SAITAMA. Urawa Reds succeeded in clinch a draw against Tokyo Verdy with a late goal from A. Scholz scored in the (89′) after Tokyo Verdy got a lead with a goal from Y. Kimura (42′). Urawa Reds was decisively better in terms of ball possession (63%)
The match was played at the Saitama Stadium 2002 stadium in Saitama on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Akihiko Ikeuchi with the support of Osamu Akasaka and Ryo Hirama. The 4th official was Naoto Uehara. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 8.84 degrees Celsius or 47.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.
Match Statistics
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 9 Total 6
- 4 On Target 1
- 4 Off Target 3
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 127 Attack 104
- 63 Dangerous attack 39
- 80 Ball safe 63
- 1 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 11 Total 9
- 3 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Urawa Reds had a strong ball possession 63% while Tokyo Verdy was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Urawa Reds was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Urawa Reds to win the match.
Urawa Reds shot 9 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Tokyo Verdy shot 6 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Urawa Reds received 3 yellow cards (Hiroki Sakai, Ayumu Ohata and Takahiro Sekine). Talking about the opposition, Tokyo Verdy didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Urawa Reds has 1 points to occupy the 18th place in the standings. On the other side, Tokyo Verdy has 1 points (16th).
Next matches
Urawa Reds – Formation
Urawa Reds
90'
89'
61'
Urawa Reds started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Per-Mathias Høgmo decided to play with the following team: Shusaku Nishikawa , Hiroki Sakai , Alexander Scholz , Marius Höibraten , Ryoma Watanabe , Atsuki Ito , Samuel Gustafson , Yoshio Koizumi , Takahiro Sekine , Thiago Santana and Yusuke Matsuo .
The home team had on the bench: Ken Iwao , Shoya Nakajima , Ayumi Niekawa, Toshiki Takahashi , Yota Sato, Shinzo Koroki and Ayumu Ohata .
Substitutions
Urawa Reds made 5 changes: Thiago Santana for Shinzo Koroki (61′), Yoshio Koizumi for Ayumu Ohata (61′), Takahiro Sekine for Ken Iwao (61′), Yusuke Matsuo for Shoya Nakajima (73′) and Samuel Gustafson for Toshiki Takahashi (82′).
Player of the match: Alexander Scholz
The player that probably impressed the most for Urawa Reds was Alexander Scholz.
His rating is with 1 goal, 115 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Tokyo Verdy – Formation
Tokyo Verdy
Tokyo Verdy started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Hiroshi Jofuku played with: Matheus Vidotto , Kohei Yamakoshi , Naoki Hayashi , Hiroto Taniguchi , Daiki Fukazawa , Fuki Yamada , Koki Morita , Tomoya Miki , Kosuke Saito , Itsuki Someno and Yudai Kimura .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Hiroto Yamami, Kaito Chida, Keito Kawamura , Yuya Nagasawa, Hijiri Onaga , Yuto Tsunashima and Goki Yamada .
Substitutions
Tokyo Verdy made 4 changes: Fuki Yamada for Hijiri Onaga (74′), Yudai Kimura for Goki Yamada (84′), Kosuke Saito for Keito Kawamura (84′) and Koki Morita for Yuto Tsunashima (74′).
Player of the match: Matheus Vidotto
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tokyo Verdy was the goalkeeper: Matheus Vidotto. His rating is 7.65. He performed 3 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Urawa Reds – Tokyo Verdy – 1-1
