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Urawa 2-1 Albirex Niigata - March 18, 2023 / Meiji Yasuda J1 League 2023

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Meiji Yasuda J1 League 2023 - Round 5

Saitama Stadium 2002 - Saitama - Japan

March 18, 2023

15 167

Urawa

2 - 1

Albirex Niigata

(right foot) Hiroki Sakai

35'

(left foot) Takahiro Akimoto

45+2'

10'

Shusuke Ota (right foot)

logo Urawa Red Diamonds URD

10' - Goal Shusuke Ota

35' - Goal Hiroki Sakai35

47' - Goal Takahiro Akimoto47

logo Urawa Red Diamonds URD

68' - Yellow card Yoshio Koizumi68

69' - Substitution Takahiro Sekineis substituted by David Moberg-Karlsson photo Bryan Linssen

69' - Substitution Shinzo Korokiis substituted by Bryan Linssen69

72' - Substitution Koji Suzukiis substituted by Gustavo Nescau photo Danilo Gomes

72' - Substitution Shusuke Otais substituted by Danilo Gomes

76' - Substitution Yoshio Koizumiis substituted by Takuya Ogiwara photo Kaito Yasui

76' - Substitution Tomoaki Okubois substituted by Kaito Yasui76

82' - Substitution Taiki Watanabeis substituted by Yuto Horigome photo Yota Komi

82' - Substitution Shunsuke Mitois substituted by Yota Komi

83' - Yellow card Danilo Gomes

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Urawa

2 - 1

Albirex Niigata

Urawa Albirex Niigata

Team line-ups

Urawa

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

30Koroki69

Shinzo Koroki

Japan

B.date31/07/1986

Age36 years

H1m74

positionVersatile Forward

21Okubo76

Tomoaki Okubo

Japan

B.date23/07/1998

Age24 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

8Koizumi7668

Yoshio Koizumi

Japan

B.date05/10/1996

Age26 years

H1m72

positionOffensive Midfielder

3Ito

Atsuki Ito

Japan

B.date11/08/1998

Age24 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

19Iwao

Ken Iwao

Japan

B.date18/04/1988

Age34 years

H1m75

positionOffensive Midfielder

14Sekine69

Takahiro Sekine

Japan

B.date19/04/1995

Age27 years

H1m67

positionRight Midfielder

15Akimoto47

Takahiro Akimoto

Japan

B.date31/01/1998

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

5Hoibraaten

Marius Hoibraaten

Norway

B.date23/01/1995

Age28 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

28Scholz

Alexander Scholz

Denmark

B.date24/10/1992

Age30 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

2Sakai35

Hiroki Sakai

Japan

B.date12/04/1990

Age32 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

1Nishikawa

Shusaku Nishikawa

Japan

B.date18/06/1986

Age36 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shusaku Nishikawa		36	398	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Marius Hoibraaten		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Alexander Scholz		30	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Takahiro Akimoto	47	25	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Hiroki Sakai	35	32	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Atsuki Ito		24	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Takahiro Sekine	69	27	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Yoshio Koizumi	7668	26	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Ken Iwao		34	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Shinzo Koroki	69	36	363	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Tomoaki Okubo	76	24	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

145

Albirex Niigata

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Suzuki72

Koji Suzuki

Japan

B.date25/07/1989

Age33 years

H1m79

positionForward

14Mito82

Shunsuke Mito

Japan

B.date28/09/2002

Age20 years

H1m58

positionLeft Midfielder

13Ito

Ryotaro Ito

Japan

B.date06/02/1998

Age25 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

11Ota1072

Shusuke Ota

Japan

B.date23/02/1996

Age27 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Forward

19Hoshi

Yuji Hoshi

Japan

B.date27/07/1992

Age30 years

H1m70

positionDefender

20Shimada

Yuzuru Shimada

Japan

B.date28/11/1990

Age32 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

15Watanabe82

Taiki Watanabe

Japan

B.date22/04/1999

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

3Deng

Thomas Deng

Australia

B.date20/03/1997

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

5Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald

New Zealand

B.date17/09/1988

Age34 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2Arai

Naoto Arai

Japan

B.date07/10/1996

Age26 years

H1m73

positionDefender

1Kojima

Ryosuke Kojima

Japan

B.date30/01/1997

Age26 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ryosuke Kojima		26	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Naoto Arai		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Michael Fitzgerald		34	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Thomas Deng		25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Yuji Hoshi		30	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Taiki Watanabe	82	23	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Yuzuru Shimada		32	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Shunsuke Mito	82	20	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Ryotaro Ito		25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Koji Suzuki	72	33	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Shusuke Ota	1072	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Zion Suzuki		20
4	D	Takuya Iwanami		28
26	D	Takuya Ogiwara	76	23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Kaito Yasui	76	23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
40	M	Yuichi Hirano		27
9	F	Bryan Linssen	69	32	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	David Moberg-Karlsson	69	28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Koto Abe		25
31	D	Yuto Horigome	82	28	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Fumiya Hayakawa		29
47	M	Jimpei Yoshida		19
17	M	Danilo Gomes	7283	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Yota Komi	82	20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Gustavo Nescau	72	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Takahiro Sekine

