Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cerezo Osaka & Cento Cuore Harima face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Cerezo Osaka nor Cento Cuore Harima 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
Cerezo participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Cerezo Osaka so far this season.
Cerezo Osaka faced defeat in their previous match, away at Nagoya Grampus (1-3). Midfield player Capixaba got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Capixaba scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Yokohama.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 KINCHO Stadium.
The Cerezo Osaka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. On the other hand, Cerezo have conceded 9 goals.
Cento Cuore Harima form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Fukui United in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. Cento Cuore Harima was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 1st round last season.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Porvenir Asuka in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Kansai University FC2008.After this away game Cento Cuore Harima return home for a Regional Leagues: Kansai game against Arterivo Wakayama. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. de Sousa Pereira 5 goals | H. Okuno 3 goals | M. Kato 2 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Cento Cuore Harima missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Cento Cuore Harima | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 73% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 50% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 9% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 41% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 50% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.2 | 0.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.3 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0.6 | 0.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.6 | 0.4 | ||
| 28% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 133% | 233% | ||
| 11.7 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 0.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 13 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 12 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -22 | 12 |
