Urawa Reds get ready to welcome Kawasaki Frontale for something different than the ordinary league football: The Ybc Levain Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
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 and Kawasaki Frontale.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Last season their Ybc Levain Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Urawa Komaba Stadium as Urawa Reds have scored 18 goals to get 30 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the J-League are 9-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). 3W-4D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Ybc Levain Cup for Urawa Reds. There’s a good atmosphere here at Urawa Komaba Stadium after three straight home wins.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Urawa Reds, as their goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa has completely shut out the opponents for 315 minutes in the J-League.
The home team returns to Urawa Komaba Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Shonan Bellmare on their last time out; the J-League game ended 0-0. Alexander Scholz was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Scholz won 6 of 9 duels.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Urawa as they are travelling to their away game against Kawasaki Frontale in the Ybc Levain Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Urawa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. From these home matches, Urawa have conceded only 13 goals.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
They also participated in Ybc Levain Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 4 draws and only 1 loss in the J-League.
Two travels in a row for Kawasaki, whose manager T. Oniki could celebrate last time after the J-League win against Consadole Sapporo. Sung-Ryong Jung was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.44. The agile goalkeeper Jung stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-1 defeat away at Avispa Fukuoka before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Urawa Reds in just four days.
Kawasaki have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 31 goals from 14 away matches. The Kawasaki defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (7 goals in 14 games).
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Urawa won three games, one match ended with a draw and Kawasaki Frontale got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  L. da Silva dos Santos 14 goals |  Y. Kobayashi 9 goals |   K. Junker 8 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Urawa Reds | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Scored | S | 28 | 60 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 48% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 69% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 15.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.8 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 41 | 66 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 27 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 37 | 62 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 47 |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 47 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 47 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 45 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 42 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 35 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 30 |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -9 | 30 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -13 | 26 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 23 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -25 | 19 |
| 19 | Yokohama | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 36 | -36 | 18 |
| 20 | Oita Trinita | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -29 | 17 |