Cerezo Osaka get ready to welcome Kawasaki Frontale for something different than the ordinary league football: The J-League Cup Quarter-finals leg 1 of 2.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Cerezo Osaka was eliminated in the final last season in the J-League Cup.Cerezo Osaka have played 12 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Cerezo Osaka's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Avispa Fukuoka. The home side are looking to build on that result. Toriumi, defender, was given a rating of 7.64/10 in that game, top of the team. Toriumi won 8 of 14 duels.
In the game before, an away victory in the J-League match versus Gamba Osaka with a 2-1 scoreline.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Vissel Kobe in only three days. This game is also played here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai.
Cerezo has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cerezo Osaka have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Kawasaki Frontale's mission in J-League Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against Urawa Reds.The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Kawasaki, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Urawa Reds. Midfield player Wakizaka was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Wakizaka hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 58 successful passes (of 63 total).
It was a J-League defeat before that one as the away game against Cerezo Osaka wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.After this away game Kawasaki Frontale return home for a J-League game against Yokohama F. Marinos. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Kawasaki Frontale have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Kawasaki in these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: five wins for Cerezo Osaka, one draw and four wins for Kawasaki Frontale. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ienaga 6 goals |  M. da Silva Barbosa 5 goals |  M. Kato 4 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 24 | 46 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| 10.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 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 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 48 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 40 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 39 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Kawasaki Frontale | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 35 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 29 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -18 | 25 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Jubilo Iwata | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -11 | 22 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 21 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
