Urawa Reds vs Vegalta Sendai in Ybc Levain Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Japan Ybc Levain Cup
Competition: Sun 16.February
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Urawa Reds or Vegalta Sendai that keep their silverware dream alive.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

Last season their Ybc Levain Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Kashima Antlers.

Urawa Reds's results here at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the J-League have been very modest with 4 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats. Three consecutive losses here at Saitama Stadium 2002 is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Urawa Reds's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Gamba Osaka. Preceding that game was the away draw at Tokyo that finished 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Urawa Reds have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost four.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Urawa Reds here at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (16 from 17 games). Urawa Reds have conceded 29 from these games.

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Vegalta Sendai form and stats

They also participated in Ybc Levain Cup last season. This ended in the play-offs.

There's been little loot from Vegalta Sendai's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 17 away games in the J-League. Vegalta Sendai only have 3 wins to counter their 13 defeats and 1 draw. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Vegalta Sendai's last three away games as they have all been lost.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Vegalta Sendai, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Oita Trinita in the J-League.

We have checked recent matches where Vegalta Sendai have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were three victories, two draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vegalta Sendai as they have only managed to score 13 times from 17 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Vegalta Sendai have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - two - zero (Urawa Reds wins - draws - Vegalta Sendai wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Urawa RedsS. Koroki
S. Koroki
12 goals
Vegalta SendaiS. Nagasawa
S. Nagasawa
7 goals

Urawa Reds missing players

Vegalta Sendai missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Urawa Reds Vegalta Sendai
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   11 25
4 3   Won W   2 10
10 3   Drew D   2 5
11 8   Lost L   7 10
28 16   Scored S   8 30
39 23   Conceded C   13 28
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
84% 93%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 72%
44% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 36%
24% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   9% 20%
12% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
64% 64%   BTTS BTTS   36% 44%
8% 7%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 28%
28% 29%   Failed to Score F T   55% 32%
 
4.4 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.4
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 6.1
1.1 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1
1 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
263 162   Total Shots T S   102 273
105 54   Shots on Target S O   32 93
27% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cerezo Osaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Matsumoto Yamaga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Urawa Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Vegalta Sendai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  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 22 4 8 68 38 17 12 3 2 37 14 17 10 1 6 31 24 30 70
2 Tokyo 34 19 7 8 46 29 17 12 2 3 29 13 17 7 5 5 17 16 17 64
3 Kashima Antlers 34 18 9 7 54 30 17 11 3 3 30 15 17 7 6 4 24 15 24 63
4 Kawasaki Frontale 34 16 12 6 57 34 17 5 9 3 21 17 17 11 3 3 36 17 23 60
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 18 5 11 39 25 17 9 3 5 21 11 17 9 2 6 18 14 14 59
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 45 29 17 7 7 3 21 11 17 8 3 6 24 18 16 55
7 Gamba Osaka 34 12 11 11 54 48 17 7 6 4 28 18 17 5 5 7 26 30 6 47
8 Vissel Kobe 34 14 5 15 61 59 17 8 3 6 33 26 17 6 2 9 28 33 2 47
9 Oita Trinita 34 12 11 11 35 35 17 7 3 7 18 16 17 5 8 4 17 19 0 47
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 13 7 14 54 49 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 6 3 8 24 27 5 46
11 Vegalta Sendai 34 12 5 17 38 45 17 9 4 4 25 19 17 3 1 13 13 26 -7 41
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 11 6 17 45 69 17 7 1 9 21 40 17 4 5 8 24 29 -24 39
13 Nagoya Grampus 34 9 10 15 45 50 17 7 3 7 22 18 17 2 7 8 23 32 -5 37
14 Urawa Reds 34 9 10 15 34 50 17 4 3 10 16 29 17 5 7 5 18 21 -16 37
15 Sagan Tosu 34 10 6 18 32 53 17 7 2 8 21 30 17 3 4 10 11 23 -21 36
16 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 6 18 40 63 17 5 3 9 19 34 17 5 3 9 21 29 -23 36
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 34 6 13 15 21 40 17 2 8 7 10 18 17 4 5 8 11 22 -19 31
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 8 7 19 29 51 17 2 5 10 16 28 17 6 2 9 13 23 -22 31

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 Cerezo Osaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Matsumoto Yamaga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Urawa Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Vegalta Sendai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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