Thursday’s FIFA Club World Cup action brings us Urawa Red Diamonds playing against Monterrey.
Our Urawa Red Diamonds v Monterrey predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
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Urawa Red Diamonds
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Urawa Red Diamonds will be wanting a better result here following the 2-1 FIFA Club World Cup defeat in their last game at the hands of Inter Milan.
In that match, Urawa Red Diamonds had 18% possession and 4 shots at goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Urawa Red Diamonds was Ryoma Watanabe (11'). On the other side, Inter Milan had 27 shots on goal with 4 on target. Lautaro Martínez (78') and Valentín Carboni (90') scored for Inter Milan.
It’s been all too rare in recent times where Urawa Red Diamonds have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Urawa Red Diamonds have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 10 goals during that time. That sort of pattern might not be carried forward into this match, though.
Monterrey
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In their last fixture, Monterrey drew 0-0 in the FIFA Club World Cup tie with River Plate.
During their 6 previous matches, Domènec Torrent's Monterrey have turned their attacks into goals 8 times thus giving them a goals scored per game average of 1.33.
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Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds
There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Urawa Red Diamonds manager Maciej Skorża to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Kai Shibato (Knee surgery) will miss out.
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Team News: Monterrey
Due to a mostly full-strength group of players, there’s only the lone fitness issue for the Monterrey boss Domènec Torrent to be concerned with. Carlos Salcedo (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
We believe that Urawa Red Diamonds have it within them to breach the defence of this Monterrey outfit, but a single goal may not quite be as many as they’ll concede.
We are therefore anticipating a 1-2 advantage for Monterrey after 90 minutes. Let’s just see how this one goes.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game on the WDW market, the win for Urawa Red Diamonds is best priced at 5.5, a wager on the draw is 3.9 & betting on a win for Monterrey gets you 1.62. They are the best prices on offer at present.
Victor Martins,
05:00 22/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Urawa Red Diamonds
Formed: 1950
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 (62,040)
Captain: Takahiro Sekine
Chairman: Makoto Taguchi
Manager: Maciej Skorża
Competitions: J1 League position 4, J. League Cup (Quarter-finals), FIFA Club World Cup (Group E)
🔑 Star Player: Yusuke Matsuo
Generally used in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Yusuke Matsuo was born in Saitama, Japan. After making a first senior appearance for Yokohama FC in the 2020 season, the talented Midfielder has netted 3 league goals in the J1 League 2025 season to date from a total of 20 appearances.