Japanese J.League

JEF United Ichihara-Chiba vs Urawa Red Diamonds, 2026 J1 100 Year Vision League

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JEF United Ichihara-Chiba
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    Urawa Red Diamonds
    • 5': Yusuke Matsuo (P)
    • 12': Renji Hidano

    About

    JEF United Ichihara-Chiba are hosting Urawa Red Diamonds at Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

    Match Timeline

    • 1': Kaito Yasui (Urawa Red Diamonds) Foul at 1'
    • 2': Takayuki Mae (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 2'
    • 2': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 2'
    • 2': Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Save at 2'
    • 2': Yusuke Kobayashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 2'
    • 2': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot On Target at 2'
    • 3': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 3'
    • 3': Zain Issaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 3'
    • 4': Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Free Kick at 4'
    • 4': Tomoya Wakahara (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 4'
    • 5': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Penalty - Scored at 5'
    • 6': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 6'
    • 7': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 7'
    • 7': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 7'
    • 7': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 7'
    • 7': Takuro Kaneko (Urawa Red Diamonds) Foul at 7'
    • 8': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 8'
    • 9': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 9'
    • 9': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 9'
    • 10': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 10'
    • 10': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 10'
    • 10': Takayuki Mae (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 10'
    • 10': Takayuki Mae (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 10'
    • 11': Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Blocked at 11'
    • 11': Carlinhos (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 11'
    • 12': Renji Hidano (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 12'
    • 12': Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Assists Shot at 12'
    • 12': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Blocked at 12'
    • 12': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 12'
    • 12': Renji Hidano (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 12'
    • 15': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Offside at 15'
    • 16': Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Free Kick at 16'
    • 16': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 16'
    • 17': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 17'
    • 17': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 17'
    • 17': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 17'
    • 18': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 18'
    • 19': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 19'
    • 19': Takuro Kaneko (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 19'
    • 19': Takayuki Mae (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 19'
    • 19': Takuro Kaneko (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Blocked at 19'
    • 20': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 20'
    • 23': Ryota Kuboniwa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 23'
    • 23': Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Assists Shot at 23'
    • 23': Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Blocked at 23'
    • 23': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 23'
    • 23': Ryota Kuboniwa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 23'
    • 23': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Off Target at 23'
    • 23': Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Assists Shot at 23'
    • 23': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Assists Shot at 23'
    • 24': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 24'
    • 25': Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Save at 25'
    • 25': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 25'
    • 25': Carlinhos (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot On Target at 25'
    • 25': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 25'
    • 26': Takuro Kaneko (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 26'
    • 26': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 26'
    • 26': Carlinhos (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 26'
    • 27': Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Save at 27'
    • 27': Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 27'
    • 27': Ryota Kuboniwa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot On Target at 27'
    • 27': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Foul at 27'
    • 27': Zain Issaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 27'
    • 28': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 28'
    • 29': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 29'
    • 29': Takayuki Mae (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 29'
    • 30': Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Free Kick at 30'
    • 30': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 30'
    • 30': Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Blocked at 30'
    • 30': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 30'
    • 30': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 30'
    • 30': Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Offside at 30'
    • 31': Tomoya Wakahara (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 31'
    • 31': Zain Issaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 31'
    • 31': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 31'
    • 32': Renji Hidano (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 32'
    • 32': Takayuki Mae (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 32'
    • 33': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 33'
    • 33': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Assists Shot at 33'
    • 33': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Off Target at 33'
    • 33': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 33'
    • 33': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Corner Kick at 33'
    • 34': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot On Target at 34'
    • 34': Tomoya Wakahara (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 34'
    • 34': Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Assists Shot at 34'
    • 35': Takuro Kaneko (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Off Target at 35'
    • 36': Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Off Target at 36'
    • 36': Takuro Kaneko (Urawa Red Diamonds) Assists Shot at 36'
    • 36': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 36'
    • 37': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 37'
    • 38': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 38'
    • 38': Takuro Kaneko (Urawa Red Diamonds) Foul at 38'
    • 38': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 38'
    • 38': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 38'
    • 38': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Corner Kick at 38'
    • 39': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 39'
    • 39': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 39'
    • 39': Ryota Kuboniwa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 39'
    • 40': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 40'
    • 40': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Offside at 40'
    • 40': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 40'
    • 41': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 41'
    • 41': Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Save at 41'
    • 41': Yusuke Kobayashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot On Target at 41'
    • 43': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 43'
    • 44': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Offside at 44'
    • 44': Tomoya Wakahara (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 44'
    • 45': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Foul at 45'
    • 45': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 45'
    • 45': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 45'
