Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Urawa Red Diamonds

57': Takuro Kaneko

FT
1 - 0

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

About

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

Match Timeline

55': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 55'
55': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 55'
57': Takuro Kaneko (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 57'
67': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Yellow Card at 67'
76': Genki Haraguchi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 76'
76': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 76'
79': Sota Koshimichi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 79'
82': Hiroya Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 82'
83': Aren Inoue (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 83'
84': Taishi Matsumoto (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 84'
90'+1': Rio Nitta (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 91'
90'+1': Motoki Nagakura (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 91'

Statistics

SAN		URA
11	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	5
4	Saves	1
54.5	Possession	45.5
11	SHOTS	9
2	ON GOAL	5
0.2	On Target %	0.6
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
4	Blocked Shots	1
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: 28,555

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
88	Yoichi Naganuma
4	Hirokazu Ishikara
13	Ryoma Watanabe
11	Samuel Gustafsson
25	Kaito Yasui
24	Yusuke Matsuo
8	Matheus Sávio
77	Takuro Kaneko

Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:

Takuya Ogiwara, Rio Nitta, Taishi Matsumoto, Rikito Inoue, Tomoaki Okubo, Ayumi Niekawa, Genki Haraguchi, Takahiro Sekine, Motoki Nagakura.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Keisuke Osako (GK)
4	Hayato Araki
19	Sho Sasaki
33	Tsukasa Shiotani
14	Satoshi Tanaka
20	Shion Inoue
18	Daiki Suga
39	Sota Nakamura
9	Ryo Germain
6	Hayao Kawabe
51	Mutsuki Kato

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:

Shuto Nakano, Osamu Iyoha, Aren Inoue, Shunki Higashi, Sota Koshimichi, Motoki Ohara, Jeong Min-Ki, Hiroya Matsumoto, Taichi Yamasaki.

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