The league table is allowed to rest as Cerezo Osaka and Shonan Bellmare battle for J-League Cup honors in this first Play-offs leg of two fixtures.
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
This is not the first game this season in the J-League Cup for Cerezo Osaka, as the manager Kogiku led his troops to eliminate Oita Trinita, Gamba Osaka and Kashima Antlers, and reach the Play-offs. Last season, Cerezo's J-League Cup journey ended in the final.3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Cerezo Osaka have to build on here in the J-League.
Cerezo Osaka are confident in defense, having played 237 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Cerezo's previous match was a Emperor Cup game also played at their own stadium, ending 3-1 versus Kansai University. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
In the game before, an away victory in the J-League match versus Shonan Bellmare with a 2-0 scoreline.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cerezo Osaka handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Cerezo Osaka has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cerezo Osaka's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Avispa Fukuoka, Tokyo and Jubilo Iwata in order to reach play-offs of J-League Cup. They also participated in J-League Cup last season. This ended in the play-offs, when Tokyo drew the shortest straw.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shonan Bellmare so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
The followers enjoyed Bellmare's previous match versus Vertfee Yaita, a Emperor Cup win (3-0) played at home.
A loss against Cerezo Osaka was the result prior to that, in a J-League home game.We have checked recent matches where Shonan Bellmare have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Shonan Bellmare has scored 8 and conceded 8 goals from their travels in the league so far (8 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Cerezo Osaka wins - draws - Shonan Bellmare wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Machino 6 goals |   T. Inui 3 goals | H. Okuno 3 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Shonan Bellmare missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 12 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | ||
| 11 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Jubilo Iwata | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