    • 45': Takuro Kaneko (Urawa Red Diamonds) Corner Kick at 45'
    • 45'+1': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Blocked at 46'
    • 45'+1': Kenta Nemoto (Urawa Red Diamonds) Save at 46'
    • 45'+2': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 47'
    • 45'+3': Kaito Yasui (Urawa Red Diamonds) Offside at 48'
    • 45'+3': Kaito Yasui (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Off Target at 48'
    • 45'+3': Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Assists Shot at 48'
    • 46': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Foul at 46'
    • 46': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 46'
    • 46': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 46'
    • 47': Renji Hidano (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 47'
    • 48': Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Save at 48'
    • 48': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 48'
    • 49': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 49'
    • 50': Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Free Kick at 50'
    • 50': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 50'
    • 51': Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Free Kick at 51'
    • 51': Yuta Miyamoto (Urawa Red Diamonds) Save at 51'
    • 51': Zain Issaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 51'
    • 51': Carlinhos (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Blocked at 51'
    • 51': Carlinhos (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 51'
    • 52': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Hit Woodwork at 52'
    • 52': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot On Target at 52'
    • 52': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 52'
    • 52': Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Save at 52'
    • 52': Renji Hidano (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Off Target at 52'
    • 53': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 53'
    • 53': Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 53'
    • 53': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 53'
    • 55': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 55'
    • 55': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 55'
    • 56': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Off Target at 56'
    • 58': Renji Hidano (Urawa Red Diamonds) Foul at 58'
    • 58': Ryota Kuboniwa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 58'
    • 59': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 59'
    • 59': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 59'
    • 59': Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 59'
    • 59': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 59'
    • 60': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 60'
    • 60': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 60'
    • 60': Takumi Tsukui (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 60'
    • 60': Yuma Igari (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 60'
    • 60': Kaito Yasui (Urawa Red Diamonds) Save at 60'
    • 60': Yusuke Kobayashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Blocked at 60'
    • 63': Kai Shibato (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 63'
    • 63': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 63'
    • 64': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 64'
    • 65': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 65'
    • 65': Kai Shibato (Urawa Red Diamonds) Save at 65'
    • 65': Yuma Igari (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Blocked at 65'
    • 65': Zain Issaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 65'
    • 65': Zain Issaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 65'
    • 65': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Corner Kick at 65'
    • 65': Zain Issaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Blocked at 65'
    • 65': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Save at 65'
    • 65': Yuma Igari (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 65'
    • 67': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 67'
    • 68': Hiroto Goya (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 68'
    • 68': Takuro Iwai (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 68'
    • 68': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 68'
    • 68': Kaito Yasui (Urawa Red Diamonds) Foul at 68'
    • 69': Yusuke Kobayashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 69'
    • 69': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 69'
    • 69': Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 69'
    • 69': Kai Shibato (Urawa Red Diamonds) Free Kick at 69'
    • 70': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 70'
    • 71': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 71'
    • 72': Kenta Nemoto (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 72'
    • 72': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Off Target at 72'
    • 72': Kenta Nemoto (Urawa Red Diamonds) Assists Shot at 72'
    • 74': Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot On Target at 74'
    • 74': Tomoya Wakahara (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Save at 74'
    • 74': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Assists Shot at 74'
    • 75': Ryota Kuboniwa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 75'
    • 75': Ryota Kuboniwa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 75'
    • 76': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 76'
    • 77': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Yellow Card at 77'
    • 78': Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Free Kick at 78'
    • 81': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 81'
    • 81': Taiki Amagasa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 81'
    • 82': Isaac Kiese Thelin (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 82'
    • 82': Toshikazu Teruuchi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 82'
    • 83': Taiki Amagasa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 83'
    • 84': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 84'
    • 84': Yuma Igari (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 84'
    • 84': Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Blocked Pass at 84'
    • 85': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 85'
    • 85': Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 85'
    • 86': Kaito Yasui (Urawa Red Diamonds) Free Kick at 86'
    • 86': Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Off Target at 86'
    • 86': Isaac Kiese Thelin (Urawa Red Diamonds) Shot Blocked at 86'
    • 86': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Assists Shot at 87'
    • 86': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Offside at 86'
    • 87': Jumpei Hayakawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 87'
    • 88': Hirokazu Ishikara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 88'
    • 88': Tomoya Wakahara (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Free Kick at 88'
    • 88': Isaac Kiese Thelin (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 88'
    • 88': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 88'
    • 89': Takumi Tsukui (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Corner Kick at 89'
    • 89': Yuta Miyamoto (Urawa Red Diamonds) Corner Kick at 89'
    • 90': Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 90'
    • 90': Takuro Iwai (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 90'
    • 90': Takuro Iwai (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Yellow Card at 90'
    • 90'+1': Kai Shibato (Urawa Red Diamonds) Free Kick at 91'
    • 90'+1': Takuro Iwai (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 92'
    • 90'+1': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Off Target at 91'
    • 90'+3': Issei Takahashi (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Assists Shot at 93'
    • 90'+3': Taiki Amagasa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Shot Blocked at 93'
    • 90'+3': Yuta Miyamoto (Urawa Red Diamonds) Save at 93'
    • 90'+4': Takuro Iwai (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Foul at 94'
    • 90'+5': Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Free Kick at 95'
    • 90'+5': Hirokazu Ishikara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Throw In at 95'
    • 90'+5': Toshikazu Teruuchi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Blocked Pass at 95'
    • 90'+5': Takuro Iwai (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Throw In at 95'

