📊 Form Guide

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Urawa Red Diamonds will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-0 J1 League triumph against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

In that match, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 46% possession and 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Urawa Red Diamonds was Takuro Kaneko (57'). Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 11 shots at goal with 2 on target.

Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that much respect should be given to the Urawa Red Diamonds rearguard. Urawa Red Diamonds have been stingy, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their past six matches standing at 4.

Their previous form shows that Urawa Red Diamonds:

• are winless against Tokyo Verdy in their last 3 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 5 home league matches.

Tokyo Verdy

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Tokyo Verdy head into the game following a 0-1 J1 League win to beat Fagiano Okayama in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Tokyo Verdy had 54% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Tokyo Verdy was Yuto Tsunashima (66'). Fagiano Okayama had 15 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

Fixtures with Tokyo Verdy have turned out to be rather laboured affairs in recent times with the failure of forward attacks being a trademark. During their past six clashes, the very low gross goal sum of 6 has been yielded between both them and their opposition at an average goals per game of 1. That kind of trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this next game, however.

Their past results show that Tokyo Verdy:

• have not registered a win against Urawa Red Diamonds in games played away from home for the previous 5 league games. Not good.
• are unbeaten in their last 6 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head clashes going back to 06/07/2005 tells us that Urawa Red Diamonds have won 3 of them & Tokyo Verdy 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 2.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 24 overall which averages out at 4 goals per match.

The last league game featuring these sides was J1 League match day 34 on 19/10/2024 when it finished Tokyo Verdy 2-1 Urawa Red Diamonds.

That time, Tokyo Verdy managed 51% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Yuto Tsunashima (59', 76').

For their opponents, Urawa Red Diamonds had 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Ryoma Watanabe (27') scored.

The referee was Yuichi Nishimura.

🗞️ Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the Urawa Red Diamonds gaffer Maciej Skorża to be concerned about from a near full-strength group. Kai Shibato (Knee surgery) is out of contention.

📋 Team News: Tokyo Verdy

Tokyo Verdy manager Hiroshi Jofuku has not got a full squad to pick from. Maaya Sako (Cruciate ligament injury) and Goki Yamada (Torn knee ligaments) are those who can’t be considered.

✨ Prediction

Here is a game where Tokyo Verdy will have to play well to find the net against this Urawa Red Diamonds side who will likely emerge victorious.

We’re therefore tipping a very even contest with a 1-0 advantage for Urawa Red Diamonds at the end of the 90 minutes.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Lucas Pereira, 05:05 03/05/2025