📏 Form Guide

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Urawa Red Diamonds head into this fixture following a 4-4 J1 League tied result versus Shonan Bellmare.

In that match, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 57% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Urawa Red Diamonds, the goals were scored by Shinzo Koroki (11'), Yusuke Matsuo (55'), Naoki Maeda (64') and Samuel Gustafson (81'). At the other end, Shonan Bellmare had 20 shots at goal with 4 on target. Lukian (23', 74') and Akito Suzuki (32', 46') scored for Shonan Bellmare.

Matches featuring Urawa Red Diamonds have tended to be engaging affairs lately with plenty of scoring expected. Over their past 6 clashes alone, the sum total of 22 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 8 of these being chalked up by Urawa Red Diamonds. That kind of pattern might not be carried forward here, however.

A look at their previous results shows us that Urawa Red Diamonds:

• have not won against Avispa Fukuoka in their last 4 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 league games.

Avispa Fukuoka

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Since a loss in their previous game against FC Tokyo in J1 League competition, Avispa Fukuoka and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Avispa Fukuoka managed 44% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Avispa Fukuoka was Daiki Matsuoka (82'). At the other end, FC Tokyo got 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Yūto Nagatomo (28'), Ryotaro Araki (32') and Kashif Bangnagande (57') scored for FC Tokyo.

Throughout their 6 previous matches, Shigetoshi Hasebe's Avispa Fukuoka have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 6 times, giving them the goals per game average of 1.

Looking at their past form shows that Avispa Fukuoka:

• have not lost to Urawa Red Diamonds when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head to head clashes going back to 27/06/2021 shows that Urawa Red Diamonds have won 1 of these & Avispa Fukuoka 2, with the number of drawn games being 3.

An aggregate of 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 6 of them from Reds and 6 created by Avispa. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

The last league contest between the two was J1 League match day 33 on 25/11/2023 when it ended Urawa Red Diamonds 2-3 Avispa Fukuoka.

On that day, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 62% possession and 16 shots on goal with 4 on target. Goals were scored by Alexander Scholz (18') and Takahiro Akimoto (75').

At the other end, Avispa Fukuoka had 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Kazuya Konno (32', 62') and Itsuki Oda (54') scored.

The match was refereed by Masuya Ueda.

🗞️ Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just a single fitness concern for the Urawa Red Diamonds manager Per-Mathias Høgmo to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Tomoaki Okubo (Metatarsal fracture) is sidelined.

📰 Team News: Avispa Fukuoka

Owing to an otherwise healthy group of players, there is just a single fitness worry for the Avispa Fukuoka gaffer Shigetoshi Hasebe to contend with. Ryoga Sato (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Avispa Fukuoka have the ability to put one past this Urawa Red Diamonds team, but that isn’t expected to be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re going for a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Urawa Red Diamonds at the end of the match. There looks to be little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 05:10 30/03/2024