Clinical Edge
Urawa
Urawa finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 1.21 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 1.21
- Overperformance
- +1.79
J1 League · Matchday 8Urawa
Matheus Savio 24', 32'
H. Minamino 44'
3 – 1
FT
HT 3–0
Tokyo Verdy
Y. Arai 62'
J1 League
Matchday 8Urawa3–1Tokyo Verdy
1.21
Expected goals
0.34
24′32′44′62′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: URA 1.21, TV 0.34.
Match report
Urawa 3-1 Tokyo Verdy
Urawa saw off Tokyo Verdy 3-1 at Saitama Stadium 2002 in J1 League. Savio opened the scoring for Urawa on 24', Savio added his second on 32', Minamino made it 3-0 to Urawa on 44' and Arai pulled one back for Tokyo Verdy on 62'.
Expected goals finished Urawa 1.21, Tokyo Verdy 0.34. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Urawa graded out for clinical edge — 3 goals and 1.21 expected goals. Urawa graded out for box occupation — 9 of 12 shots in the box and 0.10 xg per shot.
Matheus Sávio came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 9.0 for Urawa from 2 goals, 1 key pass and 3 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 27 fouls between them and 2 yellow cards, with Tokyo Verdy conceding the most free-kicks (19).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
47%Possession53%
12Shots5
1.21xG0.34
What the numbers say
2 readsBox Occupation
Urawa
Urawa kept getting bodies into the area — 75% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 9 of 12
- Share
- 75%
- xG per shot
- 0.10
Timeline
🟨12'
Shuhei Mizoguchi
Foul
Matheus Savio — assist: T. Kaneko
⚽24'
Matheus Savio
⚽32'
H. Minamino — assist: H. Ueki
⚽44'
Half-time
🔄46'
K. Ichimi ↑ H. Hirao ↓
🟨56'
Kazunari Ichimi
Foul
A. Inagaki ↑ M. Yamane ↓
🔄58'
🔄58'
K. Shibato ↑ K. Saito ↓
⚽62'
Y. Arai — assist: K. Ichimi
E. Katayama ↑ H. Ueki ↓
🔄67'
H. Komori ↑ H. Minamino ↓
🔄67'
Y. Naganuma ↑ K. Yasui ↓
🔄80'
S. Gustafson ↑ Matheus Savio ↓
🔄81'
🔄86'
Y. Matsuhashi ↑ K. Suzuki ↓
🔄86'
K. Fujimoto ↑ Y. Fukuda ↓
🔄89'
I. Kumatoriya ↑ Y. Arai ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueSaitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
RefereeJumpei Iida, Japan
CompetitionJ1 League
Season2027
RoundMatchday 8
StatusMatch Finished