Urawa Red Diamonds
Football Japan - J1 League Saitama Stadium Sat 20 Sep 06:00
Kashima Antlers
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  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Squads
  7. Table

J1 League Betting Preview: Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kashima Antlers

Urawa Red Diamonds host Kashima Antlers in this Japanese J1 league clash at Saitama Stadium, with kick-off set for 06:00 on Saturday 20 September. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, team news and confirmed lineups.

Are Urawa Reds a Value Bet?

We think Urawa Reds are a good bet at 0.0 on the Asian Handicap when they play Kashima Antlers. This selection makes appeal at odds of -149, with money back if the contest ends in a draw.

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1-1 Draw in Last H2H

Urawa Red Diamonds have landed back-to-back J1 League home wins. In their last league game, it was a 1-0 away defeat against Gamba Osaka at Panasonic Stadium Suita. Maciej Skorza's side had 51% of possession and six shots on target.

Second-placed Kashima Antlers claimed a home win in their previous game. A 3-0 victory occurred against Shonan Bellmare at Kashima Soccer Stadium. The Deer Island club enjoyed 54% possession and recorded eleven shots on goal, while Aleksandar Cavric, Kimito Nono and Leo found the net.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The past seven meetings involving Urawa Reds and Antlers have finished all square, with the last encounter ending 1-1 at Kashima Soccer Stadium. The past 10 H2H games have featured seven draws, two wins for Antlers and just one for Urawa Reds.

J1 League G W D L GF GA GD GD P
1 Kashima Antlers logo Kashima Antlers 35 20 7 8 53 29 24 53:29 67
8 Urawa Reds logo Urawa Reds 35 14 11 10 40 36 4 40:36 53
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Urawa Reds – Last 10 League Games

Urawa Reds have 5 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws, averaging 1.5 goals from 5.3 shots on goal and 9.9 attempts. The Saitama outfit have averaged 50.8% possession and 4.6 corners per match, with the opposition scoring 1.2 goals from 4.0 shots on goal, 11.6 attempts and 6.1 corners.

Top scorer Hiiro Komori has found the net 4 times, with Matheus Savio and Samuel Gustafson getting 2 apiece. The leading assistors have been Takuro Kaneko and Matheus Savio with 2.

Kashima Antlers – Last 10 League Games

Antlers have won 4, lost 3 and drawn 3, with an average of 1.5 goals from 9.5 attempts and 4.9 shots on goal. There’s been an average of 54.9% possession, 6.1 corners in their favour and 3.9 corners against, while they’ve conceded 1.2 goals from 8.5 attempts and 4.2 shots on goal.

Leo is top of the team’s scoring charts with 5 goals, Yuma Suzuki has 3 and Naomichi Ueda is on 2. Yuma Suzuki and Yu Funabashi have managed 2 assists in the last 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

Urawa Reds confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Shusaku Nishikawa (GK), Hirokazu Ishihara, Danilo Boza, Marius Hoeibraaten, Yoichi Naganuma, Kaito Yasui, Samuel Gustafson, Takuro Kaneko, Ryoma Watanabe, Matheus Savio, Yusuke Matsuo.

Kashima Antlers confirmed lineup (4-4-2): Tomoki Hayakawa (GK), Kimito Nono, Naomichi Ueda, Tae-Hyeon Kim, Ryuta Koike, Aleksandar Cavric, Kento Misao, Yu Funabashi, Jose Elber, Leo, Yuma Suzuki.

Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kashima Antlers Prediction & Betting Tips

Prepare for Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kashima Antlers with our expert betting guide featuring a trusted match prediction, likely scoreline, top corners advice and a well-crafted bet builder.

Match Prediction

We’re happy to side with Urawa Reds 0.0 on the Asian Handicap for this J1 League clash. At odds of -149, the home team offer plenty of appeal and we’re expecting a strong showing.

The first port of call is to check out the injury and suspension news for each side and then scroll through the form guide. We take this information and apply it to the latest available stats to come up with a verdict.

Key Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kashima Antlers league stats:

  • The 0.0 line has been covered by Urawa Reds in 4 of their last 5 games at home.
  • The 0.0 line has been covered by Urawa Reds in 7 of their last 10 games at home.
  • The 0.0 line has been covered by Urawa Reds in 2 consecutive games at home.
  • The 0.0 line hasn’t been covered by Antlers in 6 of their last 10 games.
  • The 0.0 line hasn’t been covered by Antlers in 3 of their last 5 games on the road.
  • The 0.0 line hasn’t been covered by Antlers in 8 of their last 10 games against Urawa Reds.

