In a weekend match on Sat Feb 26th, in week 2, Urawa Reds and Gamba Osaka will play a match in Saitama in a meeting of these two evenly matched J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. Urawa Reds sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Kyoto Sanga. Utaka struck first for Kyoto Sanga in the 49th minute on a feed from Sota Kawasaki, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Urawa Reds couldn’t manage to score, and Kyoto Sanga took the shutout win. Urawa Reds looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while gamba Osaka is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Kashima Antlers. Ueda scored the first goal for Kashima Antlers in the 20th minute, but Kosuke Onose got the equalizer for Gamba Osaka in the 26th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Urawa Reds won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Patric has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Gamba Osaka. Urawa Reds hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Tatsuya Tanaka and Atsuki Ito, and they each have 1 goal.