📏 Form Guide

Kashiwa Reysol

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Kashiwa Reysol go into this match after a 1-1 J1 League draw versus Tokyo Verdy.

In that match, Kashiwa Reysol managed 49% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Kashiwa Reysol was Kosuke Kinoshita (73'). Tokyo Verdy had 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. Fuki Yamada (10') scored for Tokyo Verdy.

Under three goals per match were scored during 6 of the past 6 meetings where Kashiwa Reysol have been participants. Regarding the goal weighting during that period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 5 while Kashiwa Reysol managed a tally of 5.

Taking a look at their past results, Kashiwa Reysol:

• have left without a victory over Urawa Red Diamonds in their last 7 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 6 league matches. Their fans aren't happy.

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Urawa Red Diamonds will go into this game following a 3-0 J1 League win to defeat Sagan Tosu in their previous match.

In that match, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 46% possession and 21 shots at goal with 8 on target. For Urawa Red Diamonds, the goals were scored by Thiago Santana (5'), Yusuke Matsuo (53') and Tomoaki Okubo (83'). Sagan Tosu got 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

Over the course of their last six outings, Urawa Red Diamonds have amassed a total of 12 goals. Urawa Red Diamonds have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. In that time, they have seen 8 goals go against them. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward here, however.

Pre-game facts show that Urawa Red Diamonds:

• are undefeated by Kashiwa Reysol when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

A study of past results between these clubs going back to 23/06/2021 tells us that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Kashiwa Reysol. They’ve not been able to come away with any victories at all while Urawa Red Diamonds have remained in the ascendancy, winning in 83 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

A combined total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 2 from Reysol and 16 created by Reds. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The last league game between the two was J1 League match day 30 on 20/10/2023 which ended up with the score at Urawa Red Diamonds 2-0 Kashiwa Reysol.

In that game, Urawa Red Diamonds had 58% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorers were Yoshio Koizumi (53') and Takuya Ogiwara (57').

At the other end, Kashiwa Reysol had 9 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Yuichi Nishimura.

📰 Team News: Kashiwa Reysol

Hidetaka Maie (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Tomoki Takamine (Knee medial ligament tear) will not be taking part for Kashiwa Reysol gaffer Masami Ihara.

🗞️ Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

With a completely injury-free squad available to choose from, the Urawa Red Diamonds boss Per-Mathias Høgmo does not have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash.

💭 Prediction

Urawa Red Diamonds and Kashiwa Reysol could both end up scoring in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating these two teams.

It could well end in a draw. That’s why our selection here is for a 1-1 score draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 09:04 12/04/2024