Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 25)

📊 Form Guide

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Urawa Red Diamonds, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-1 J1 League victory vs Yokohama F. Marinos.

In that match, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 39% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For Urawa Red Diamonds, the scorers were Matheus Sávio (45'), Ryoma Watanabe (46') and Danilo Boza (88'). Yokohama F. Marinos had 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Riku Yamane (59') was the scorer for Yokohama F. Marinos.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Urawa Red Diamonds haven’t conceded. In fact, Urawa Red Diamonds have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 5 goals on the way.

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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After tasting defeat last time out to Nagoya Grampus in J1 League competition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima managed 67% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Daiki Suga (81'). For their opponents, Nagoya Grampus got 6 attempts 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 games, with opponents netting 6 goals in total. At the back, Sanfrecce Hiroshima have seen their frailties exposed. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.

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 review of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 13/05/2022 shows that Urawa Red Diamonds have won 2 of them and Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A combined sum of 16 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 7 from Reds and 9 belonging to Sanfrecce. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league clash between the two was J1 League match day 36 on 10/11/2024 when the final score was Urawa Red Diamonds 3-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

That time, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 39% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. The goals were scored by Yusuke Matsuo (45'), Bryan Linssen (56') and Genki Haraguchi (86').

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

The match was refereed by Koei Koya.

📋 Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the Urawa Red Diamonds boss Maciej Skorża to be concerned with from a near full-strength squad. Kai Shibato (Knee surgery) will miss out.

📰 Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager Michael Skibbe has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Goro Kawanami (Hand injury) and Tolgay Arslan (Knee injury) miss out here.

💡 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.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Checking the latest betting odds for this match on the win-draw-win market, a victory for Urawa Red Diamonds is available for 3, going for the game finishing all-square is 3.3 and taking a punt on a victory for Sanfrecce Hiroshima gets you 2.4. They are the best returns being offered right now.

Victor Martins, 11:02 21/04/2025