AFC Champions League full preview and statistics: Cerezo Osaka to fight Pohang Steelers at Yanmar Stadium Nagai

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Competition: Asia AFC Champions League
Competition: Wed 15.September
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadium Nagai (47000 seats)

Cerezo Osaka and Pohang Steelers get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this AFC Champions League 8th Finals fixture.

Only a few days to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a J-League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Consadole Sapporo, was also a home game here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai. The away team is better rested.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

Cerezo Osaka have collected 23 points from their J-League home games so far after 6-5-4. On the other hand, in the AFC Champions League, Cerezo Osaka has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Cerezo, their manager A. Kogiku and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Cerezo's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Consadole Sapporo. Riku Matsuda, defender, was given a rating of 7.23/10 in that game, top of the team. Matsuda won 1 of 2 duels.

In the game before, an away victory in the J-League match versus Consadole Sapporo with a 3-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cerezo handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, four draws and one defeat.

The manager A. Kogiku will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Urawa Reds in only three days.

Cerezo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 15 games. Cerezo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Pohang Steelers form and stats

Playing away, Pohang Steelers have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the K-League Classic this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the AFC Champions League stats, they have 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a K-League Classic home defeat versus Daegu with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Hyeon-mu Kang was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.3. The agile goalkeeper Kang stopped the opponent with nine saves. It is worrying for Pohang Steelers that their keeper Hyeon-mu Kang made nine saves in the Daegu fixture, but still could not hinder a defeat.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jeonbuk Motors at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Pohang Steelers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Steelers find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Pohang Steelers in these games.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last two meetings involving these two sides are: zero wins for Cerezo Osaka, one draw and one win for Pohang Steelers. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Pohang SteelersS. Lim
S. Lim
9 goals
Cerezo OsakaT. Sakamoto
T. Sakamoto
6 goals
CerezoY. Ōkubo
Y. Ōkubo
6 goals

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Pohang Steelers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cerezo Osaka Pohang Steelers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   14 25
11 6   Won W   4 9
8 4   Drew D   5 9
6 4   Lost L   5 7
42 23   Scored S   15 29
27 19   Conceded C   17 24
92% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 88%
76% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 60%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 28%
28% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 20%
20% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 8%
48% 57%   BTTS BTTS   43% 44%
40% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 32%
20% 21%   Failed to Score F T   43% 36%
 
4.8 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5
3.3 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.6
0.8 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
12.9 11.6   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 10
5.2 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.5
31% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 33%

