J. League leaders Urawa Reds secured their passage into the last 16 of the Asian Champions League with a game to spare on Wednesday night after a 6-1 drubbing of 2014 champions Western Sydney Wanderers in Group F.
Reds, who hammered Wanderers 4-0 back in February in their opening game in Australia, needed only a draw to be sure of a place in the knockout stage, but first-half goals from Takahiro Sekine, Zlatan Ljubijankic and Tadanari Lee put the home side in control at Saitama Stadium.
Wanderers, who with the defeat were eliminated, replied through Jumpei Kusukami midway through the second half, but substitute Rafael Silva made it 4-1 soon after and grabbed his second of the night before setting up Shinzo Koroki to complete the rout deep into stoppage time.