Urawa vs Kashima
Ref: K. KoyaSaitama Stadium 2002, Saitama · 65,000 cap
Match recap
Kashima beat Urawa 3–2 in their J1 League fixture. Hidano and Watanabe scored for Urawa; Léo Ceará, Suzuki, and Čavrić replied for Kashima. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 1.94 for Urawa versus 2.15 for Kashima. Urawa sit 6th in the J1 League table while Kashima are 1st.
First Half
⚽
Hidano
Assist: Kaneko
⚽
Watanabe
Assist: Nemoto
42'
VAR
Penalty confirmed
45'
⚽
Léo Ceará
Penalty
Second Half
Sávio
Yellow Card
55'
⚽
Suzuki
Assist: Higuchi
⇄
Hidano
⇄
Kaneko
68'
⇄
Élber
⇄
Shibato
74'
Higuchi
Yellow Card
78'
⇄
Araki
78'
⇄
Higuchi
88'
⇄
Misao
89'
⇄
Léo Ceará
⇄
Yasui
90'
⚽
Čavrić
Assist: Shibasaki
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kashima | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | +20 | 45 |
| 2 |  FC Tokyo | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | +14 | 37 |
| 5 |  Tokyo Verdy | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 28 |
| 6 |  Urawa | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | +3 | 25 |
| 7 |  Yokohama F. Marinos | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
As of 5 Jun 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
UrawaKashima
2Won
Statistical edge
2–11
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
1.94VS2.15
Attack1 · 4 won
11
Shots
13
3
Shots on target
4
9
Shots in the box
8
2
Shots outside box
5
6
Shots off goal
6
6
Corners
7
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
44%
Possession
56%
321
Total passes
415
238
Accurate passes
325
74%
Pass accuracy
78%
Discipline0 · 2 won
17
Fouls
10
1
Yellow cards
1
1
Offsides
0
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
1
2
Blocked shots
3
Urawa
4-2-3-1
Kashima
4-4-2Urawa
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1S. NishikawaG
- 3Danilo BozaD
- 5K. NemotoD
- 8Matheus SávioM
- 13R. WatanabeM
- 14T. SekineD
- 22K. ShibatoM
- 25K. YasuiM
- 26T. OgiwaraD
- 36R. HidanoF
- 77T. KanekoM
Substitutes
- 2Y. MiyamotoD
- 4H. IshiharaD
- 9I. Kiese ThelinF
- 10S. NakajimaM
- 16A. NiekawaG
- 39J. HayakawaM
- 41R. NittaF
- 45A. OnaiwuF
- 88Y. NaganumaM
Kashima
4-4-2Starting XI
- 1T. HayakawaG
- 3Kim Tae-HyeonD
- 6K. MisaoM
- 9Léo CearáF
- 14Y. HiguchiM
- 16S. MizoguchiD
- 17ÉlberM
- 22K. NonoD
- 40Y. SuzukiF
- 55N. UedaD
- 71R. ArakiM
Substitutes
- 5I. SekigawaD
- 7R. OgawaD
- 10G. ShibasakiM
- 11K. TagawaF
- 13K. ChinenM
- 24H. HayashuM
- 29Y. KajikawaG
- 32H. MatsumotoD
- 77A. ČavrićF
Urawa
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matheus Sávio | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2/3 |
| Renji Hidano | F | 63 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Takuro Kaneko | M | 63 | 7.2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Ryoma Watanabe(C) | M | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3/4 |
| Kenta Nemoto | D | 90 | 6.5 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Takahiro Sekine | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| Kai Shibato | M | 72 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/1 |
| Kaito Yasui | M | 89 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 0/2 |
| Danilo Boza | D | 90 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Takuya Ogiwara | D | 90 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1/2 |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | G | 90 | 5.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Yoichi Naganuma | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hirokazu Ishihara | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ayumi Niekawa | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shoya Nakajima | M | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuta Miyamoto | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jumpei Hayakawa | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ado Onaiwu | F | 18 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Rio Nitta | F | 27 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Isaac Kiese Thelin | F | 27 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
Kashima
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuma Suzuki | F | 90 | 7.6 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0/3 |
| Tomoki Hayakawa | G | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuta Higuchi | M | 78 | 7.2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Léo Ceará | F | 89 | 7.0 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 |
| Ryotaro Araki | M | 78 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Naomichi Ueda(C) | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Élber | M | 68 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0/1 |
| Kimito Nono | D | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/4 |
| Kento Misao | M | 88 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tae-hyeon Kim | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shuhei Mizoguchi | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/4 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Ikuma Sekigawa | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuji Kajikawa | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haruto Matsumoto | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ryoya Ogawa | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kyosuke Tagawa | F | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aleksandar Čavrić | F | 12 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Gaku Shibasaki | M | 8 | 7.2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Kei Chinen | M | 12 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Haruki Hayashi | M | 22 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |