Match Report
Kashiwa Reysol, 2nd with 75 points, sat 16 points above Urawa Reds (7th, 59). Per game in the league, Kashiwa Reysol were scoring 1.58 and conceding 0.89, Urawa Reds 1.18 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Urawa Reds had won three straight.
8 meetings are on record — 4 won by Kashiwa Reysol, 3 by Urawa Reds, 1 drawn, at 2.38 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 25% of the meetings.
SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium in Kashiwa staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,349. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Urawa Reds led 2-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 4-2.
Goal scorers
Kashiwa Reysol: Yusuke Segawa (54'), Mao Hosoya (83'), Tojiro Kubo (90'), Yudai Konishi (90') · Urawa Reds: Yoichi Naganuma (5'), Yusuke Matsuo (43')