David Moberg-Karlsson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Yuji Hoshi

Takahiro Koh

OUT

Naoto Arai

Soya Fujiwara

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Maciej Skorza

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Skorza vs Albirex Niigata

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 2023

Skorza vs Matsuhashi

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Rikizo Matsuhashi

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Matsuhashi vs Urawa

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 2023

Matsuhashi vs Skorza

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 18, 2023

Referee

Koichiro Fukushima

13 victories	5 draws	12 losses	Urawa30 matches	General total	Albirex Niigata19 matches	6 victories	4 draws	9 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Urawa1 match	Season total	Albirex Niigata4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 12, 2024					Latest figure on September 08, 2024

Videos

Comments

Key figures

No Albirex Niigata manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Rikizo Matsuhashi has reached 55% of wins .

No Albirex Niigata manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Rikizo Matsuhashi has done less than 0.96 goals conceded per game .

Urawa keeps its 23 consecutive matches without a loss vs Albirex Niigata in J1 League running (since 23/08/2006). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 9 key stats

General ranking

+3	3	Yokohama F. Marinos	10 pts	5 rd
+4	4	Kyoto Sanga	9 pts	5 rd
+4	5	Urawa Red Diamonds	9 pts	5 rd
-1	6	FC Tokyo	8 pts	5 rd
-4	7	Albirex Niigata	8 pts	5 rd

General ranking

+4	5	Urawa Red Diamonds	9 pts	5 rd
-1	6	FC Tokyo	8 pts	5 rd
-4	7	Albirex Niigata	8 pts	5 rd
-4	8	Kashima Antlers	7 pts	5 rd
-2	9	Avispa Fukuoka	7 pts	4 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LUrawa Red Diamonds 0-1 Cerezo Osaka14/09/2022

LUrawa Red Diamonds 0-4 Cerezo Osaka25/09/2022

VUrawa Red Diamonds 2-1 Sagan Tosu08/10/2022

DUrawa Red Diamonds 1-1 Consadole Sapporo12/10/2022

DUrawa Red Diamonds 1-1 Avispa Fukuoka05/11/2022

VUrawa Red Diamonds 2-1 Cerezo Osaka04/03/2023

Overall

DUrawa Red Diamonds 1-1 Avispa Fukuoka05/11/2022

LFC Tokyo 2-0 Urawa Red Diamonds18/02/2023

LYokohama F. Marinos 2-0 Urawa Red Diamonds25/02/2023

VUrawa Red Diamonds 2-1 Cerezo Osaka04/03/2023

DShonan Bellmare 0-0 Urawa Red Diamonds08/03/2023

VVissel Kobe 0-1 Urawa Red Diamonds11/03/2023

Current form

Away

VVentforet Kofu 1-2 Albirex Niigata14/09/2022

DMontedio Yamagata 1-1 Albirex Niigata01/10/2022

LTokyo Verdy 1-0 Albirex Niigata15/10/2022

DCerezo Osaka 2-2 Albirex Niigata18/02/2023

VSanfrecce Hiroshima 1-2 Albirex Niigata26/02/2023

LAvispa Fukuoka 1-0 Albirex Niigata08/03/2023

Overall

VAlbirex Niigata 2-1 Machida Zelvia23/10/2022

DCerezo Osaka 2-2 Albirex Niigata18/02/2023

VSanfrecce Hiroshima 1-2 Albirex Niigata26/02/2023

DAlbirex Niigata 2-2 Consadole Sapporo04/03/2023

LAvispa Fukuoka 1-0 Albirex Niigata08/03/2023

VAlbirex Niigata 1-0 Kawasaki Frontale11/03/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	3
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	7	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

9	General ranking (Competition total)	3
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	4
427	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	2120
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	17

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
0.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.75
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.25
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (1 times)

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Alexander Scholz	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Ryotaro Ito
Alexander Scholz	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Kazuhiko Chiba
Alexander Scholz	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Alexander Scholz	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Takahiro Sekine	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Ryotaro Ito
Takahiro Sekine	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Ryotaro Ito
Atsuki Ito	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 4 matches	Ryotaro Ito

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

13 v

3 d

0 l

32 gf

8 ga

Away

16 matches

12 v

2 d

2 l

32 gf

14 ga

Total

32 matches

25 v

5 d

2 l

64 gf

22 ga

Historical head to head

Home

16 matches

2 v

2 d

12 l

14 gf

32 ga

Away

16 matches

0 v

3 d

13 l

8 gf

32 ga

Total

32 matches

2 v

5 d

25 l

22 gf

64 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	May 14, 2017
Home	3 - 0	September 06, 2015

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 02, 2015
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

