📏 Form Guide

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Urawa Red Diamonds head into this match coming off the back of a 1-1 J1 League drawn game vs Albirex Niigata.

In that game, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 46% possession and 10 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Urawa Red Diamonds was Motoki Nagakura (80'). On the other side, Albirex Niigata got 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Motoki Hasegawa (74') was the scorer for Albirex Niigata.

Their latest results reveal that it has been a great time for the Urawa Red Diamonds backline. Urawa Red Diamonds have given the opposition little, with the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their past six games standing at 4. That sort of trend isn’t assured to follow through into this game, of course.

Heading into this fixture, Urawa Red Diamonds have not beaten FC Tokyo in their last 4 matches in the league.

FC Tokyo

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FC Tokyo go into this game following a 1-0 J1 League win versus Vissel Kobe in their last fixture.

In that match, FC Tokyo managed 46% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for FC Tokyo was Marcelo Ryan (103'). At the other end, Vissel Kobe got 16 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

Rikizo Matsuhashi's FC Tokyo have slotted home 11 times throughout their latest sextet of matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during that same period adds up to 6.

Taking a look at their past results, FC Tokyo:

• are undefeated by Urawa Red Diamonds when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 10/04/2022 tells us that Urawa Red Diamonds have won 1 of these and FC Tokyo 3, with the number of draws standing at 2.

A combined total of 10 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 4 from Reds and 6 created by FC Tokyo. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was J1 League match day 31 on 21/09/2024 when the final score was Urawa Red Diamonds 0-2 FC Tokyo.

That day, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 58% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Rikito Inoue (9' Own goal).

For their opponents, FC Tokyo had 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. Ryotaro Araki (17') was the scorer.

The referee was Ryo Tanimoto.

📋 Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Urawa Red Diamonds gaffer Maciej Skorża to be concerned with due to a largely intact squad. Kai Shibato (Knee surgery) misses out.

It’s our opinion that Reds could go for a 4-2-3-1 system, beginning the first half with Shusaku Nishikawa, Hirokazu Ishihara, Danilo Boza, Marius Hoeibraaten, Takuya Ogiwara, Kaito Yasui, Samuel Gustafson, Tomoaki Okubo, Ryoma Watanabe, Matheus Savio and Yusuke Matsuo.

📋 Team News: FC Tokyo

We are inclined to think that FC Tokyo seem likely to play in a 3-4-2-1 system, going with Go Hatano, Kanta Doi, Seiji Kimura, Henrique, Kosuke Shirai, Takahiro Koh, Kento Hashimoto, Keita Endo, Kein Sato, Kota Tawaratsumida and Marcelo Ryan.

💭 Prediction

In this game, FC Tokyo have enough to put a goal past this Urawa Red Diamonds side, but it possibly won’t be enough to avoid a loss.

Our selection here is for a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Urawa Red Diamonds after the 90. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Lucas Pereira, 06:08 17/05/2025