J-League 1 football analysis
Matchweek 31
Saturday 21 September 2024
Time: 5:00 p.m. Live broadcast on AIS PLAY, SIAMSPORT 2 channel.
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002
The home team Urawa Reds, the 10th place team on the table with 39 points from 28 matches, with “Macias Scorza” in charge, has returned to manage the team for the second time and has had a wonderful start from the first match after leading the team to a narrow 1-0 win over Gamba Osaka, successfully unlocking a 7-game league victory. They still need to continue winning because they are only 8 points ahead of the relegation zone in 18th place, which cannot be taken lightly.
In this game, the 52-year-old Polish coach has no problem organizing his team and is ready to send his best team to play, led by Marius Hoybraten, Ryoma Watanabe, Kaito Yasui, Samuel Gustafsson, Tomoaki Okubo, including Takahiro Sekine, the winner in the previous game. As for Ekanit Panya, he has not been named in the league for 6 consecutive games, and he is hoping for a chance to make a comeback and be included in the list as well.
The visiting team FC Tokyo, ranked 8th on the table with 41 points from 30 matches, led by “Peter Shlamovsky”, returned to good form in the latest match by beating Nagoya Grampus 4-1 at home, unlocking a victory in the league in 7 games as well, after the previous 6 matches, drawing 2 and losing 4 games.
The 45-year-old Australian trainer still doesn’t have Keita Yamashita and Soma Anzai, who are both injured, but the other main players are all there, including Masato Morishige, Takahiro Go, Keiko Higashi, Ryotaro Araki, Kenita Endo, while the three forwards will probably stick with the same set that did well, Kota Tawaratsumida, Teruhito Nakagawa and Diego Oliveira, who are in charge of hunting the net.
For the statistics of the two teams’ 55 meetings in all competitions, Urawa Reds won 28 matches, FC Tokyo won 13 matches and drew 14 matches. As for the meeting in the J-League 2024, the first leg on April 3, 2024, FC Tokyo won at home against Urawa Reds 2-1. In this game, “Book-Ekanit” was not in the starting lineup or as a substitute.
Meanwhile, there is another interesting statistic: in the last 10 seasons in J-League 1 from 2014 to 2023, when the “Red Devils of Asia” met at home, Urawa Reds lost only one game to FC Tokyo in the 2020 season. Apart from that, Urawa Reds won 6 games and drew 3 games.
Statistics of the last 5 matches of both teams
Urawa Reds
14 Sep 2024 – J-League 2024 – Win Gamba Osaka 1-0 (Away)
31 Aug 2024 – J-League 2024 – Draw FC Machida Zelvia 2-2 (Away)
24 Aug 2024 – J-League 2024 – Leading Kawasaki Frontale 1-0 (Home) *Postponed before the start of the second half
17 Aug 2024 – J-League 2024 – Draw Kashima Antlers 0-0 (Away)
11 Aug 2024 – J-League 2024 – Draw Sagan Tosu 1-1 (Away)
FC Tokyo
14 Sep 2024 – J-League 2024 – Win Nagoya Grampus 4-1 (Home)
31 Aug 2024 – J-League 2024 – Lost to Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-3 (Away)
24 Aug 2024 – J-League 2024 – Lost to Kyoto Sanga 0-3 (Away)
17 Aug 2024 – J-League 2024 – Draw Tokyo Verdy 0-0 (Home)
11 Aug 2024 – J-League 2024 – Lost to Kawasaki Frontale 0-3 (Home)
Statistics of the last 5 matches
April 3, 2024 – J-League 2024 – FC Tokyo beat Urawa Reds 2-1
8 Jul 2023 – J-League 2023 – Urawa Reds draw FC Tokyo 0-0
18 Feb 2023 – J-League 2023 – FC Tokyo beat Urawa Reds 2-0
10 Jul 2022 – J-League 2022 – Urawa Reds beat FC Tokyo 3-0
April 10, 2022 – J-League 202 – FC Tokyo draws with Urawa Reds 0-0.
Game probability
– Urawa Reds are back to performing well again. They want to maintain this standard in this game. As for the visiting team, FC Tokyo, they just unlocked the victory and believe that they definitely don’t want to come and go empty-handed. However, I believe that the home team has a better chance of winning two games in a row. Support the team “Book-Ekanit”, guaranteed not to lose.
Flag : To Urawa Reds
Expected results
Urawa Reds beat FC Tokyo 2-1