Urawa Reds 0.0 Probability

If you go by the top bookies, there’s a 59.9% likelihood of our pick winning. Our experts think there’s a stronger chance of success and calculate the probability to be 65-70%. This is why we can recommend this wager.

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Our Match Prediction
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Correct Score Prediction

Urawa Reds Urawa Reds logo 2 - 1 Antlers logo Antlers

One bet that has caught our eye is Urawa Reds to claim a 2-1 correct score win. This selection is available at +510 meaning that a winning selection will yield a nice return.

Corners Prediction

Antlers To Have Most Corners -100 BetMGM logo

In their past four games, Kashima Antlers have won the Corner Match Bet every time, while the previous four Urawa Reds matches have seen them awarded the lowest number of corners. Antlers might come out on top in terms of corners awarded and odds of -100 make appeal.

League Games
League Games
Last 10 Total For Against
Last 10 at Home Total For Against
Last 10 Away Total For Against
Urawa Reds Logo Urawa Reds
Total
10.70 4.60 6.10
Home
11.10 4.70 6.40
Away
9.20 4.40 4.80
Antlers Logo Antlers
Total
10.00 6.10 3.90
Home
9.40 5.60 3.80
Away
9.80 4.50 5.30
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Bet Builder Tips

Asian Handicap Urawa Reds 0.0 -104
Total Goals Over 2.5 -127
Most Corners Antlers -100

A same-game multi can provide entertainment and we’ve got Urawa Reds on the Asian Handicap at 0.0, more than two goals to be scored combined with Kashima Antlers racking up the most corners.

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kashima Antlers Odds

The odds are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Close Encounter Likely According to the Betting Sites

Urawa Red Diamonds are +138 with the bookies to get the better of Kashima Antlers, with the latter having betting odds of +170. If you want to back the draw to be landed in this J1 League encounter, this can be wagered at +250.

As the name suggests, the Half-Time Result market is settled at the break. Should you take this option, then you can choose between Urawa Reds at +200, Antlers at +220 or the draw at +128.

The Total Goals market reveals that Over 2.5 Goals is the current betting favourite. Punters anticipating that both teams will find the net are able to land -152 for the BTTS Yes option.

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Urawa Reds Aiming to Continue Strong Home Form

Urawa Reds are unbeaten over their previous seven games at Saitama Stadium. Maciej Skorza's team have seven wins, two draws and one loss in the last 10 home games, scoring an average of 1.50 goals per match and conceding 0.60.

Kashima Antlers haven’t lost any of their past three away games. The Deer Island club have managed six victories, three losses and one draw in the last 10 away matches, recording an average of 1.40 goals per game and conceding 1.00.

The previous Saitama Stadium encounter involved a 2-2 draw between Urawa Reds and Antlers. There has been one Urawa Reds win and three draws in the past 4 H2H meetings at Saitama Stadium.

Last 10 League Games W-D-L G GF GA O2.5 U2.5 B-Y B-No
Urawa Red Diamonds logo Urawa Red Diamonds Home Stats 7-2-1 2.10 1.50 0.60 4 6 4 6
Kashima Antlers logo Kashima Antlers Away Stats 6-1-3 2.40 1.40 1.00 6 4 6 4
  • W-D-L = Wins-Draws-Losses
  • G = Avg. Goals
  • GF = Avg. Goals For
  • GA = Avg. Goals Against
  • O2.5 = Matches Over 2.5 Goals
  • U2.5 = Matches Under 2.5 Goals
  • B-Y = Matches BTTS Yes
  • B-No = Matches BTTS No
Team Stats
Urawa Reds logo Urawa Reds League Stats
Kashima Antlers logo Kashima Antlers League Stats
Full-Time Result
  • 5 wins, 3 defeats and 2 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 7 wins, 1 defeat and 2 draws in the previous 10 home matches
Full-Time Result
  • 4 wins, 3 defeats and 3 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 6 wins, 3 defeats and 1 draw in the previous 10 away matches
Goals
Goals
Corners
Corners
Possession
Possession
Top Scorers & Assists
Top Scorers & Assists

Urawa Red Diamonds vs Kashima Antlers Lineups & Team News

Always review the Urawa Reds vs Antlers team news before locking in your bets. We’ll share the predicted and confirmed lineups for the J1 League together with updated injury news.

