Urawa vs Albirex Niigata

2 - 1

🕒 Sat, 18 Mar 2023 07:00 Europe/London 📍 Saitama Stadium 2002 🧑‍⚖️ Koichiro Fukushima 🔁 Regular Season - 5 🏁 match finished

Season

2023-2024 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 5

Regular Season Table

Urawa 3 · Albirex Niigata 11

Referee Stats

Koichiro Fukushima

18 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	39%
Draws	22%
Away wins	39%

Team Overview

Urawa (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 8-6-3

Goals For / Against

25 / 15

Avg: 1.47 / 0.88

Points

Avg: 1.76

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Albirex Niigata (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 2-6-6

Goals For / Against

9 / 15

Avg: 0.64 / 1.07

Points

Avg: 0.86

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this J1 League fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.76

PPG

0.86

1.47

0.64

0.88

1.07

47%

O2.5

29%

59%

BTTS

36%

Score 1st

League-position context

Urawa rank3rd

Albirex Niigata rank11th

Urawa points53

Albirex Niigata points36

Urawa: #3 · 53 pts · GD +14

5 pts off the top 2. 14 pts above the play-off edge. 25 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Albirex Niigata: #11 · 36 pts · GD -7

22 pts off the top 2. 4 pts off the play-off line. 8 pts clear of the relegation zone.

17-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Urawa last 5 home

L L W D D

Points5/15

Weighted index27

Goals6-6

Record1-2-2

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Albirex Niigata last 5 away

D W D L W

Points8/15

Weighted index51

Goals3-3

Record2-2-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Urawa trend breakdown

Over 2.547%

BTTS59%

BTTS + O2.547%

1H Over 0.541%

Also: Over 0.5 76% · Over 1.5 71% · Over 3.5 24% · 1H BTTS 18%

Albirex Niigata trend breakdown

Over 2.529%

BTTS36%

BTTS + O2.529%

1H Over 0.564%

Also: Over 0.5 79% · Over 1.5 50% · Over 3.5 14% · 1H BTTS 29%

Scoring reliability

Urawa score at home71%

Urawa clean sheet at home35%

Albirex Niigata score away50%

Albirex Niigata clean sheet away36%

First-goal patterns

Urawa score first0%

Urawa win after scoring first0%

Albirex Niigata score first0%

Albirex Niigata win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Urawa 0% · Albirex Niigata 0%

Vs league average

Urawa score at home1.47 vs 1.33

Urawa concede at home0.88 vs 1.17

Albirex Niigata score away0.64 vs 1.17

Albirex Niigata concede away1.07 vs 1.33

Urawa score 11% above league average, while Albirex Niigata score 45% below league average.

Defensive side: Urawa are 25% below league average at home, and Albirex Niigata are 19% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals2.20

BTTS60%

Over 2.520%

At this venue setup: 1.40 goals on average across the last 5.

Urawa goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Albirex Niigata goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

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Blocked Shots

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Shots Outside Box

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Ball Possession

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Corner Kicks

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Fouls

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Offsides

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Yellow Cards

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Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

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Total Passes

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Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	12
Home Wins	8
Draws	4
Away Wins	0
Over 2.5 Goals	7 (58.3%)
BTTS	9 (75.0%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	6
Home Wins	4
Draws	2
Away Wins	0
Over 2.5 Goals	3 (50.0%)
BTTS	3 (50.0%)

Urawa vs Albirex Niigata Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season

31 Aug 2025 Urawa vs Albirex Niigata 1 - 0 11 May 2025 Albirex Niigata vs Urawa 1 - 1

2024-2025 Season

08 Dec 2024 Urawa vs Albirex Niigata 0 - 0 11 May 2024 Albirex Niigata vs Urawa 2 - 4

2023-2024 Season

02 Sep 2023 Albirex Niigata vs Urawa 1 - 1 18 Mar 2023 Urawa vs Albirex Niigata 2 - 1

2017-2018 Season

09 Jul 2017 Urawa vs Albirex Niigata 2 - 1 14 May 2017 Albirex Niigata vs Urawa 1 - 6

2016-2017 Season

22 Oct 2016 Albirex Niigata vs Urawa 1 - 2 14 May 2016 Urawa vs Albirex Niigata 0 - 0

2015-2016 Season

12 Aug 2015 Albirex Niigata vs Urawa 1 - 2 27 Jun 2015 Urawa vs Albirex Niigata 5 - 2