A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Shonan Bellmare and Cerezo Osaka know what's at stake in this second leg of the J-League Cup Play-offs clash.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the J-League Cup for Bellmare, as the manager Yamaguchi led his troops to eliminate Avispa Fukuoka, Tokyo and Jubilo Iwata, and reach the Play-offs. Shonan Bellmare participated in J-League Cup the last season, where they reached the play-offs and lost against Tokyo.Shonan Bellmare's struggle is real here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka with only 5 points collected from 8 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-5.
The fans are hoping that Bellmare will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the J-League Cup fixture against Cerezo Osaka.
Shonan Bellmare aren't scoring a lot here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Oita Trinita, Gamba Osaka and Kashima Antlers in order to reach play-offs of J-League Cup. They also participated in J-League Cup last season. This ended in the final.Playing away, Cerezo Osaka have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the J-League this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cerezo Osaka goalkeeper Jin-Hyeon Kim is eager to challenge this, with his 237 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The followers enjoyed Cerezo's previous fixture versus Shonan Bellmare, a J-League Cup win (1-0) played at home.
The travelling fans enjoy Cerezo Osaka's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cerezo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Cerezo Osaka - Shonan Bellmare 1-0 was the scoreline in these sides' previous head to head fixture, earlier this season. Shonan Bellmare-Cerezo Osaka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bellmare one win, Cerezo Osaka six wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Machino 6 goals |   T. Inui 3 goals | H. Okuno 3 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.5 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 23% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 9.9 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 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 |
