Nishikawa Sakai, Scholz, Hoibraten, Ogiwara Ito, Iwao, Sekine, Yasui, Okubo Koroki Urawa Red Diamonds possible starting lineup:

Park Harada, Hwang, Yamazaki, Kikuchi Kawahara, Tezuka, Iwasaki, Moriya, Naganuma Ono Skorza may also be tempted to hand a start to Jose Kante, who impressed yet again in their last match, scoring the fourth goal of the match and his second in his last four appearances. Shinzo Koroki was returned to the starting lineup in midweek and opened the scoring, which could be enough to see him keep his spot at the top of the pitch. Ono took his tally to seven goals for the season last week, and he will almost certainly start up top for the hosts, while Fujihara will be hoping that his goal off the bench in the last match will be enough to earn him a start in this one.Īfter coming off the bench to score against Kawasaki Frontale, Skorza's decision to add Takahiro Sekine to the starting 11 in midweek paid off as the midfielder netted a brace, putting himself firmly in contention for another start in this match. Kawai has one injury absentee to contend with coming into this match, as Fuchi Honda has been ruled out for the foreseeable future with a serious knee issue. Meanwhile, Urawa Red Diamonds will be out for revenge in this match as that 2-0 loss mentioned above at the start of May was the last one they conceded since going on their current run of eight matches without defeat.ĭuring their unbeaten run, the visitors have recorded four wins and four draws, with their win in midweek taking them back to fourth place with 33 points, just six points behind Vissel Kobe in the second and final automatic qualification spot for next season's AFC Champions League. The hosts will know that their opponents are in a good bit of form themselves but will fancy their chances in this one, having beaten the visitors 2-0 in the reverse fixture less than two months ago. Kenta Kawai's side have recorded three wins, three draws and three losses in their nine matches at home and will be looking to prolong a three-match unbeaten run at the Ekimae Real Estate Stadium, which includes a win and back-to-back draws coming into this one.

While they only managed nine wins across the entirety of last season, that victory over Shonan Bellmare was Sagan Tosu's seventh this term and saw them overtake Consadole Sapporo into eighth place with 26 points after 18 matches, now just nine points behind Nagoya Grampus in third.

The midfielder stuck away his third of the afternoon by converting from the penalty spot in the 49th minute, while Yuki Horigome, Yuta Fujihara and Ryonosuke Kabayama all got onto the scoresheet in the second half as well.

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