The last ever J. League Championship final kicks off at International Stadium Yokohama on Sunday and the end-of-season showdown between two of the league's big guns could not have come at a better time for Urawa Reds.

News photoYuichiro Nagai and the Urawa Reds will take on the Yokohama F. Marinos in the first leg of the J.League Championship on Sunday in Yokohama.

Urawa visits first-stage winner and defending champion Yokohama F. Marinos in the first leg on a high after claiming the second-stage title and winning its last two games of the regular season, to finish with a stage record 37 points and 40 goals scored from 15 matches.