Urawa Red Diamonds vs Tokyo Verdy 1969, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Urawa Red Diamonds

6': Yusuke Matsuo
31': Ryoma Watanabe

FT
2 - 0

Tokyo Verdy 1969

73': Hiroto Taniguchi

About

Urawa Red Diamonds are hosting Tokyo Verdy 1969 at Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

6': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 6'
31': Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 31'
38': Rei Hirakawa (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Yellow Card at 38'
45': Hijiri Onaga (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 45'
45': Kosuke Saito (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 45'
66': Yuan Matsuhashi (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 66'
69': Toshiki Takahashi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 69'
69': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 69'
69': Itsuki Someno (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 69'
72': Shuhei Kawasaki (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 72'
73': Hiroto Taniguchi (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Red Card at 73'
77': Genki Haraguchi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 77'
77': Shoya Nakajima (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 77'
83': Rio Nitta (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 83'
90'+2': Genki Haraguchi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Yellow Card at 92'

Statistics

TYKV		URA
13	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	1
1	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	3
1	Saves	2
45.2	Possession	54.8
7	SHOTS	8
2	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.5
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
0	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: 52,429

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
25	Kaito Yasui
6	Taishi Matsumoto
24	Yusuke Matsuo
8	Matheus Sávio
77	Takuro Kaneko

Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:

Motoki Nagakura, Takuya Ogiwara, Ayumi Niekawa, Shoya Nakajima, Rikito Inoue, Rio Nitta, Toshiki Takahashi, Genki Haraguchi, Takahiro Sekine.

Tokyo Verdy 1969 (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Matheus Vidotto (GK)
5	Kaito Chida
3	Hiroto Taniguchi
23	Yuto Tsunashima
16	Rei Hirakawa
7	Koki Morita
40	Yuta Arai
6	Kazuya Miyahara
10	Yudai Kimura
11	Hiroto Yamami
14	Yuya Fukuda

Tokyo Verdy 1969 Substitutes:

Tetsuyuki Inami, Shuhei Kawasaki, Yuya Nagasawa, Itsuki Someno, Soma Meshino, Yuan Matsuhashi, Hijiri Onaga, Daiki Fukazawa, Kosuke Saito.

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