SAITAMA. Urawa Reds was capable to reverse the scoreline against Sanfrecce Hiroshima to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Sanfrecce Hiroshima to strike first with a goal of Tsukasa Morishima at the 50′. Then it was a goal in the 72′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Atsuki Ito gave the win to Urawa Reds in the 90′ minute.

The match was played at the Saitama Stadium 2002 stadium in Saitama on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Jumpei Iida assisted by Makoto Hibino and Masashige Abe. The 4th official was Kenta Tsukada. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.9 degrees Celsius or 67.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Urawa Reds had a superior ball possession 55% while Sanfrecce Hiroshima was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sanfrecce Hiroshima was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Urawa Reds found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Urawa Reds shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Urawa Reds didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Sanfrecce Hiroshima received 1 yellow card (Gakuto Notsuda).

Standings

After this match, Urawa Reds will have 27 points to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima will stay with 26 points like Cerezo Osaka to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Urawa Reds will play away against Consadole Sapporo on the 2nd of December with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of Urawa Reds (5 draws).

Sanfrecce Hiroshima will play away agasint Avispa Fukuoka on the 2nd of December with a 7-2 head to head stats in favor of Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2 draws).

Urawa Reds – Formation

Urawa Reds started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Maciej Skorża decided to play with the following team: Shusaku Nishikawa (6.8), Hiroki Sakai (7.3), Alexander Scholz (7.2), Marius Höibraten (7.1), Takahiro Akimoto (7.6), Atsuki Ito (7.2), Ken Iwao (6.9), David Moberg Karlsson (6.6), Kaito Yasui (6.3), Takahiro Sekine (6.7) and José Kanté (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Takuya Ogiwara, Shinzo Koroki (6.5), Zion Suzuki, Takuya Iwanami, Kai Shibato, Bryan Linssen (6.6) and Tomoaki Okubo (7.1).

Substitutions

Urawa Reds made 5 changes: Ken Iwao for Bryan Linssen (67′), José Kanté for Shinzo Koroki (67′), David Moberg Karlsson for Tomoaki Okubo (67′), Takahiro Sekine for Takuya Ogiwara (82′) and Kaito Yasui for Kai Shibato (90′).

Best player: Takahiro Akimoto​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Urawa Reds was Takahiro Akimoto even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 39 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 13 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Formation

Sanfrecce Hiroshima started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Michael Skibbe played with: Keisuke Osako (7.4), Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi (7.8), Hayato Araki (6.8), Sho Sasaki (6.5), Yusuke Chajima (7.0), Gakuto Notsuda (7.3), Taishi Matsumoto (6.2), Shunki Higashi (6.8), Tsukasa Morishima (7.4), Takumu Kawamura (6.8) and Nassim Ben Khalifa (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Shun Ayukawa, Kosei Shibasaki, Yoshifumi Kashiwa, Shuto Nakano (6.1), Douglas Vieira (6.5), Goro Kawanami and Ezequiel (6.4).

Substitutions

Sanfrecce Hiroshima made 4 changes: Nassim Ben Khalifa for Douglas Vieira (46′), Gakuto Notsuda for Ezequiel (65′), Yusuke Chajima for Shuto Nakano (71′) and Tsukasa Morishima for Kosei Shibasaki (89′).

Best player: Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi.

His rating is (7.8) with 33 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the J-League.​

• Urawa Reds – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 2-1