  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 27 20 6 1 58 17 13 11 2 0 27 10 14 9 4 1 31 7 41 66
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 28 20 5 3 63 24 15 11 3 1 35 9 13 9 2 2 28 15 39 65
3 Sagan Tosu 28 14 8 6 38 23 14 9 3 2 25 11 14 5 5 4 13 12 15 50
4 Nagoya Grampus 28 15 5 8 31 21 14 8 2 4 15 10 14 7 3 4 16 11 10 50
5 Vissel Kobe 27 13 9 5 41 26 13 6 4 3 19 9 14 7 5 2 22 17 15 48
6 Urawa Reds 28 14 6 8 31 26 14 9 3 2 18 13 14 5 3 6 13 13 5 48
7 Kashima Antlers 28 14 5 9 46 28 13 7 3 3 25 15 15 7 2 6 21 13 18 47
8 Avispa Fukuoka 28 12 6 10 33 30 14 8 1 5 18 13 14 4 5 5 15 17 3 42
9 Tokyo 28 12 6 10 36 36 12 6 1 5 19 19 16 6 5 5 17 17 0 42
10 Consadole Sapporo 28 11 6 11 35 39 15 7 2 6 23 23 13 4 4 5 12 16 -4 39
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 28 8 12 8 32 30 15 4 6 5 16 16 13 4 6 3 16 14 2 36
12 Cerezo Osaka 28 9 9 10 38 37 15 6 5 4 20 20 13 3 4 6 18 17 1 36
13 Kashiwa Reysol 28 10 3 15 29 37 14 5 1 8 17 22 14 5 2 7 12 15 -8 33
14 Gamba Osaka 28 8 6 14 21 30 14 3 3 8 12 19 14 5 3 6 9 11 -9 30
15 Shonan Bellmare 28 5 11 12 28 33 14 2 8 4 10 11 14 3 3 8 18 22 -5 26
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 28 5 11 12 27 41 13 2 5 6 10 21 15 3 6 6 17 20 -14 26
17 Tokushima Vortis 28 6 5 17 20 40 14 3 4 7 11 15 14 3 1 10 9 25 -20 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 28 4 10 14 22 46 14 2 5 7 9 18 14 2 5 7 13 28 -24 22
19 Oita Trinita 28 5 5 18 20 47 15 4 5 6 12 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -27 20
20 Yokohama 28 4 6 18 21 59 14 3 4 7 14 23 14 1 2 11 7 36 -38 18
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ulsan 28 15 10 3 46 30 15 9 5 1 29 16 13 6 5 2 17 14 16 55
2 Jeonbuk Motors 28 14 9 5 50 29 15 9 3 3 30 18 13 5 6 2 20 11 21 51
3 Suwon 28 11 8 9 40 40 13 6 3 4 18 17 15 5 5 5 22 23 0 41
4 Daegu 28 11 8 9 33 33 13 6 5 2 17 12 15 5 3 7 16 21 0 41
5 Pohang Steelers 28 10 9 9 29 30 14 5 5 4 12 13 14 5 4 5 17 17 -1 39
6 Suwon Bluewings 28 9 9 10 35 35 15 4 5 6 18 21 13 5 4 4 17 14 0 36
7 Incheon United 27 10 6 11 32 37 14 6 5 3 15 11 13 4 1 8 17 26 -5 36
8 Jeju United 27 7 13 7 30 31 13 4 5 4 17 20 14 3 8 3 13 11 -1 34
9 Gwangju 27 8 5 14 27 33 13 5 3 5 14 12 14 3 2 9 13 21 -6 29
10 Seongnam 28 6 10 12 23 34 14 4 4 6 12 17 14 2 6 6 11 17 -11 28
11 Gangwon 25 6 9 10 26 30 12 4 6 2 16 9 13 2 3 8 10 21 -4 27
12 Seoul 28 6 8 14 28 37 14 3 3 8 15 20 14 3 5 6 13 17 -9 26

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 Ulsan 28 15 10 3 46 30 15 9 5 1 29 16 13 6 5 2 17 14 16 55
2 Jeonbuk Motors 28 14 9 5 50 29 15 9 3 3 30 18 13 5 6 2 20 11 21 51
3 Suwon 28 11 8 9 40 40 13 6 3 4 18 17 15 5 5 5 22 23 0 41
4 Daegu 28 11 8 9 33 33 13 6 5 2 17 12 15 5 3 7 16 21 0 41
5 Pohang Steelers 28 10 9 9 29 30 14 5 5 4 12 13 14 5 4 5 17 17 -1 39
6 Suwon Bluewings 28 9 9 10 35 35 15 4 5 6 18 21 13 5 4 4 17 14 0 36
7 Incheon United 27 10 6 11 32 37 14 6 5 3 15 11 13 4 1 8 17 26 -5 36
8 Jeju United 27 7 13 7 30 31 13 4 5 4 17 20 14 3 8 3 13 11 -1 34
9 Gwangju 27 8 5 14 27 33 13 5 3 5 14 12 14 3 2 9 13 21 -6 29
10 Seongnam 28 6 10 12 23 34 14 4 4 6 12 17 14 2 6 6 11 17 -11 28
11 Gangwon 25 6 9 10 26 30 12 4 6 2 16 9 13 2 3 8 10 21 -4 27
12 Seoul 28 6 8 14 28 37 14 3 3 8 15 20 14 3 5 6 13 17 -9 26

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