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

📊 Form Guide

Albirex Niigata

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Albirex Niigata will be hoping for a better result following the 2-3 J1 League defeat in their last game at the hands of FC Tokyo.

In that match, Albirex Niigata managed 54% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Albirex Niigata, the goals were scored by Keisuke Kasai (66') and Danilo Gomes (99'). FC Tokyo had 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them 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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After 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 game, Urawa Red Diamonds had 60% possession and 15 shots on goal with 0 of them on target. For their opponents, Gamba Osaka had 12 attempts at 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

Looking over their past head to head meetings stretching back to 14/05/2017 reveals that these encounters have been pretty painful for Albirex Niigata. They have not been able to get any wins whatsoever while Urawa Red Diamonds have been dominant against them, getting wins in 67 per cent of those ties.

A total of 21 goals were scored between them in these games, with 6 for Albirex and 15 being from Reds. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was J1 League match day 38 on 08/12/2024 when it ended Urawa Red Diamonds 0-0 Albirex Niigata.

On that day, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 60% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target.

Albirex Niigata had 5 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by Yuichi Nishimura.

ℹ️ Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

Thanks to a mainly healthy group, there is just the one fitness worry for the Urawa Red Diamonds boss Maciej Skorża to contend with. Kai Shibato (Knee surgery) misses out for this game.

🧠 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, 09:12 08/05/2025