Urawa vs Albirex Niigata match stats & report

1–0 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 28 · Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama · Ref Hiroyuki Kimura, Japan

Urawa stats & fixtures · Albirex Niigata stats & fixtures

Urawa beat Albirex Niigata 1–0 in the J1 League on 31 August 2025. Expected goals finished 0.81–1.69. Albirex Niigata had 51% of the ball.

Urawa vs Albirex Niigata match statistics

UrawaAlbirex Niigata

49% Ball possession 51%
0.81 Expected goals (xG) 1.69
14 Total shots 17
5 Shots on target 4
4 Shots off target 10
5 Blocked shots 3
8 Shots inside the box 10
1 Corners 9
9 Fouls 11
1 Yellow cards 1
449 Passes 452
89% Pass accuracy 87%
5 Goalkeeper saves 4

Goals and cards

30' Goal Matheus Sávio (assist T. Kaneko) Urawa
42' Yellow card Matheus Sávio Urawa
90+5' Yellow card M. Fitzgerald Albirex Niigata

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
26 Takuya Ogiwara Defender
25 K. Yasui Midfielder
11 Samuel Gustafson Midfielder
77 T. Kaneko Midfielder
10 Shoya Nakajima Midfielder
8 Matheus Sávio Midfielder
17 H. Komori Attacker

Bench A. Niekawa , K. Nemoto , T. Matsumoto , Takahiro Sekine , T. Okubo , K. Shibato , Y. Matsuo , Y. Naganuma , Thiago Santana

Albirex Niigata

Confirmed 4-4-2 Takafumi Yoshimoto

21 R. Tashiro

31 Y. Horigome 77 K. Funaki 5 M. Fitzgerald 25 S. Fujiwara

14 M. Ohara 8 E. Shirai 50 Hiroto Uemura 55 Moraes

41 M. Hasegawa 65 A. Boudah

Bench D. Yoshimitsu , F. Hayakawa , K. Chiba , K. Hashimoto , T. Arai , T. Shimamura , J. Okumura , Y. Takagi , K. Taniguchi

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.

Albirex Niigata away

0–3–6 in 9 matches

Scored: 1.0 per game
Conceded: 2.3 per game
Clean sheets: 0 / 9
Corners: 4.8 per game
Shots on target: 2.6 per game

40% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 9 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Urawa vs Albirex Niigata head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
11 May 25	Albirex Niigata v Urawa	1–1
8 Dec 24	Urawa v Albirex Niigata	0–0
11 May 24	Albirex Niigata v Urawa	2–4
2 Sep 23	Albirex Niigata v Urawa	1–1
18 Mar 23	Urawa v Albirex Niigata	2–1

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

The full Urawa vs Albirex Niigata head-to-head record