Cerezo Osaka vs Omiya Ardija in Emperor Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Japan Emperor Cup
Competition: Wed 12.Jul
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadium Nagai (47000 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cerezo Osaka & Omiya Ardija face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cerezo Osaka and Omiya Ardija.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

Action has already taken place for Cerezo Osaka in Emperor Cup as they have defeated Cento Cuore Harima to reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Cerezo's Emperor Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.

When playing at home in the J-League, Cerezo Osaka have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 10 games.

The regulars are hoping that Cerezo Osaka will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Sagan Tosu. The defeat against Sagan Tosu was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by Togashi). The forward Ceará outperformed all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.04 out of 10. Ceará scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Avispa Fukuoka with the scoreline 0-1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cerezo Osaka, as the J-League home game vs Urawa Reds is only four days away.

Cerezo Osaka has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Cerezo have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Omiya Ardija form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated JEF United in order to reach 3rd round of Emperor Cup. Omiya Ardija was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 3rd round last season.

There's been little loot from Omiya Ardija's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 12 away games in the J2-League. Omiya Ardija only have 0 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 1 draw.

Omiya Ardija are travelling again after losing away to ThespaKusatsu Gunma in their previous match (0-2).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs JEF United.

A quick return to home after this game, as Omiya Ardija are hosting Tochigi in the J2-League only four days away.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Ardija, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Cerezo Osaka have won every one of the 5 most recent duels against this side. Will the streak continue?

Top Goalscorers

CerezoL. de Sousa Pereira
L. de Sousa Pereira
7 goals
Omiya ArdijaT. Tomiyama
T. Tomiyama
5 goals
Omiya ArdijaM. Shibayama
M. Shibayama
4 goals

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Omiya Ardija missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cerezo Osaka Omiya Ardija
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
12 7   Won W   1 6
3 0   Drew D   1 2
10 6   Lost L   10 17
32 17   Scored S   8 24
27 12   Conceded C   24 45
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
64% 54%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 76%
48% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
20% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 20%
12% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 16%
44% 31%   BTTS BTTS   50% 52%
32% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 16%
32% 38%   Failed to Score F T   42% 32%
 
4.9 5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.5
5.4 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.3
0.9 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.1
1 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
10.4 10.6   Shots (avg) S (   9 9.9
3.9 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.7
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 26%
 
