In a weekend match on Friday May 13th, in week 13, Urawa Reds will host Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Saitama Stadium 2002 in a J-League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 14th placed Urawa Reds, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Kashiwa Reysol. Neither Kashiwa Reysol nor Urawa Reds could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Urawa Reds is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 7th placed Sanfrecce Hiroshima, recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Kashima Antlers. Yoshifumi Kashiwa struck first for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 38th minute on a feed from Makoto Mitsuta, then Mitsuta added another in the 63rd minute In the end, Kashima Antlers couldn’t muster any offence and Sanfrecce Hiroshima ran away with the shutout win. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses 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.
Kashiwa has been the most prolific scorer on Sanfrecce Hiroshima in his last five matches with 3 goals. David Moberg Karlsson has been the most effective weapon for Urawa Reds lately. The Swedish attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches.