Urawa vs Kyoto Sanga match stats & report

2–1 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 20 · Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama · Ref Takafumi Mikuriya, Japan

Urawa stats & fixtures · Kyoto Sanga stats & fixtures

Urawa beat Kyoto Sanga 2–1 in the J1 League on 16 April 2025. Expected goals finished 1.40–0.35. Kyoto Sanga had 56% of the ball.

Urawa vs Kyoto Sanga match statistics

UrawaKyoto Sanga

44% Ball possession 56%
1.40 Expected goals (xG) 0.35
14 Total shots 8
6 Shots on target 2
4 Shots off target 6
4 Blocked shots 0
10 Shots inside the box 4
5 Corners 4
8 Fouls 12
0 Offsides 1
0 Yellow cards 1
356 Passes 447
71% Pass accuracy 76%
1 Goalkeeper saves 3

Goals and cards

24' Goal Y. Matsuo Urawa
55' Goal Rafael Elias (assist H. Sugai) Kyoto Sanga
61' Goal R. Watanabe (assist Samuel Gustafson) Urawa
87' Yellow card H. Sugai Kyoto Sanga

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Urawa

Confirmed

1 S. Nishikawa Goalkeeper
4 H. Ishihara Defender
3 Danilo Boza Defender
5 M. Høibråten Defender
88 Y. Naganuma Defender
25 K. Yasui Midfielder
11 Samuel Gustafson Midfielder
77 T. Kaneko Midfielder
13 R. Watanabe Midfielder
8 Matheus Sávio Midfielder
24 Y. Matsuo Attacker

Bench A. Niekawa , Takuya Ogiwara , R. Inoue , T. Matsumoto , G. Haraguchi , Takahiro Sekine , T. Okubo , M. Nagakura , R. Nitta

Kyoto Sanga

Confirmed 4-3-3 Kwi-Jae Cho

26 G. Ota

44 K. Sato 50 Y. Suzuki 4 Patrick William 22 H. Sugai

6 João Pedro 7 S. Kawasaki 8 T. Yonemoto

14 T. Hara 9 Rafael Elias 29 M. Okugawa

Bench K. Kakoi , S. Fukuda , H. Tawiah , K. Nagata , S. Fukuoka , T. Matsuda , T. Hirato , Marco Túlio , Murilo

Form guide

Urawa at home

6–1–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.9 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 5.3 per game
Shots on target: 4.4 per game

7% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Kyoto Sanga away

2–3–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 0.7 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 3.7 per game
Shots on target: 3.4 per game

14% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Urawa vs Kyoto Sanga head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
22 Feb 25	Kyoto Sanga v Urawa	1–1
14 Jul 24	Kyoto Sanga v Urawa	0–0
15 May 24	Urawa v Kyoto Sanga	3–0
15 Sep 23	Urawa v Kyoto Sanga	0–0
27 May 23	Kyoto Sanga v Urawa	0–2

Only 5 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Urawa vs Kyoto Sanga head-to-head record