SAITAMA. Urawa Reds had a surprising win over Kashiwa Reysol with a 2-0 win with a goal from Y. Koizumi (53′) and a goal from T. Ogiwara (57′). Urawa Reds capitalized on its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Saitama Stadium 2002 stadium in Saitama on Friday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 25,991 spectators.​ The referee was Yuichi Nishimura who was helped by Takumi Takagi and Masashige Abe. The 4th official was Yoshikazu Matsuzawa. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.98 degrees Celsius or 73.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Urawa Reds had a strong ball possession 57% while Kashiwa Reysol was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Urawa Reds was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Urawa Reds won the match​.

Urawa Reds shot 8 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Kashiwa Reysol shot 10 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Urawa Reds didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Kashiwa Reysol received 2 yellow cards (Naoki Kawaguchi and Tomoki Takamine).

Standings

After this encounter, Urawa Reds will have 53 points to remain in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Kashiwa Reysol will stay with 29 points to hold in the 16th 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 7-5 head to head statistic in favor of Urawa Reds (5 draws).

Kashiwa Reysol will play away agasint Nagoya Grampus on the 2nd of December with a 15-7 head to head stats in favor of Nagoya Grampus (5 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 (7.5), Hiroki Sakai (7.1), Alexander Scholz (7.0), Marius Höibraten (7.5), Takuya Ogiwara (7.8), Ken Iwao (7.5), Atsuki Ito (6.7), Tomoaki Okubo (6.3), Takahiro Sekine (6.6), Yoshio Koizumi (8.4) and Shinzo Koroki (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Takuya Iwanami, Bryan Linssen, Ayumi Niekawa, Toshiki Takahashi (6.7), Kaito Yasui (6.7), Ekanit Panya (6.3) and Ayumu Ohata.

Urawa Reds could not rely on the presence of Toshiki Takahashi (injured).

Substitutions

Urawa Reds made 5 changes: Takahiro Sekine for Toshiki Takahashi (8′), Shinzo Koroki for Kaito Yasui (46′), Tomoaki Okubo for Ekanit Panya (76′), Yoshio Koizumi for Ayumu Ohata (88′) and Toshiki Takahashi for Bryan Linssen (88′).

Best player: Yoshio Koizumi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Urawa Reds was Yoshio Koizumi.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 29 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3.

Kashiwa Reysol – Formation

Kashiwa Reysol started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Masami Ihara played with: Kenta Matsumoto (6.6), Takumi Tsuchiya (6.7), Yugo Tatsuta (6.4), Taiyo Koga (6.8), Diego (6.8), Sachiro Toshima (7.0), Keiya Shiihashi (6.3), Tomoki Takamine (6.7), Yuto Yamada (7.5), Kota Yamada (6.4) and Tomoya Koyamatsu (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Hiromu Mitsumaru, Yuki Muto (7.0), Mao Hosoya (6.3), Masato Sasaki, Naoki Kawaguchi (7.0), Keiya Sento (7.1) and Douglas (6.4).

Kashiwa Reysol could not rely on the presence of Keiya Sento (injured).

Substitutions

Kashiwa Reysol made 5 changes: Keiya Shiihashi for Keiya Sento (61′), Sachiro Toshima for Naoki Kawaguchi (61′), Tomoya Koyamatsu for Yuki Muto (61′), Tomoki Takamine for Douglas (78′) and Kota Yamada for Mao Hosoya (70′).

Best player: Yuto Yamada​

The most impressive player for Kashiwa Reysol was Yuto Yamada.

His rating is (7.5) with 23 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 19. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Kawasaki Frontale – Avispa Fukuoka – 4-2
• Urawa Reds – Kashiwa Reysol – 2-0