Kyoto Sanga vs Urawa Red Diamonds Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Kyoto Sanga

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Kyoto Sanga have been quite ineffective in attack in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 4 versus opposition teams during the course of their previous 6 fixtures. In those games, Kyoto Sanga have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 9.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Kyoto Sanga:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Urawa Red Diamonds in their previous 2 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 3 matches in the league.

Urawa Red Diamonds

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Maciej Skorża's Urawa Red Diamonds have converted a total of 7 times in the course of their previous sextet of matches. The overall goals that they have conceded during those same clashes comes to 5.

Looking at their past form shows that Urawa Red Diamonds:

• are undefeated in their last 5 away league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 18/04/2009 shows us that Kyoto Sanga have won 2 of them and Urawa Red Diamonds 3, with the tally of draws being 1.

A sum of 13 goals were scored between them in these games, with 4 for Kyoto and 9 for Reds. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 20 on 06/07/2022 which ended up with the score at Urawa Red Diamonds 2-2 Kyoto Sanga.

That day, Urawa Red Diamonds managed 45% possession and 21 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was David Moberg Karlsson (10', 59').

For their opponents, Kyoto Sanga got 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Kosuke Taketomi (54') and Fuki Yamada (56') scored.

The referee was Futoshi Nakamura.

🧠 Prediction

Here is a game where Kyoto Sanga will need to put in a solid display to hit the back of the net against this Urawa Red Diamonds outfit who we think should do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought 0-1 victory for Urawa Red Diamonds at the end of the 90 minutes.

A close call.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 23:56 22/05/2023