Urawa Red Diamonds made many investments this year in very good players. Only in summer they bring top players like def Sakai from Marseille, st Kinoshita from Stabaek and def Scholz from Midtjylland but also Denmark national team.

So far they collected 41 points after 25 games, in last 5 games collected 2 wins,2 losts and 1 draw.

Goal is to reach the ACL for next year and difference is still 3 points with 3rd place but there are a lot of teams fighting for it.

There have been some rumours abour fights between coach Rodriguez and technical director Nishino as he said "In terms of building up for next year, of course it is important to win in any way for the result, but it is said that it is a game with content in the sense of the process to become a really strong team. There are some things that are unsatisfactory, including the last two games"

Probably because Rodriguez didn't found yet a perfect way to play for Urawa.

There is still some pressure in the team but they showed good form. For this game return def Scholz from 1st minute and also Kinoshita can make the debut.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima in other hand is coming after 4 games without a win. They collected 32 points after 24 games, and the ACL was also their goal but seems far away now.

Even in Emperor's Cup they got eleminated from Ococias Kyoto 5-1.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima had a long list of injuries during this time.

Even today they are without important mid Morishima (29/1), mid Chajima (20/0), 1st gk Hayashi (8/0) and st Ayukawa (23/2).

I think Urawa Red Diamonds should be favorite in this game against a team who win only 1 game in 2 months and is struggling with injuries.

GL!

浦和红钻今年对非常优秀的球员进行了很多投资。在夏天，他们带来顶级球员，如来自马赛的后卫Sakai、来自斯塔贝克的前锋 Kinoshita 和来自中日德兰的后卫Scholz，丹麦国脚。

截至目前，他们在25场比赛后积41分，最近5场比赛取得2胜2负1平的成绩。

明年的目标是参加亚冠联赛，与第三名的差距仍然是3分，但有很多球队在为之奋斗。

有一些关于教练罗德里格斯和技术总监西野之间矛盾的传闻，他说：“就明年的积累而言，当然以任何方式赢得比赛都很重要，但据说这是一场比赛在成为一支真正强大的球队的过程中，有一些东西是不令人满意的，包括最后两场比赛” 可能是因为罗德里格斯还没有找到适合浦和的完美方式。

球队仍然有一些压力，但他们表现出了好形式。对于本场比赛，肖尔茨有望首发。

另一方面，广岛三箭在 4 场比赛未能取胜。他们在24场比赛后得到32分，亚冠联赛也是他们的目标，但现在似乎遥不可及。

即使在天皇杯中，他们也以 1-5 被京都奥科西亚斯被淘汰。

球队受伤的名单很长。

即今天他们会缺少重要的中场森岛 (29/1)、中场茶岛 (20/0)、第一门将Hayashi (8/0) 和前锋Ayukawa (23/2)。

我认为浦和红钻在这场比赛中应该是更有机会的球队，对手在 2 个月内只赢了 1 场比赛并且正在与伤病作斗争。

祝好运！