July 09, 2017 - J1 League 2017

Urawa

2 - 1

Albirex Niigata logo Albirex Niigata

May 14, 2017 - J1 League 2017

Albirex Niigata

1 - 6

Urawa

October 22, 2016 - J1 League 2016

Albirex Niigata

1 - 2

Urawa

May 14, 2016 - J1 League 2016

Urawa

0 - 0

Albirex Niigata logo Albirex Niigata

September 06, 2015 - Nabisco Cup 2015

Urawa

3 - 0

Albirex Niigata logo Albirex Niigata

Best historical scorers against Albirex Niigata

Shinzo Koroki	7 goals	2013 - 2017
Yuki Abe	5 goals	2010 - 2017
Washington	4 goals	2006 - 2007
Nobuhisa Yamada	3 goals	2005 - 2006
Yuki Muto	3 goals	2015 - 2017
Marcus Tulio Tanaka	2 goals	2008 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/07/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Urawa

Edmilson	3 goals	2005 - 2006
Rafael Silva	3 goals	2015 - 2016
Hiroshi Ibusuki	3 goals	2015 - 2015
Ryohei Yamazaki	2 goals	2015 - 2015
Bruno Lopes	2 goals	2011 - 2012
Michael Fitzgerald	1 goal	2015 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/07/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Albirex Niigata

Yuki Abe	22 matches	2007 - 2017
Keita Suzuki	20 matches	2005 - 2014
Tadaaki Hirakawa	19 matches	2005 - 2015
Yosuke Kashiwagi	18 matches	2010 - 2017
Nobuhisa Yamada	15 matches	2005 - 2013
Keisuke Tsuboi	14 matches	2005 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/07/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Urawa

Atomu Tanaka	16 matches	2005 - 2014
Isao Homma	14 matches	2005 - 2012
Kisho Yano	11 matches	2006 - 2017
Kazunari Ono	10 matches	2011 - 2017
Michael Fitzgerald	10 matches	2013 - 2016
Sho Naruoka	10 matches	2013 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/07/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Tatsuya Tanaka

153 matches

187 matches

2005 - 2021

Edmilson

132 matches

87 matches

2005 - 2011

Mitsuru Nagata

125 matches

133 matches

2007 - 2016

Marcio Richardes

121 matches

120 matches

2007 - 2014

Mizuki Hamada

49 matches

12 matches

2009 - 2014

Rafael Silva

42 matches

62 matches

2014 - 2017

Total : 13 players

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They played in both sides

Tatsuya Tanaka

153 matches

187 matches

2005 - 2021

Mitsuru Nagata

125 matches

133 matches

2007 - 2016

Marcio Richardes

121 matches

120 matches

2007 - 2014

Edmilson

132 matches

87 matches

2005 - 2011

Koki Otani

9 matches

85 matches

2015 - 2019

Daisuke Suzuki

34 matches

67 matches

2010 - 2020

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/03/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 18, 2023

Nagoya Grampus

0 0

FC Tokyo

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Video availableLine-ups available

Gamba Osaka

2 2

Consadole

Video availableLine-ups available

Sagan Tosu

0 1

Vissel Kobe

Video availableLine-ups available

Kawasaki

0 0

Cerezo Osaka

Video availableLine-ups available

March 19, 2023

Avispa Fukuoka

2 1

Shonan Bellmare

Video availableLine-ups available

Sanfrecce

1 0

Kashiwa Reysol

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Vissel Kobe	12	5	4	0	1	9	2	+7
2	Nagoya Grampus	10	5	3	1	1	5	1	+4
+33	Yokohama F. Marinos	10	5	3	1	1	7	5	+2
+44	Kyoto Sanga	9	5	3	0	2	8	4	+4
+45	Urawa Red Diamonds	9	5	3	0	2	5	6	-1
-16	FC Tokyo	8	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2
-47	Albirex Niigata	8	5	2	2	1	8	7	+1
-48	Kashima Antlers	7	5	2	1	2	7	5	+2
-29	Avispa Fukuoka	7	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1
+110	Consadole Sapporo	6	5	1	3	1	7	7	0
-111	Shonan Bellmare	5	4	1	2	1	8	6	+2
12	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5	4	1	2	1	4	4	0
13	Cerezo Osaka	5	5	1	2	2	6	7	-1
14	Kawasaki Frontale	5	5	1	2	2	4	5	-1
15	Sagan Tosu	4	5	1	1	3	4	9	-5
+116	Gamba Osaka	3	5	0	3	2	6	11	-5
-117	Kashiwa Reysol	2	4	0	2	2	3	7	-4
18	Yokohama FC	1	5	0	1	4	5	13	-8

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Urawa 2-1 Albirex Niigata - March 18, 2023 / Meiji Yasuda J1 League 2023

Urawa

2 - 1

Albirex Niigata

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Skorza vs Albirex Niigata

Skorza vs Matsuhashi

Manager

Matsuhashi vs Urawa

Matsuhashi vs Skorza

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Albirex Niigata

Best historical scorers against Urawa

Players with most games played vs Albirex Niigata

Players with most games played vs Urawa

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking