Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kyoto Sanga – Schedule & Where to Watch on TV

16/04/2025 at 06:30 (Time Zone – GMT-4 (America/New_York))

Saitama Stadium (Saitama).

J1 League - Round 20
Where to Watch on TV:


China	QQ Sports
Japan	DAZN Japan

Match Stats


Expected Goals (xG)
0.92	0.46
Ball Possession
44%	56%
Total shots
14	7
Shots on target
6	2
Big Chances
1	1
Corner Kicks
5	4
Passes
71% (251/356)	76% (341/447)
Yellow Cards
0	1
Expected Goals (xG)
0.92	0.46
xG on target (xGOT)
0.98	1.23
Total shots
14	7
Shots on target
6	2
Shots off target
4	5
Blocked Shots
4	0
Shots inside the Box
10	4
Shots outside the Box
4	3
Hit the Woodwork
0	0
Big Chances
1	1
Corner Kicks
5	4
Touches in opposition box
17	12
Offsides
0	1
Free Kicks
12	8
Passes
71% (251/356)	76% (341/447)
Long passes
32% (23/72)	34% (20/58)
Passes in final third
47% (50/106)	60% (75/126)
Crosses
31% (4/13)	24% (4/17)
Expected assists (xA)
0.89	0.54
Fouls
8	12
Tackles
50% (4/8)	55% (6/11)
Duels won
52	45
Clearances Total
40	32
Interceptions
8	4
Errors leading to shot
0	0
Errors leading to goal
0	0
Goalkeeper Saves
1	4
xGOT faced
1.23	0.98
Goals prevented
0.23	-1.02

Key Moments

Here there are

1st Half (1 - 0)
24', 1 - 0, Matsuo Y. ⚽,
2nd Half (1 - 1)
46', Yonemoto T. ↓, Fukuoka S. ↑,
46', Sato K. ↓, Fukuda S. ↑,
54', Joao Pedro ↓, Hirato T. ↑,
55', 1 - 1, Rafael Elias ⚽, Sugai H. (A),
61', 2 - 1, Watanabe R. ⚽, Gustafson S. (A),
62', Kaneko T. ↓, Haraguchi G. ↑,
62', Watanabe R. ↓, Matsumoto T. ↑,
63', Okugawa M. ↓, Marco Tulio ↑,
75', Hara T. ↓, Murilo de Souza ↑,
75', Matsuo Y. ↓, Nagakura M. ↑,
75', Matheus Savio ↓, Sekine T. ↑,
87', Sugai H. 🟨,

Highlights

Chances of winning

Urawa Red Diamonds
41.9%

Draw
29.7%

Kyoto Sanga
28.4%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

43%

28.5%

Our Initial ML Estimation

45.4%

30.1%

27%

Urawa Red Diamonds - Kyoto Sanga Odds

	1	X	2	Marga
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.25 ↑ (2.15)	3.16 ↓ (3.25)	3.32 ↑ (3.25)	6.2% (8.1%)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.25

What is the prediction for Urawa Red Diamonds - Kyoto Sanga?

Users Predictions: 12 users predict this event. Urawa will win (votes: 2 - 16.7%). Kyoto will win (votes: 4 - 33.3%). It will Tie (votes: 6 - 50%).
Confidence interval (95%) for a draw: 21.7% – 78.3%.

The most likely score by Bookmakers is 1:1.

Preview Facts

Watch a game between a team from the middle of a tournament table and a team which is a leader now (ranked 10 and 2 in the zone Promotion ~ AFC Champions League (League phase: )).
Last 5 head-to-head matches Urawa won 2.
Recent matches Urawa is playing unstable (in the last 5 games wins - 2).
Kyoto is in a marvelous shape and in addition in the last match got series victories (in the last 5 games wins - 4).
Kyoto could have advantage in physics - more days for rest in last days.
Recently Urawa have a series of guest games.
Urawa will have a small advantage in this match.
There will not play in Urawa: Shibato K. (Knee Injury)
Last 8 head-to-head matches Urawa won 3 matches, drawn 4 matches, lost 1 matches and goals 9:4 (average 1.1:0.5).
Including matches at home between the teams Urawa won 1 matches, drawn 2 matches, lost 0 matches and goals 5:2 (average 1.7:0.7).

How many head-to-head matches has Urawa Red Diamonds won against Kyoto Sanga?

Urawa Red Diamonds has won 2 of their last 5 head-to-head matches.

How many head-to-head matches has Kyoto Sanga won against Urawa Red Diamonds?

Kyoto Sanga has won 0 of their last 5 head-to-head matches.

What were the results of their latest head-to-head matches?

The latest head-to-head matches between Urawa Red Diamonds - Kyoto Sanga were as follows:

22.02.2025 Kyoto Sanga - Urawa Red Diamonds 1:1

14.07.2024 Kyoto Sanga - Urawa Red Diamonds 0:0

15.05.2024 Urawa Red Diamonds - Kyoto Sanga 3:0

15.09.2023 Urawa Red Diamonds - Kyoto Sanga 0:0

27.05.2023 Kyoto Sanga - Urawa Red Diamonds 0:2

Latest results of Urawa Red Diamonds

13.04.2025 Machida Zelvia - Urawa Red Diamonds 0:2 ✺

06.04.2025 Avispa Fukuoka - Urawa Red Diamonds 1:0 ✺

02.04.2025 Urawa Red Diamonds - Shimizu S-Pulse 2:1 ✺

28.03.2025 Cerezo Osaka - Urawa Red Diamonds 1:1 ✺

16.03.2025 Kashima Antlers - Urawa Red Diamonds 1:1 ✺

Latest results of Kyoto Sanga

12.04.2025 Kyoto Sanga - Shonan Bellmare 2:0 ✺

09.04.2025 Montedio Yamagata - Kyoto Sanga 0:1 ✺

06.04.2025 Kashima Antlers - Kyoto Sanga 3:4 ✺

02.04.2025 Kyoto Sanga - Kashiwa Reysol 1:1 ✺

29.03.2025 Kyoto Sanga - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1:0 ✺

Japan J1 League Table

2025

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Kashima Antlers	38	23	7	8	58:31	27	76
2	Kashiwa Reysol	38	21	12	5	60:34	26	75
3	Kyoto	38	19	11	8	62:40	22	68
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	38	20	8	10	46:28	18	68
5	Vissel Kobe	38	18	10	10	46:33	13	64
6	Machida	38	17	9	12	52:38	14	60
7	Urawa Reds	38	16	11	11	45:39	6	59
8	Kawasaki Frontale	38	15	12	11	67:57	10	57
9	Gamba Osaka	38	17	6	15	53:55	-2	57
10	Cerezo Osaka	38	14	10	14	60:57	3	52
11	FC Tokyo	38	13	11	14	41:48	-7	50
12	Avispa Fukuoka	38	12	12	14	34:38	-4	48
13	Okayama	38	12	9	17	34:43	-9	45
14	Shimizu S-Pulse	38	11	11	16	41:51	-10	44
15	Yokohama F. Marinos	38	12	7	19	46:47	-1	43
16	Nagoya Grampus	38	11	10	17	44:56	-12	43
17	Verdy	38	11	10	17	23:41	-18	43
18	Yokohama FC	38	9	8	21	27:45	-18	35
19	Shonan Bellmare	38	8	8	22	36:63	-27	32
20	Albirex Niigata	38	4	12	22	36:67	-31	24

      Promotion ~ AFC Champions League (League phase: )
      Promotion ~ AFC Champions League 2
      Relegation ~ J2 League