Urawa Red Diamonds vs Tokyo Verdy Live Stream, Predictions (May 03)

📏 Form Guide

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Urawa Red Diamonds are hoping to win again following a 1-0 J1 League victory against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

In that match, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 46% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Urawa Red Diamonds was Takuro Kaneko (57'). Sanfrecce Hiroshima got 11 attempts on 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 come into this meeting following a 0-1 J1 League win with the eclipse of Fagiano Okayama in their previous match.

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

A look at their past head to head clashes dating back to 06/07/2005 tells us that Urawa Red Diamonds have won 3 of these and Tokyo Verdy 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 2.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 24 in all which averages out at 4 goals per meeting.

The previous league game between these sides was J1 League match day 34 on 19/10/2024 when the final score was Tokyo Verdy 2-1 Urawa Red Diamonds.

That time, Tokyo Verdy managed 51% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Yuto Tsunashima (59', 76').

At the other end, Urawa Red Diamonds got 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Ryoma Watanabe (27') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Yuichi Nishimura.

📋 Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

There’s just a single fitness concern for the Urawa Red Diamonds boss Maciej Skorża to be concerned with due to a largely intact group. Kai Shibato (Knee surgery) misses out.

📰 Team News: Tokyo Verdy

Tokyo Verdy boss Hiroshi Jofuku has to choose a team with limited availability. Maaya Sako (Cruciate ligament injury) and Goki Yamada (Torn knee ligaments) are not ready for selection.

🔮 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.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Looking at the betting prices for the match in the win-draw-win market, a win for Urawa Red Diamonds can be had for 1.95, a bet on the game finishing all-square is 3.2 & staking on the winning team to be Tokyo Verdy comes in at 4.2. They are the best of the prices being offered at present.

Lucas Pereira, 19:07 29/04/2025