📊 Form Guide

FC Tokyo

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FC Tokyo will be looking for an improved result here after the 3-0 J1 League defeat in their last game at the hands of Kawasaki Frontale.

In that game, FC Tokyo managed 50% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Kawasaki Frontale had 20 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Yasuto Wakizaka (34'), Shin Yamada (83') and Kento Tachibanada (92') scored for Kawasaki Frontale.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where FC Tokyo have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that FC Tokyo have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 9 goals in the process. Having said that, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend might be replicated here in this game.

Their previous form shows that FC Tokyo:

• haven't lost in the league to Urawa Red Diamonds in their previous 2 matches.
• have not won at home in their last 4 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Urawa Red Diamonds will come into the meeting after a 2-1 J1 League win versus Avispa Fukuoka in their last game.

In that match, Urawa Red Diamonds had 72% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Urawa Red Diamonds, the goalscorers were Ryoma Watanabe (65') and Thiago Santana (73'). On the other side, Avispa Fukuoka had 4 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Shahab Zahedi (28') scored for Avispa Fukuoka.

Illustrating their bias toward eventful encounters, we’ve had goals 22 times in the prior six matches in which Urawa Red Diamonds have taken to the field, giving a mean average of 3.67 goals per clash. Opposition teams have managed 12 of those goals.

Their past results show that Urawa Red Diamonds:

• have not registered a win against FC Tokyo when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head to head meetings going back to 27/02/2021 shows us that FC Tokyo have won 1 of these games and Urawa Red Diamonds 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

In all, 10 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 from FC Tokyo and 6 netted by Reds. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was J1 League match day 20 on 08/07/2023 and the score finished Urawa Red Diamonds 0-0 FC Tokyo.

That day, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 59% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

At the other end, FC Tokyo got 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Khamis Al-Marri.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Tokyo

Keita Yamashita (Meniscus damage), Keigo Higashi (Hamstring injury) and Renta Higashi (Cruciate ligament surgery) are not available for FC Tokyo manager Peter Cklamovski. Go Hatano will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🗞️ Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

Owing to a completely healthy group available to select from, the Urawa Red Diamonds manager Per-Mathias Høgmo has zero fitness concerns to speak of before this game.

✨ Prediction

Here is a game where FC Tokyo will need to apply a lot of pressure to put one past this Urawa Red Diamonds lineup who should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

Therefore, we predict a highly competitive game with a 0-1 win for Urawa Red Diamonds at the end of this one.

Let’s see.

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Victor Martins, 10:26 03/04/2024