Kitchee have traveled here for an interesting AFC Champions League fight against Cerezo Osaka. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It's no vacation for neither Cerezo nor Kitchee 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.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Overall J-League stats at home this season for Cerezo Osaka are 5-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).
Cerezo enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Guangzhou Evergrande's place. The match ended 2-0 with Tiago Pagnussat and H. Okuno scoring.
Before that, Cerezo had a Emperor Cup home game versus Gainare Tottori which ended with a victory 2-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cerezo, as the AFC Champions League home game vs Port is only three days away.
Cerezo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. Cerezo are not conceding a lot of goals here at Chang Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Kitchee form and stats
They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the 2nd preliminary round.Kitchee are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the AFC Champions League against Port.
Before that, Kitchee secured a home win against Eastern with the score 2-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The AFC Champions League trip to Guangzhou Evergrande.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Damjanović 17 goals |   Y. Ōkubo 5 goals |  M. Gavilán Morales 4 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Kitchee missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Kitchee | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 23 | 46 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cerezo Osaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Kitchee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Port | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 55 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Tokushima Vortis | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | Vegalta Sendai | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 15 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Kashiwa Reysol | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 14 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 20 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 31 | -38 | 7 |