Urawa Red Diamonds vs Shimizu S-Pulse, 2025 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Urawa Red Diamonds

4': Ryoma Watanabe
59': Matheus Sávio

FT
2 - 1

Shimizu S-Pulse

79': Shusaku Nishikawa (OG)

About

Urawa Red Diamonds are hosting Shimizu S-Pulse at Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

4': Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 4'
42': Ahmed Yalmazov Ahmedov (Shimizu S-Pulse) Yellow Card at 42'
45': Koya Kitagawa (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 45'
45': Takashi Inui (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 45'
45': Kai Matsuzaki (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 45'
59': Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 59'
60': Capixaba (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 60'
72': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 72'
72': Samuel Gustafsson (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 72'
72': Shinya Yajima (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 72'
77': Genki Haraguchi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 77'
78': Tomoaki Okubo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 78'
79': Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Own Goal at 79'
90'+2': Samuel Gustafsson (Urawa Red Diamonds) Yellow Card at 92'
90'+6': Yoichi Naganuma (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 96'

Statistics

SHI		URA
9	Fouls	12
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
14	Corner Kicks	1
0	Saves	6
56	Possession	44
20	SHOTS	8
6	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
8	Blocked Shots	3
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002
Location: Saitama, Japan
Attendance: 25,326

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Kashima Antlers	18	+20	45
2	FC Tokyo	18	+12	37
3	Machida Zelvia	18	+4	37
4	Kawasaki Frontale	18	-4	28

Full Table

Line-Ups

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

No.	Name
1	Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
5	Marius Hoibraten
3	Danilo Boza
26	Takuya Ogiwara
4	Hirokazu Ishikara
6	Taishi Matsumoto
25	Kaito Yasui
13	Ryoma Watanabe
12	Thiago Santana
24	Yusuke Matsuo
8	Matheus Sávio

Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:

Samuel Gustafsson, Genki Haraguchi, Tomoaki Okubo, Yoichi Naganuma, Motoki Nagakura, Jumpei Hayakawa, Ayumi Niekawa, Takahiro Sekine, Rikito Inoue.

Shimizu S-Pulse (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Yuya Oki (GK)
3	Yuji Takahashi
66	Jelani Sumiyoshi
70	Sen Takagi
98	Matheus Bueno
36	Zento Uno
28	Yutaka Yoshida
5	Kengo Kitazume
29	Ahmed Yalmazov Ahmedov
55	Motoki Nishihara
11	Hikaru Nakahara

Shimizu S-Pulse Substitutes:

Takashi Inui, Masaki Yumiba, Sean Kotake, Capixaba, Koya Kitagawa, Kai Matsuzaki, Togo Umeda, Kento Haneda, Shinya Yajima.

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