On the 25th of February, in this week 2 match, Urawa Reds and Yokohama F. Marinos will play a match in Yokohama in a meeting of these two J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Yokohama F. Marinos sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Kawasaki Frontale. Takuma Nishimura scored the first goal for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 4th minute, then Élber added another in the 38th minute. Yokohama F. Marinos is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 17th placed Urawa Reds is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Tokyo. Yoshio Koizumi struck first for Tokyo on an own goal in the 66th minute, then Ryoma Watanabe added another in the 74th minute In the end, Urawa Reds couldn’t muster any offence and Tokyo ran away with the shutout win. Urawa Reds looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Yokohama F. Marinos won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Urawa Reds’s most prolific scorer has been Kasper Junker. The Danish attacker has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Yokohama F. Marinos is fortunate enough to have Élber in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.