11 10.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.2 11
3.5 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 20 13 4 3 44 23 9 7 2 0 25 8 11 6 2 3 19 15 21 43
2 Vissel Kobe 19 12 4 3 38 14 10 6 2 2 18 7 9 6 2 1 20 7 24 40
3 Nagoya Grampus 20 11 6 3 29 18 11 6 5 0 17 9 9 5 1 3 12 9 11 39
4 Urawa Reds 20 10 7 3 27 15 10 6 3 1 18 9 10 4 4 2 9 6 12 37
5 Cerezo Osaka 20 10 2 8 28 23 10 5 1 4 13 11 10 5 1 4 15 12 5 32
6 Kashima Antlers 20 8 6 6 25 19 9 3 3 3 11 10 11 5 3 3 14 9 6 30
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 20 9 3 8 23 20 10 5 2 3 12 8 10 4 1 5 11 12 3 30
8 Sagan Tosu 20 8 5 7 28 24 11 4 3 4 13 16 9 4 2 3 15 8 4 29
9 Kawasaki Frontale 19 8 4 7 24 21 9 4 3 2 11 6 10 4 1 5 13 15 3 28
10 Consadole Sapporo 20 7 6 7 41 39 9 3 1 5 17 18 11 4 5 2 24 21 2 27
11 Tokyo 20 7 5 8 25 28 9 6 1 2 17 10 11 1 4 6 8 18 -3 26
12 Avispa Fukuoka 20 7 5 8 20 26 11 6 2 3 12 12 9 1 3 5 8 14 -6 26
13 Gamba Osaka 20 6 5 9 24 34 10 4 3 3 14 12 10 2 2 6 10 22 -10 23
14 Albirex Niigata 20 5 6 9 21 29 11 4 2 5 13 17 9 1 4 4 8 12 -8 21
15 Kyoto Sanga 20 6 2 12 22 30 9 3 0 6 8 14 11 3 2 6 14 16 -8 20
16 Kashiwa Reysol 20 2 8 10 17 30 11 1 6 4 11 18 9 1 2 6 6 12 -13 14
17 Yokohama 20 3 5 12 14 40 11 2 3 6 8 19 9 1 2 6 6 21 -26 14
18 Shonan Bellmare 20 2 7 11 26 43 9 1 3 5 12 22 11 1 4 6 14 21 -17 13
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Machida Zelvia 25 16 6 3 42 17 13 9 3 1 25 10 12 7 3 2 17 7 25 54
2 Tokyo Verdy 25 13 5 7 34 18 12 4 4 4 11 10 13 9 1 3 23 8 16 44
3 Júbilo Iwata 25 12 8 5 43 28 13 5 6 2 23 17 12 7 2 3 20 11 15 44
4 Ventforet Kofu 25 13 4 8 40 26 13 8 2 3 22 10 12 5 2 5 18 16 14 43
5 Oita Trinita 25 12 6 7 30 31 13 8 2 3 19 15 12 4 4 4 11 16 -1 42
6 Shimizu S-Pulse 25 11 8 6 48 21 11 6 3 2 26 9 14 5 5 4 22 12 27 41
7 V-Varen Nagasaki 25 12 5 8 39 27 12 7 2 3 24 12 13 5 3 5 15 15 12 41
8 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 25 9 9 7 28 27 13 6 5 2 13 8 12 3 4 5 15 19 1 36
9 Fujieda MYFC 25 10 5 10 38 43 13 4 3 6 15 23 12 6 2 4 23 20 -5 35
10 Fagiano Okayama 25 7 13 5 30 24 13 5 5 3 18 12 12 2 8 2 12 12 6 34
11 Roasso Kumamoto 25 8 8 9 33 26 13 4 2 7 13 15 12 4 6 2 20 11 7 32
12 Montedio Yamagata 25 10 2 13 38 35 12 6 1 5 21 16 13 4 1 8 17 19 3 32
13 Vegalta Sendai 25 8 8 9 30 33 12 4 3 5 14 17 13 4 5 4 16 16 -3 32
14 Blaublitz Akita 25 8 8 9 21 28 12 3 5 4 9 11 13 5 3 5 12 17 -7 32
15 JEF United 25 8 7 10 24 32 13 6 4 3 14 13 12 2 3 7 10 19 -8 31
16 Renofa Yamaguchi 25 7 9 9 21 38 12 3 5 4 11 20 13 4 4 5 10 18 -17 30
17 Tokushima Vortis 25 5 12 8 24 34 13 3 6 4 10 15 12 2 6 4 14 19 -10 27
18 Mito Hollyhock 25 7 6 12 30 45 13 3 4 6 18 27 12 4 2 6 12 18 -15 27
19 Iwaki 25 7 6 12 25 42 13 5 1 7 13 19 12 2 5 5 12 23 -17 27
20 Tochigi 25 6 8 11 22 27 12 5 5 2 16 11 13 1 3 9 6 16 -5 26
21 Zweigen Kanazawa 25 7 3 15 28 43 11 5 2 4 18 11 14 2 1 11 10 32 -15 24
22 Omiya Ardija 25 5 2 18 23 46 13 5 1 7 16 21 12 0 1 11 7 25 -23 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Machida Zelvia 25 16 6 3 42 17 13 9 3 1 25 10 12 7 3 2 17 7 25 54
2 Tokyo Verdy 25 13 5 7 34 18 12 4 4 4 11 10 13 9 1 3 23 8 16 44
3 Júbilo Iwata 25 12 8 5 43 28 13 5 6 2 23 17 12 7 2 3 20 11 15 44
4 Ventforet Kofu 25 13 4 8 40 26 13 8 2 3 22 10 12 5 2 5 18 16 14 43
5 Oita Trinita 25 12 6 7 30 31 13 8 2 3 19 15 12 4 4 4 11 16 -1 42
6 Shimizu S-Pulse 25 11 8 6 48 21 11 6 3 2 26 9 14 5 5 4 22 12 27 41
7 V-Varen Nagasaki 25 12 5 8 39 27 12 7 2 3 24 12 13 5 3 5 15 15 12 41
8 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 25 9 9 7 28 27 13 6 5 2 13 8 12 3 4 5 15 19 1 36
9 Fujieda MYFC 25 10 5 10 38 43 13 4 3 6 15 23 12 6 2 4 23 20 -5 35
10 Fagiano Okayama 25 7 13 5 30 24 13 5 5 3 18 12 12 2 8 2 12 12 6 34
11 Roasso Kumamoto 25 8 8 9 33 26 13 4 2 7 13 15 12 4 6 2 20 11 7 32
12 Montedio Yamagata 25 10 2 13 38 35 12 6 1 5 21 16 13 4 1 8 17 19 3 32
13 Vegalta Sendai 25 8 8 9 30 33 12 4 3 5 14 17 13 4 5 4 16 16 -3 32
14 Blaublitz Akita 25 8 8 9 21 28 12 3 5 4 9 11 13 5 3 5 12 17 -7 32
15 JEF United 25 8 7 10 24 32 13 6 4 3 14 13 12 2 3 7 10 19 -8 31
16 Renofa Yamaguchi 25 7 9 9 21 38 12 3 5 4 11 20 13 4 4 5 10 18 -17 30
17 Tokushima Vortis 25 5 12 8 24 34 13 3 6 4 10 15 12 2 6 4 14 19 -10 27
18 Mito Hollyhock 25 7 6 12 30 45 13 3 4 6 18 27 12 4 2 6 12 18 -15 27
19 Iwaki 25 7 6 12 25 42 13 5 1 7 13 19 12 2 5 5 12 23 -17 27
20 Tochigi 25 6 8 11 22 27 12 5 5 2 16 11 13 1 3 9 6 16 -5 26
21 Zweigen Kanazawa 25 7 3 15 28 43 11 5 2 4 18 11 14 2 1 11 10 32 -15 24
22 Omiya Ardija 25 5 2 18 23 46 13 5 1 7 16 21 12 0 1 11 7 25 -23 17

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