Urawa Red Diamonds vs Tokyo Verdy — J1 League result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 19 September 2026

J1 League·Saturday, 19 September 2026·09:30

Urawa Red Diamonds

3 – 1

Tokyo Verdy

Urawa Red DiamondsExpected goalsTokyo Verdy
1.61 xG0.95 xG

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 5.9 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Urawa Red Diamonds

53%

pick · result

Draw

27%

Tokyo Verdy

20%

Final score

3–1

Top pick landed

Metis gave an Urawa Red Diamonds win 53.2% before kick-off, and its most likely result was an Urawa Red Diamonds win. Expected goals 1.61–0.95 against 3–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals47%4 scored
Both teams score51%yes
Urawa Red Diamonds clean sheet39%no
Tokyo Verdy clean sheet19%no
Urawa Red Diamonds score 2+48%yes
Tokyo Verdy score 2+24%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1291
1X2 Brier score0.3316
Probability on the result53.2%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (12.9%), 1–0 (12.3%), 2–1 (10.5%). It finished 3–1.

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Urawa Red Diamonds

19 SeptHvs Tokyo Verdy3–1W

Tokyo Verdy

19 SeptAvs Urawa Red Diamonds1–3L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.