In a weekend match in week 21, on Sunday Jul 10th, Urawa Reds hosts Tokyo at Saitama Stadium 2002 in a J-League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 11th placed Urawa Reds is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Kyoto Sanga. David Moberg Karlsson scored the first goal for Urawa Reds in the 10th minute on a penalty, then Kosuke Taketomi tied it up for Kyoto Sanga in the 54th minute on a penalty . Urawa Reds is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Tokyo is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Consadole Sapporo. Leandro scored the first goal for Tokyo in the 35th minute on a penalty, then Adailton added another in the 4th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot At the end of 90 a dissapointed Consadole Sapporo couldn’t manage to score, and Tokyo took the shutout win. Tokyo is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Apr 10th, Tokyo and Urawa Reds battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Tokyo nor Urawa Reds could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Both Ryoma Watanabe and Adailton have been the hottest scorers for Tokyo in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Urawa Reds’s top weapon lately has been David Moberg Karlsson, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.