Vissel Kobe 34 11 7 16 35 41 17 7 3 7 21 16 17 4 4 9 14 25 -6 40
14 Avispa Fukuoka 34 9 11 14 29 38 17 5 6 6 17 18 17 4 5 8 12 20 -9 38
15 Gamba Osaka 34 9 10 15 33 44 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 4 8 15 23 -11 37
16 Kyoto Sanga 34 8 12 14 30 38 17 5 6 6 16 17 17 3 6 8 14 21 -8 36
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 7 12 15 44 54 17 2 8 7 20 29 17 5 4 8 24 25 -10 33
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 6 12 16 32 57 17 4 7 6 21 28 17 2 5 10 11 29 -25 30

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

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