AFC Champions League

Urawa Red Diamonds vs Wuhan Three Towns, 2023-24 AFC Champions League, Group Stage

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Urawa Red Diamonds
  • 37': Alexander Scholz (P)
  • 90': José Kanté
FT
2 - 1
Wuhan Three Towns
  • 68': Davidson

About

Urawa Red Diamonds are hosting Wuhan Three Towns at Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the AFC Champions League.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Deng Hanwen (Wuhan Three Towns) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 1': Foul by Toshiki Takahashi (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 1': Attempt blocked. Shoya Nakajima (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bryan Linssen.
  • 1': Corner, Urawa Red Diamonds. Conceded by Ren Hang.
  • 4': Corner, Wuhan Three Towns. Conceded by Alexander Scholz.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Zhang Xiaobin (Wuhan Three Towns) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Davidson with a cross following a corner.
  • 6': Offside, Urawa Red Diamonds. Takuya Ogiwara is caught offside.
  • 8': Foul by Deng Hanwen (Wuhan Three Towns).
  • 8': Toshiki Takahashi (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Toshiki Takahashi (Urawa Red Diamonds) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Ken Iwao with a through ball.
  • 16': Attempt saved. Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Shoya Nakajima.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Davidson (Wuhan Three Towns) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdul-Aziz Yakubu.
  • 18': Corner, Wuhan Three Towns. Conceded by Ken Iwao.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Jiang Zhipeng (Wuhan Three Towns) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 23': Foul by Ken Iwao (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 23': Ren Hang (Wuhan Three Towns) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Davidson (Wuhan Three Towns).
  • 23': Yoshio Koizumi (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Offside, Urawa Red Diamonds. Yoshio Koizumi is caught offside.
  • 26': Foul by Shoya Nakajima (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 26': He Guan (Wuhan Three Towns) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 29': Ayumu Ohata (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Foul by Deng Hanwen (Wuhan Three Towns).
  • 30': Davidson (Wuhan Three Towns) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Ken Iwao (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 34': Penalty Urawa Red Diamonds. Bryan Linssen draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 34': Penalty conceded by Deng Hanwen (Wuhan Three Towns) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 34': Delay in match because of an injury Bryan Linssen (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 37': Goal! Urawa Red Diamonds 1, Wuhan Three Towns 0. Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 40': Delay in match because of an injury Ayumu Ohata (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 43': Offside, Wuhan Three Towns. Deng Hanwen is caught offside.
  • 43': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Takahiro Sekine replaces Ayumu Ohata because of an injury.
  • 44': Foul by He Chao (Wuhan Three Towns).
  • 44': Toshiki Takahashi (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 44': He Chao (Wuhan Three Towns) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Delay in match because of an injury Toshiki Takahashi (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 45'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 45'+2': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Tomoaki Okubo replaces Toshiki Takahashi.
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Ken Iwao (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yoshio Koizumi.
  • 45'+4': Attempt blocked. Tomoaki Okubo (Urawa Red Diamonds) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ken Iwao.
  • 45'+4': Davidson (Wuhan Three Towns) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+4': Foul by Kaito Yasui (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Urawa Red Diamonds 1, Wuhan Three Towns 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Urawa Red Diamonds 1, Wuhan Three Towns 0.
  • 46': Deng Hanwen (Wuhan Three Towns) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 46': Foul by Bryan Linssen (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 48': Foul by Davidson (Wuhan Three Towns).
  • 48': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 49': Foul by Bryan Linssen (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 49': Zhang Xiaobin (Wuhan Three Towns) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Attempt saved. Davidson (Wuhan Three Towns) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abdul-Aziz Yakubu with a through ball.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Jiang Zhipeng (Wuhan Three Towns) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zhang Xiaobin.
  • 52': Corner, Wuhan Three Towns. Conceded by Tomoaki Okubo.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Park Ji-Soo (Wuhan Three Towns) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Davidson with a cross following a corner.
  • 53': Abdul-Aziz Yakubu (Wuhan Three Towns) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 53': Foul by Marius Høibråten (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 58': Corner, Wuhan Three Towns. Conceded by Takahiro Sekine.
  • 59': Corner, Wuhan Three Towns. Conceded by Ken Iwao.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Abdul-Aziz Yakubu (Wuhan Three Towns) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Davidson following a corner.
  • 61': Davidson (Wuhan Three Towns) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 61': Foul by Tomoaki Okubo (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 61': Attempt missed. Jiang Zhipeng (Wuhan Three Towns) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left from a direct free kick.
  • 62': Corner, Urawa Red Diamonds. Conceded by He Guan.
  • 64': Davidson (Wuhan Three Towns) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Foul by Bryan Linssen (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 64': Bryan Linssen (Urawa Red Diamonds) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Davidson (Wuhan Three Towns) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jiang Zhipeng.
  • 67': Davidson (Wuhan Three Towns) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 67': Foul by Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 68': Goal! Urawa Red Diamonds 1, Wuhan Three Towns 1. Davidson (Wuhan Three Towns) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jiang Zhipeng.
  • 70': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Alex Schalk replaces Yoshio Koizumi.
  • 70': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. José Kanté replaces Bryan Linssen.
  • 70': Substitution, Urawa Red Diamonds. Ekanit Panya replaces Shoya Nakajima.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Ekanit Panya (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by José Kanté.
  • 77': Substitution, Wuhan Three Towns. Gao Zhunyi replaces He Guan.
  • 77': Substitution, Wuhan Three Towns. Yan Dinghao replaces He Chao.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ken Iwao.
  • 78': Attempt blocked. Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Tomoaki Okubo (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Takahiro Sekine.
  • 84': Attempt missed. Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.
  • 85': Substitution, Wuhan Three Towns. Tao Qianglong replaces Jiang Zhipeng because of an injury.
  • 87': Attempt saved. José Kanté (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Alex Schalk.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Tomoaki Okubo (Urawa Red Diamonds) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 88': Foul by Marius Høibråten (Urawa Red Diamonds).
  • 88': Tao Qianglong (Wuhan Three Towns) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 88': Marius Høibråten (Urawa Red Diamonds) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Goal! Urawa Red Diamonds 2, Wuhan Three Towns 1. José Kanté (Urawa Red Diamonds) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Wuhan Three Towns. Li Yang replaces Deng Hanwen.
  • 90'+2': Corner, Wuhan Three Towns. Conceded by Marius Høibråten.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Wuhan Three Towns. Conceded by Alexander Scholz.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Urawa Red Diamonds 2, Wuhan Three Towns 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Urawa Red Diamonds 2, Wuhan Three Towns 1.

