Urawa vs Kyoto Sanga

2 - 1

🕒 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:30 Europe/London 📍 Saitama Stadium 2002 🧑‍⚖️ Takafumi Mikuriya 🔁 Regular Season - 20 🏁 match finished

Season

2025-2026 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 20

Regular Season Table

Urawa 7 · Kyoto Sanga 3

Referee Stats

Takafumi Mikuriya

13 matches · 2.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	2.00
Reds avg	0.08
Penalties avg	0.31
Over 4.5 cards	8%
Home wins	54%
Draws	31%
Away wins	15%

How the match was won

Urawa outshot their opponent (14-8).
Kyoto Sanga controlled possession (56%).
Urawa had the sharper finishing (6-2 shots on target).

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

Kyoto Sanga (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 10-5-4

Goals For / Against

33 / 23

Avg: 1.74 / 1.21

Points

Avg: 1.84

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

1.84

1.47

1.74

0.63

1.21

42%

O2.5

63%

37%

BTTS

68%

53%

Score 1st

37%

League-position context

Urawa rank7th

Kyoto Sanga rank3rd

Urawa points59

Kyoto Sanga points68

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.

Kyoto Sanga: #3 · 68 pts · GD +22

7 pts off the top 2. 11 pts above the play-off edge. 25 pts clear of the relegation zone.

9-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.

Kyoto Sanga last 5 away

W D W D W

Points11/15

Weighted index73

Goals9-3

Record3-2-0

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.

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%

Kyoto Sanga trend breakdown

Over 2.563%

BTTS68%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.568%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 84% · Over 3.5 21% · 1H BTTS 11%

Scoring reliability

Urawa score at home68%

Urawa clean sheet at home47%

Kyoto Sanga score away89%

Kyoto Sanga clean sheet away21%

First-goal patterns

Urawa score first53%

Urawa win after scoring first100%

Kyoto Sanga score first37%

Kyoto Sanga win after scoring first86%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Urawa 50% · Kyoto Sanga 67%

Avg first goal minute: Urawa 31.1' · Kyoto Sanga 29.4'

Vs league average

Urawa score at home1.47 vs 1.32

Urawa concede at home0.63 vs 1.08

Kyoto Sanga score away1.74 vs 1.08

Kyoto Sanga concede away1.21 vs 1.32

Urawa score 12% above league average, while Kyoto Sanga score 61% above league average.

Defensive side: Urawa are 42% below league average at home, and Kyoto Sanga are 8% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals1.60

BTTS40%

Over 2.540%

At this venue setup: 2.50 goals on average across the last 4.

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

Kyoto Sanga goal timing (away)

1H scored: 31% 2H scored: 69% Danger: 76-90+ Vulnerable: 16-30

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 12

61-75 6

31-45 5

46-60 4

0-15 3

16-30 2

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

16-30 10

76-90+ 9

61-75 4

31-45 3

46-60 2

0-15 1

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

44%

56%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

—

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

356

447

Passes Accurate

251

341

Passes %

71%

76%

Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

17' ⚽

⚽

17' ⚽ VAR

Y. Naganuma

Penalty cancelled

24' ⚽

⚽

24' ⚽ Goal · 1-0

Y. Matsuo

Normal Goal

46' ↑↓

↑↓

46' ⇄ K. Sato

1st substitution · For: S. Fukuda

46' ↑↓

↑↓

46' ⇄ T. Yonemoto

2nd substitution · For: S. Fukuoka

54' ↑↓

↑↓

54' ⇄ João Pedro

3rd substitution · For: T. Hirato

55' ⚽

⚽

55' ⚽ Goal · 1-1

Rafael Elias

Normal Goal · Assist: H. Sugai

61' ⚽

⚽

61' ⚽ Goal · 2-1

R. Watanabe

Normal Goal · Assist: Samuel Gustafson

62' ↑↓

↑↓

62' ⇄ R. Watanabe

1st substitution · For: T. Matsumoto

62' ↑↓

↑↓

62' ⇄ T. Kaneko

2nd substitution · For: G. Haraguchi

63' ↑↓

↑↓

63' ⇄ M. Okugawa

4th substitution · For: Marco Túlio

75' ↑↓

↑↓

75' ⇄ Matheus Sávio

3rd substitution · For: T. Sekine

75' ↑↓

↑↓

75' ⇄ Y. Matsuo

4th substitution · For: M. Nagakura

75' ↑↓

↑↓

75' ⇄ T. Hara

5th substitution · For: Murilo

87'

87' H. Sugai

Urawa vs Kyoto Sanga 2-1: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Urawa beat Kyoto Sanga 2-1 on Wednesday, 16 April 2025 in J1 League. The match was refereed by Takafumi Mikuriya. It was played at Saitama Stadium 2002.

First half: VAR intervened at 17' for Urawa (Penalty cancelled). Urawa took the lead at 24' when Y. Matsuo scored, making the score 1-0.

Second half: Kyoto Sanga made their 1st substitution at 46', with K. Sato replacing S. Fukuda. Kyoto Sanga made their 2nd substitution at 46', with T. Yonemoto replacing S. Fukuoka. Kyoto Sanga made their 3rd substitution at 54', with João Pedro replacing T. Hirato. Kyoto Sanga leveled the score at 55' when Rafael Elias scored, with the assist credited to H. Sugai, making the score 1-1. Urawa took the lead at 61' when R. Watanabe scored, with the assist credited to Samuel Gustafson, making the score 2-1. Urawa made their 1st substitution at 62', with R. Watanabe replacing T. Matsumoto. Urawa made their 2nd substitution at 62', with T. Kaneko replacing G. Haraguchi. Kyoto Sanga made their 4th substitution at 63', with M. Okugawa replacing Marco Túlio. Urawa made their 3rd substitution at 75', with Matheus Sávio replacing T. Sekine. Urawa made their 4th substitution at 75', with Y. Matsuo replacing M. Nagakura. Kyoto Sanga made their 5th substitution at 75', with T. Hara replacing Murilo. H. Sugai received a yellow card for Kyoto Sanga at 87'.

Urawa used 4 substitutions while Kyoto Sanga used 5 substitutions. Kyoto Sanga got 1 yellow card.