Urawa Red Diamonds vs Cerezo Osaka, 2025 Japanese J1 League
· Japanese J.LeagueAbout
Urawa Red Diamonds are hosting Cerezo Osaka
at Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan, starting on
. The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.
Match Timeline
- 29': Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 29'
- 39': Hirokazu Ishikara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Yellow Card at 39'
- 58': Sota Kitano (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 58'
- 58': Reiya Sakata (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 58'
- 67': Thiago Santana (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 67'
- 75': Taishi Matsumoto (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 75'
- 75': Tomoaki Okubo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 75'
- 79': Takuya Ogiwara (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 79'
- 80': Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 80'
Statistics
 CER |
URA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fouls | 8 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 6 | Saves | 5 |
| 59.9 | Possession | 40.1 |
| 19 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 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 |
| 5 | 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: 24,697
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002
Location: Saitama, Japan
Attendance: 24,697
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 |
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 |
Cerezo Osaka (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Koki Fukui (GK) |
| 44 | Shinnosuke Hatanaka |
| 33 | Ryuya Nishio |
| 6 | Kyohei Noborizato |
| 16 | Hayato Okuda |
| 48 | Masaya Shibayama |
| 8 | Shinji Kagawa |
| 5 | Hinata Kida |
| 9 | Rafael Ratão |
| 11 | Thiago |
| 77 | Lucas Fernandes |
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