Urawa vs Albirex Niigata

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🕒 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 11:00 Europe/London 📍 Saitama Stadium 2002 🧑‍⚖️ Hiroyuki Kimura 🔁 Regular Season - 28 🏁 match finished

Season

2025-2026 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 28

Regular Season Table

Urawa 7 · Albirex Niigata 20

Referee Stats

Hiroyuki Kimura

19 matches · 2.89 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	2.89
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.16
Over 4.5 cards	16%
Home wins	47%
Draws	37%
Away wins	16%

How the match was won

Shots were tight (14-17).
Possession was balanced (49%-51%).

Team Overview

Urawa (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 13-3-3

Goals For / Against

28 / 12

Avg: 1.47 / 0.63

Points

Avg: 2.21

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Albirex Niigata (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 2-3-14

Goals For / Against

16 / 36

Avg: 0.84 / 1.89

Points

Avg: 0.47

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

2.21

PPG

0.47

1.47

0.84

0.63

1.89

42%

O2.5

47%

37%

BTTS

58%

53%

Score 1st

47%

League-position context

Urawa rank7th

Albirex Niigata rank20th

Urawa points59

Albirex Niigata points24

Urawa: #7 · 59 pts · GD +6

16 pts off the top 2. 2 pts above the play-off edge. 16 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Albirex Niigata: #20 · 24 pts · GD -31

51 pts off the top 2. 33 pts off the play-off line. 19 pts from safety.

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

Urawa last 5 home

W D W L W

Points10/15

Weighted index69

Goals6-1

Record3-1-1

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

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Albirex Niigata last 5 away

D L L L L

Points1/15

Weighted index11

Goals5-12

Record0-1-4

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

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Urawa trend breakdown

Over 2.542%

BTTS37%

BTTS + O2.537%

1H Over 0.563%

Also: Over 0.5 84% · Over 1.5 53% · Over 3.5 21% · 1H BTTS 5%

Albirex Niigata trend breakdown

Over 2.547%

BTTS58%

BTTS + O2.542%

1H Over 0.584%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 68% · Over 3.5 26% · 1H BTTS 37%

Scoring reliability

Urawa score at home68%

Urawa clean sheet at home47%

Albirex Niigata score away68%

Albirex Niigata clean sheet away11%

First-goal patterns

Urawa score first53%

Urawa win after scoring first100%

Albirex Niigata score first47%

Albirex Niigata win after scoring first22%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Urawa 50% · Albirex Niigata 0%

Avg first goal minute: Urawa 31.1' · Albirex Niigata 21.8'

Vs league average

Urawa score at home1.47 vs 1.32

Urawa concede at home0.63 vs 1.08

Albirex Niigata score away0.84 vs 1.08

Albirex Niigata concede away1.89 vs 1.32

Urawa score 12% above league average, while Albirex Niigata score 22% below league average.

Defensive side: Urawa are 42% below league average at home, and Albirex Niigata are 44% above 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)

1H scored: 45% 2H scored: 55% Danger: 31-45 Vulnerable: 0-15

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

31-45 8

46-60 8

76-90+ 7

16-30 4

0-15 2

61-75 2

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

0-15 4

46-60 3

31-45 2

61-75 2

76-90+ 1

16-30 0

Albirex Niigata goal timing (away)

1H scored: 61% 2H scored: 39% Danger: 0-15 Vulnerable: 31-45

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

0-15 7

76-90+ 6

16-30 2

31-45 2

46-60 1

61-75 0

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

31-45 11

0-15 5

46-60 5

61-75 5

76-90+ 5

16-30 3

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

49%

51%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

—

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

—

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

449

452

Passes Accurate

400

393

Passes %

89%

87%

Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

30' ⚽

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30' ⚽ Goal · 1-0

Matheus Sávio

Normal Goal · Assist: T. Kaneko

42'

42' Matheus Sávio

59' ↑↓

↑↓

59' ⇄ Samuel Gustafson

1st substitution · For: T. Matsumoto

59' ↑↓

↑↓

59' ⇄ S. Nakajima

2nd substitution · For: Y. Matsuo

64' ↑↓

↑↓

64' ⇄ Moraes

1st substitution · For: T. Shimamura

76' ↑↓

↑↓

76' ⇄ Y. Horigome

2nd substitution · For: K. Hashimoto

76' ↑↓

↑↓

76' ⇄ M. Ohara

3rd substitution · For: J. Okumura

76' ↑↓

↑↓

76' ⇄ H. Uemura

4th substitution · For: K. Taniguchi

81' ↑↓

↑↓

81' ⇄ K. Yasui

3rd substitution · For: K. Shibato

81' ↑↓

↑↓

81' ⇄ T. Ogiwara

4th substitution · For: Y. Naganuma

86' ↑↓

↑↓

86' ⇄ M. Hasegawa

5th substitution · For: Y. Takagi

88' ↑↓

↑↓

88' ⇄ T. Kaneko

5th substitution · For: T. Sekine

90+5'

90+5' M. Fitzgerald

Urawa vs Albirex Niigata 1-0: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Urawa beat Albirex Niigata 1-0 on Sunday, 31 August 2025 in J1 League. The match was refereed by Hiroyuki Kimura. It was played at Saitama Stadium 2002.

First half: Urawa took the lead at 30' when Matheus Sávio scored, with the assist credited to T. Kaneko, making the score 1-0. Matheus Sávio received a yellow card for Urawa at 42'.

Second half: No goals were scored in the second half. Urawa made their 1st substitution at 59', with Samuel Gustafson replacing T. Matsumoto. Urawa made their 2nd substitution at 59', with S. Nakajima replacing Y. Matsuo. Albirex Niigata made their 1st substitution at 64', with Moraes replacing T. Shimamura. Albirex Niigata made their 2nd substitution at 76', with Y. Horigome replacing K. Hashimoto. Albirex Niigata made their 3rd substitution at 76', with M. Ohara replacing J. Okumura. Albirex Niigata made their 4th substitution at 76', with H. Uemura replacing K. Taniguchi. Urawa made their 3rd substitution at 81', with K. Yasui replacing K. Shibato. Urawa made their 4th substitution at 81', with T. Ogiwara replacing Y. Naganuma. Albirex Niigata made their 5th substitution at 86', with M. Hasegawa replacing Y. Takagi. Urawa made their 5th substitution at 88', with T. Kaneko replacing T. Sekine. M. Fitzgerald received a yellow card for Albirex Niigata at 90+5'.

Urawa used 5 substitutions while Albirex Niigata used 5 substitutions. Urawa got 1 yellow card, while Albirex Niigata got 1 yellow card.