A crucial fixture in J-League as both squads are challenging for the top league positions. With Kashima Antlers in 2nd position and Cerezo Osaka located at 5th, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling battle. Read on to learn more!
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cerezo Osaka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It's no vacation for neither Kashima nor Cerezo Osaka as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 10 J-League games here at Kashima Soccer Stadium for Kashima Antlers. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
A good away victory last time out for Kashima Antlers, who won 2-1 against Kashiwa Reysol (placed 6th). Manager Weiler felt very clever after Everaldo scored the winning goal against Kashiwa Reysol, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 74th minute. Kim, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Kim scored one goal and won 7 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Nagoya Grampus that finished 1-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kashima have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kashima Antlers as they are travelling to their away game against Consadole Sapporo in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.
The Kashima Antlers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kashima's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Playing away, Cerezo Osaka have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the J-League this season.
Cerezo Osaka won their last game, 2-1 versus Kawasaki Frontale played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Kogiku when Patric scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute. Suzuki got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, top player of the team. Suzuki signed up for two assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 32 successful passes (of 40 total).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Shimizu S-Pulse.Cerezo Osaka are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cerezo are hosting Yokohama F. Marinos in the J-League only four days away.
Cerezo Osaka are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Cerezo Osaka as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Cerezo Osaka - Kashima Antlers 0-3 was the score in these teams' previous head to head match, played this season. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Kashima won eight, Cerezo Osaka were winners in one and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 10 goals |  Y. Suzuki 6 goals |  A. do Nascimento Cruz 5 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 31 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | 27 |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 79% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 74% |
| 58% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 47% |
| 26% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 26% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 5% |
| 53% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 58% |
| 32% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 21% |
| 21% | 30% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.9 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.9 | 4.5 |
| 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.1 | 11.9 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.9 | 11.1 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 33% | 33% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 39% | 32% |
| 9.8 | 8.7 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.3 | 13.7 | 11.1 |
| 3.9 | 2.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
- Cerezo Osaka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 37 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 23 |
| 11 | Urawa Reds | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Júbilo Iwata | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 14 |
