SAITAMA. Urawa Reds found a way to reverse the score against Albirex Niigata to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Albirex Niigata to strike first with a goal of S. Ota at the 10′. Then it was a goal in the 34′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Takahiro Akimoto gave the win to Urawa Reds in the 45′ minute.
The match was played at the Urawa Komaba Stadium stadium in Saitama on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Koichiro Fukushima with the help of Hiroyuki Igarashi and Makoto Hibino. The 4th official was Takumi Shinoto. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 8.4 degrees Celsius or 47.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 10 Total 8
- 4 On Target 2
- 2 Off Target 5
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 128 Attack 100
- 53 Dangerous attack 31
- 57 Ball safe 57
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
Fouls
- 14 Total 14
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Urawa Reds was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Albirex Niigata that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Urawa Reds was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Urawa Reds won the match.
Urawa Reds shot 10 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Albirex Niigata shot 8 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Urawa Reds received 1 yellow card (Yoshio Koizumi). On the other side, Albirex Niigata received 1 yellow card (Danilo Gomes).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Urawa Reds will have 9 points like Kyoto Sanga to gain in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Albirex Niigata will stay with 8 points like Tokyo to go up in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the J-League, Urawa Reds will play away with Consadole Sapporo on the 2nd of December with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Urawa Reds (5 draws).
Albirex Niigata will host Cerezo Osaka on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).
Urawa Reds – Formation
Urawa Reds
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69'
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Urawa Reds adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Maciej Skorża decided to play with the following team: Shusaku Nishikawa , Hiroki Sakai , Alexander Scholz , Marius Höibraten , Takahiro Akimoto , Atsuki Ito , Ken Iwao , Takahiro Sekine , Tomoaki Okubo , Yoshio Koizumi and Shinzo Koroki .
The home team had on the bench: Zion Suzuki, Takuya Ogiwara , David Moberg Karlsson , Yuichi Hirano, Kaito Yasui , Takuya Iwanami and Bryan Linssen .
Substitutions
Urawa Reds made 4 changes: Takahiro Sekine for David Moberg Karlsson (69′), Shinzo Koroki for Bryan Linssen (69′), Yoshio Koizumi for Takuya Ogiwara (76′) and Tomoaki Okubo for Kaito Yasui (76′).
Best player: Ken Iwao
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Urawa Reds was Ken Iwao even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 66 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.
Albirex Niigata – Formation
Albirex Niigata
Also Albirex Niigata adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Rikizo Matsuhashi played with: Ryosuke Kojima , Naoto Arai , Michael James Fitzgerald , Thomas Deng , Taiki Watanabe , Yuji Hoshi , Yuzuru Shimada , Shusuke Ota , Ryotaro Ito , Shunsuke Mito and Koji Suzuki .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Jinpei Yoshida, Fumiya Hayakawa, Danilo Gomes , Gustavo Nescau , Yota Komi , Yuto Horigome and Koto Abe.
Substitutions
Albirex Niigata made 4 changes: S. Ota for D. Gomes Magalhaes (72′), K. Suzuki for G. Alves Silva (72′), S. Mito for Yuto Horigome (83′) and T. Watanabe for Yota Komi (83′).
Best player: Naoto Arai
The most impressive player for Albirex Niigata was Naoto Arai.
His rating is with 50 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Kawasaki Frontale – Cerezo Osaka – 0-0
- Sagan Tosu – Vissel Kobe – 0-1
- Gamba Osaka – Consadole Sapporo – 2-2
- Urawa Reds – Albirex Niigata – 2-1
- Nagoya Grampus – Tokyo – 0-0
- Yokohama – Kyoto Sanga – 1-4
- Yokohama F. Marinos – Kashima Antlers – 2-1
