Match Info

J1 League - Round 2

Date: 15 August 2026, Saturday

Location: Saitama Stadium (Saitama)

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	Urawa Red Diamonds		Sanfrecce Hiroshima

	1	X	2
	3.5	3.6	1.96	Watch
	3.60	3.40	1.98
	3.6	3.45	1.92	Watch
	3.86	3.7	2.02
	3.85	3.66	1.92	Watch
	3.75	3.6	1.99
	3.73	3.63	1.97	Watch
	3.7	3.6	1.96
Avarage Now (Initially)	3.7 ↓ (3.88)	3.58 ↑ (3.5)	1.97 ↑ (1.92)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.75

The best margin for this event is 2.4%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Urawa Red Diamonds
25.5%

Draw
26.4%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
48.1%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

24.2%

26.8%

49%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Urawa Red Diamonds has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+1.3%)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.9%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
40%	40%	20%

Urawa Red Diamonds - Sanfrecce Hiroshima Predictions

Users Predictions: 5 users predict this event. Urawa will win (votes: 2 - 40%). Hiroshima will win (votes: 1 - 20%). It will Tie (votes: 2 - 40%).

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 1 Selected Experts predict this event. Tie (votes: 1 - 100%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:2

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
1. Nishikawa S. (G) 3. Danilo Boza 2. Miyamoto Y. (C) 15. Kudo K. 88. Naganuma Y. 33. Sasa S. 25. Yasui K. 13. Watanabe R. 7. Kaneko T. 45. Onaiwu A. 42. Minamino H.	99. Ouchi I. (C) 33. Shiotani T. 4. Araki H. 19. Sasaki S. 15. Nakano S. 6. Kawabe H. 35. Nakajima Y. 7. Higashi S. 11. Kato M. 10. Suzuki A. 22. Haller S.
Substitutes
23. Fukui K. (G) 39. Hayakawa J. 18. Hayashi K. 36. Hidano R. 31. Inagaki A. 17. Komori H. 8. Mizunuma K. 5. Nemoto K. 37. Ueki H.	5. Arai N. 23. Ayukawa S. 8. Kawamura T. 45. Kobayashi S. 14. Matsumoto T. 1. Osako K. (G) 16. Shichi T. 18. Suga D. 3. Yamasaki T.
Coaches
Cho K.	Gaul B.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (1 - 2)
16', 0 - 1, Suzuki A. ⚽, Kawabe H. (A),
22', Sasaki S. 🟨,
22', 1 - 1, Araki H. (Own goal),
25', Kudo K. 🟨,
34', Miyamoto Y. 🟨,
45+2', 1 - 2, Shiotani T. ⚽, Nakajima Y. (A),
2nd Half (0 - 2)
46', Onaiwu A. ↓, Komori H. ↑,
60', Naganuma Y. ↓, Hayashi K. ↑,
60', Sasa S. ↓, Hayakawa J. ↑,
61', 1 - 3, Haller S. ⚽, Kato M. (A),
63', Haller S. ↓, Kawamura T. ↑,
66', Minamino H. ↓, Hidano R. ↑,
69', Higashi S. ↓, Matsumoto T. ↑,
70', Kato M. ↓, Kobayashi S. ↑,
70', Nakajima Y. ↓, Arai N. ↑,
75', 1 - 4, Suzuki A. ⚽, Shiotani T. (A),
76', Watanabe R. ↓, Inagaki A. ↑,
88', Kawabe H. ↓, Yamasaki T. ↑,

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Urawa won 2.

Urawa may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.

In this match, Hiroshima is the team to beat.

There will not play in Urawa: Hayashi K. (Yellow Cards) Kudo K. (Yellow Cards) Matheus Savio (Red Card) Onaiwu A. (Yellow Cards)

There will not play in Hiroshima: Asano T. (Calf Injury) Nakajima Y. (Yellow Cards)

There are questionable in Hiroshima: Kim Ju-Sung (Knee Injury)

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Urawa won 9 matches, drew 5 matches, lost 6 matches, and goals 25:26. (average 1.3:1.3).

Including home matches between the teams, Urawa won 7 matches, drew 1 match, lost 2 matches, and goals 14:10. (average 1.4:1).

Outrights of Japan J1 League for now

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: 10.48% Urawa Reds: 1.92%

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4	2	2	0	8:2	6	8
17	Urawa Reds	4	1	0	3	8:13	-5	3

Last Results with these Odds

Sanfrecce Hiroshima - the odds 1.92 are the expected chance of winning is 49.01%, but this team recently wins 57% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Urawa Red Diamonds
Japan J1 League
07.08.26	Gamba Osaka - Urawa Red Diamonds	4:3 ✺
Club Friendly
01.08.26	Urawa Red Diamonds - Omiya Ardija	2:2 ✺
Japan J1 League
06.06.26	Urawa Red Diamonds - Fagiano Okayama	0:2 ✺
31.05.26	Fagiano Okayama - Urawa Red Diamonds	1:1 ✺
22.05.26	Machida Zelvia - Urawa Red Diamonds	1:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 1.2 LTLTL
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan J1 League
08.08.26	Sanfrecce Hiroshima - JEF United Chiba	3:0 ✺
Club Friendly
14.07.26	Slaven Belupo - Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1:3 ✺
Japan J1 League
06.06.26	Kawasaki Frontale - Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0:1 ✺
30.05.26	Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Kawasaki Frontale	2:1 ✺
23.05.26	Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Nagoya Grampus	4:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 12.3 WWWWW

Latest Head to Head

Japan J1 League
08.11.25	Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Urawa Red Diamonds	3:0
25.04.25	Urawa Red Diamonds - Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1:0
10.11.24	Urawa Red Diamonds - Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3:0
23.02.24	Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Urawa Red Diamonds	2:0
13.08.23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Urawa Red Diamonds	2:1
31.05.23	Urawa Red Diamonds - Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2:1
01.10.22	Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Urawa Red Diamonds	4:1

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