Urawa Red Diamonds Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Kashima Antlers Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

Urawa Red Diamonds Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

1 Shusaku Nishikawa
4 Hirokazu Ishihara 3 Danilo Boza 5 Marius Hoeibraaten 88 Yoichi Naganuma
25 Kaito Yasui 11 Samuel Gustafson
77 Takuro Kaneko 13 Ryoma Watanabe 8 Matheus Savio
24 Yusuke Matsuo
1 Tomoki Hayakawa
22 Kimito Nono 55 Naomichi Ueda 3 Tae-Hyeon Kim 25 Ryuta Koike
77 Aleksandar Cavric 6 Kento Misao 20 Yu Funabashi 18 Jose Elber
9 Leo 40 Yuma Suzuki

Kashima Antlers Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes

  • 6Taishi Matsumoto
  • 10Shoya Nakajima
  • 14Takahiro Sekine
  • 16Ayumi Niekawa
  • 17Hiiro Komori
  • 22Kai Shibato
  • 26Takuya Ogiwara
  • 28Kenta Nemoto
  • 99Isaac Kiese Thelin

Kashima Antlers Substitutes

  • 7Ryoya Ogawa
  • 10Gaku Shibasaki
  • 13Kei Chinen
  • 17Talles Brener
  • 23Keisuke Tsukui
  • 27Yuta Matsumura
  • 28Shuhei Mizoguchi
  • 29Yuji Kajikawa
  • 45Minato Yoshida

Previous Urawa Reds Lineups

13 Sep J1 League
Gamba Osaka 1-0 Urawa Reds
31 Aug J1 League
Urawa Reds 1-0 Albirex Niigata
22 Aug J1 League
Kashiwa Reysol 4-2 Urawa Reds
16 Aug J1 League
Urawa Reds 2-1 Nagoya Grampus
09 Aug J1 League
Yokohama 1-2 Urawa Reds
27 Jul J1 League
Urawa Reds 0-0 Avispa Fukuoka

Previous Kashima Antlers Lineups

13 Sep J1 League
Kashima Antlers 3-0 Shonan Bellmare
31 Aug J1 League
Shimizu S-Pulse 1-1 Kashima Antlers
23 Aug J1 League
Albirex Niigata 1-2 Kashima Antlers
16 Aug J1 League
Kashima Antlers 1-1 Avispa Fukuoka
10 Aug J1 League
FC Tokyo 0-1 Kashima Antlers
20 Jul J1 League
Kashima Antlers 3-2 Kashiwa Reysol
Japan FlagJ1 League Table
2025 Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Kashima Antlers 35 20 7 8 53:29 67
2 Kashiwa Reysol 35 18 12 5 55:33 66
3 Kyoto Sanga 35 17 11 7 59:37 62
4 Vissel Kobe 35 18 8 9 45:30 62
5 Sanfrecce H. 35 17 8 10 39:26 59
6 Machida Zelvia 35 16 9 10 49:35 57
7 K. Frontale 35 15 11 9 65:50 56
8 Urawa Reds 35 14 11 10 40:36 53
9 Gamba Osaka 35 16 5 14 48:52 53
10 Cerezo Osaka 35 13 10 12 54:50 49
11 FC Tokyo 35 12 9 14 39:47 45
12 Avispa Fukuoka 35 11 11 13 33:37 44
13 Shimizu S-Pulse 35 11 11 13 39:44 44
14 Tokyo Verdy 35 11 9 15 22:36 42
15 F. Okayama 35 11 8 16 31:40 41
16 Nagoya Grampus 35 10 10 15 42:52 40
17 Yokohama F.M. 35 10 7 18 39:44 37
18 Yokohama 35 8 8 19 23:41 32
19 Shonan Bellmare 35 6 8 21 29:59 26
20 Albirex Niigata 35 4 11 20 32:58 23
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Urawa Reds 18 12 3 3 24:12 39
2 Kashima Antlers 17 11 4 2 30:14 37
3 Kashiwa Reysol 17 10 5 2 25:15 35
4 Vissel Kobe 18 10 4 4 24:12 34
5 Gamba Osaka 17 11 0 6 28:24 33
6 Kyoto Sanga 17 8 6 3 27:14 30
7 Cerezo Osaka 18 8 6 4 26:18 30
8 K. Frontale 17 8 5 4 39:29 29
9 Sanfrecce H. 17 8 4 5 16:13 28
10 Machida Zelvia 17 8 3 6 23:16 27
11 FC Tokyo 18 8 3 7 22:25 27
12 Nagoya Grampus 18 7 5 6 26:25 26
13 Tokyo Verdy 17 8 2 7 15:17 26
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 17 6 7 4 22:19 25
15 F. Okayama 18 7 4 7 17:15 25
16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 6 7 5 19:19 25
17 Yokohama F.M. 18 6 5 7 22:20 23
18 Yokohama 18 6 4 8 13:19 22
19 Shonan Bellmare 17 3 6 8 20:25 15
20 Albirex Niigata 18 2 9 7 19:28 15