Albirex Niigata vs Urawa Red Diamonds Live Stream, Predictions (May 11)

📊 Form Guide

Albirex Niigata

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Albirex Niigata will be wanting a better result here following a 2-3 J1 League defeat last time out to FC Tokyo.

In that game, Albirex Niigata had 54% possession and 14 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Albirex Niigata, goals were scored by Keisuke Kasai (66') and Danilo Gomes (99'). At the other end, FC Tokyo had 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Marcelo Ryan (8', 82') and Kei Koizumi (52') scored for FC Tokyo.

Over their prior six games, Daisuke Kimori's Albirex Niigata have celebrated scoring a combined total of 7 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.17.

Their previous form shows that Albirex Niigata:

• have not registered a win against Urawa Red Diamonds in their previous 27 matches in the league. What a terrible run without a win that has been.
• haven’t won at home in the past 11 matches in the league. Something needs to change.

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Gamba Osaka in J1 League competition, Urawa Red Diamonds will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Urawa Red Diamonds had 60% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 0 on target. On the other side, Gamba Osaka had 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. Ryoya Yamashita (53') was the scorer for Gamba Osaka.

A sequence of very capable performances by the Urawa Red Diamonds defenders has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 3 from their previous 6 outings overall. Over that same time, their own forwards have managed to score 10.

Going into this contest, Urawa Red Diamonds remain unbeaten by Albirex Niigata when they have played them away from home in the previous 13 league matches. A mightily impressive record on the road against them.

↔️ Head to head

A review of past results between these clubs going back to 14/05/2017 shows that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Albirex Niigata. They’ve not been able to come away with any victories at all while Urawa Red Diamonds have managed to find a way, getting wins in 67 per cent of those match-ups.

A total of 21 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 of them from Albirex and 15 netted by Reds. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The last league game featuring these sides was J1 League match day 38 on 08/12/2024 when it finished Urawa Red Diamonds 0-0 Albirex Niigata.

That day, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 60% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

For their opponents, Albirex Niigata had 5 shots on goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by Yuichi Nishimura.

📋 Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

Due to a mostly healthy group, there’s just a single fitness problem for the Urawa Red Diamonds boss Maciej Skorża to contend with. Kai Shibato (Knee surgery) won’t be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

It’s looking like Urawa Red Diamonds and Albirex Niigata may well both score, with little between these two teams.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level. We’re therefore anticipating a close game with a 1-1 score at the end of the match.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Checking the latest betting odds for this match in the WDW market, the win for Albirex Niigata can be had for 2.8, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.4 and selecting the win for Urawa Red Diamonds can get you 2.4. Those are the top returns being offered at present.

Andre Moura, 07:07 08/05/2025