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 10
    0 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    5 Offsides 1
    6 Corner Kicks 13
    5 Saves 2
    48.5 Possession 51.5
    20 SHOTS 17
    6 ON GOAL 7
    0.3 On Target % 0.4
    2 Penalty Goals 0
    1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    339 Accurate Passes 348
    416 Passes 428
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 5
    15 Crosses 29
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    60 Long Balls 60
    18 Accurate Long Balls 31
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
    4 Blocked Shots 4
    5 Effective Tackles 6
    16 Tackles 7
    0.3 Tackle % 0.9
    10 Interceptions 11
    25 Effective Clearances 27
    25 Clearances 27

    Game Information

    Competition: Japanese J.League

    Venue: Fukuda Denshi Arena
    Location: Chiba, Japan
    Attendance: 16,338

    Japanese J1 League Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Kashima Antlers 5 +6 13
    2 Urawa Red Diamonds 5 +5 10
    3 FC Tokyo 5 +2 10
    4 Machida Zelvia 4 +2 9
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    JEF JEF United Ichihara-Chiba (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    35 Tomoya Wakahara (GK)
    28 Takashi Kawano
    3 Ryota Kuboniwa
    67 Masaru Hidaka
    2 Issei Takahashi Yellow Card
    15 Takayuki Mae
    5 Yusuke Kobayashi
    37 Makoto Himeno
    42 Zain Issaka
    10 Carlinhos
    20 Daichi Ishikawa
    JEF United Ichihara-Chiba Substitutes:
    Daisuke Suzuki, Hiroto Goya, Takumi Matsumura, Taiki Amagasa, Takuro Iwai, Takumi Tsukui, Ryota Suzuki, Yuma Igari, Koki Yonekura.

    URA Urawa Red Diamonds (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
    5 Kenta Nemoto
    2 Yuta Miyamoto
    26 Takuya Ogiwara
    14 Takahiro Sekine
    24 Yusuke Matsuo
    25 Kaito Yasui
    13 Ryoma Watanabe
    36 Renji Hidano
    8 Matheus Sávio
    77 Takuro Kaneko
    Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:
    Kai Shibato, Hirokazu Ishikara, Isaac Kiese Thelin, Yoichi Naganuma, Toshikazu Teruuchi, Ayumi Niekawa, Eiichi Katayama, Shoya Nakajima, Jumpei Hayakawa.

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