📊 Form Guide

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Urawa Red Diamonds are hoping to win again after their last result, the 3-1 J1 League success versus Yokohama F. Marinos.

In that game, Urawa Red Diamonds had 39% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For Urawa Red Diamonds, goals were scored by Matheus Sávio (45'), Ryoma Watanabe (46') and Danilo Boza (88'). Yokohama F. Marinos got 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Riku Yamane (59') scored for Yokohama F. Marinos.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Urawa Red Diamonds haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Urawa Red Diamonds have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 5 goals along the way. We shall soon see whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

Ahead of this meeting, Urawa Red Diamonds haven't been defeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Nagoya Grampus in J1 League competition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 67% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Daiki Suga (81'). On the other side, Nagoya Grampus had 6 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Mateus (40', 48') was the scorer for Nagoya Grampus.

Looking at their form, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 6 goals in total. At the back, Sanfrecce Hiroshima have some weaknesses to address.

Their prior results show that Sanfrecce Hiroshima:

• have not beaten Urawa Red Diamonds when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 13/05/2022 shows us that Urawa Red Diamonds have won 2 of these games & Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A total of 16 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 for Reds and 9 belonging to Sanfrecce. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The last league clash between these clubs was J1 League match day 36 on 10/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Urawa Red Diamonds 3-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

In that match, Urawa Red Diamonds had 39% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorers were Yusuke Matsuo (45'), Bryan Linssen (56') and Genki Haraguchi (86').

For their opponents, Sanfrecce Hiroshima got 26 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

The referee was Koei Koya.

📋 Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the Urawa Red Diamonds manager Maciej Skorża to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Kai Shibato (Knee surgery) is out of contention.

📋 Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager Michael Skibbe has to currently contend with reduced team options. Goro Kawanami (Hand injury) and Tolgay Arslan (Knee injury) are not ready for selection.

⚡ Prediction

Here, we’re thinking that Urawa Red Diamonds may find it difficult to score against this Sanfrecce Hiroshima side who we think will likely be able to grind out a win.

We’re therefore expecting a narrow 0-1 win for Sanfrecce Hiroshima when the full-time whistle blows.

Let’s see.

Victor Martins, 10:31 25/04/2025