Statistics

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6 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
7 Corner Kicks 2
2 Saves 2
45.5 Possession 54.5
10 SHOTS 14
3 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
294 Accurate Passes 383
395 Passes 488
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 1
18 Crosses 12
0.2 Cross % 0.1
70 Long Balls 71
29 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 5
9 Effective Tackles 11
13 Tackles 16
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
13 Interceptions 4
17 Effective Clearances 23
17 Clearances 23

Game Information

Competition: AFC Champions League

Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002
Location: Saitama, Japan
Attendance: 13,125

Line-Ups

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

No. Name
1 Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
5 Marius Hoibraten Yellow Card
28 Alexander Scholz
66 Ayumu Ohata
26 Takuya Ogiwara
10 Shoya Nakajima
19 Ken Iwao
25 Kaito Yasui
9 Bryan Linssen Yellow Card
18 Toshiki Takahashi
8 Yoshio Koizumi
Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:
Ekanit Panya, Takuya Iwanami, José Kanté, Yuta Miyamoto, Tomoaki Okubo, Ayumi Niekawa, Takahiro Sekine, Alex Schalk, Yota Horiuchi, Kai Shibato, Yuichi Hirano, Jumpei Hayakawa.

WTT Wuhan Three Towns (3-5-2)

No. Name
22 Liu Dianzuo (GK)
23 Hang Ren
5 Ji-Su Park
26 He Guan
12 Zhang Xiaobin
30 Xie Pengfei
21 Chao He Yellow Card
15 Jiang Zhipeng
25 Hanwen Deng
9 Abdul-Aziz Yakubu
11 Davidson
Wuhan Three Towns Substitutes:
Marcão, Chen Yuhao, Liuyu Duan, Guo Jiayu, Li Yang, Liu Yiming, Denny Wang Yi, Yang Kuo, Dinghao Yan, Gao Zhunyi, Tao Qianglong, Zhang Wentao.

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