GolVolt — Urawa Reds vs Kawasaki Frontale: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Streak

Kawasaki Frontale have scored in 12 matches in a row

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 25 goals in those matches.

Last time

Last meeting, 6 December 2025: Urawa Reds – Kawasaki Frontale 4:0

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Before that, Urawa Reds went 5 meetings in a row without a win.

Table

1 point apart in the table

7.Urawa Reds21 pts 6.Kawasaki Frontale22 pts

Urawa Reds: place 7, 21 pts · Kawasaki Frontale: place 6, 22 pts.

Player in form

Marcinho: 3 goals and 2 assists in 5 league matches

Goals3 xG1.93

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 1.9).

Player in form

Matheus Savio: 3 goals and 1 assist in 5 league matches

Goals3 xG1.00

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 1.0).

Players to watch

J1 League, this season.

Takuro Kaneko

Urawa Reds · forward

2goals 6assists 7.32avg rating

Last match, V-Varen Nagasaki: rating 6.8.

Marcinho

Kawasaki Frontale · midfielder

8goals 3assists 7.29avg rating

Last match, Fagiano Okayama: 1 goal and 1 assist, rating 7.7.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Urawa Reds at home and Kawasaki Frontale away, as in this match.

Urawa Reds

at home · 10

6W1D3L1.7scored per match1.2conceded per match

Kawasaki Frontale

away · 10

4W3D3L1.4scored per match1.4conceded per match

Head to head

40 meetings since 2005. The last 5 below.

Last time · 6 Dec 2025 · J1 League Urawa Reds 4:0 Kawasaki Frontale Gustafson 44' · Thiago 54' · Nemoto 58' · Thelin 77'. Urawa Reds: a first win in this fixture in 5 meetings.

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3 draws3.2 goals per match · both scored in 4 of 5

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Urawa Reds (4-3-3, last: V-Varen Nagasaki) · Kawasaki Frontale (4-2-3-1, last: Fagiano Okayama).

Official around 06:00, Sun 13 Dec

SNNishikawa DBBoza YMMiyamoto KNNemoto KHHayashi TSSeko SGGustafson HUUeki TKKaneko AOOnaiwu MSSavio SBBrodersen RYYamahara PRRomano FUUremovic SMMiura KTTachibanada YYYamamoto TIIto YWWakizaka MAMarcinho DLLacerda

Urawa RedsKawasaki Frontale

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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