Cerezo Osaka fights Kawasaki Frontale in J-League battle

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sun 01.September
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadium Nagai (50000 seats)

Cerezo Osaka and Kawasaki Frontale are both riding high in the J-League with their 6th and 4th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

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.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

The story so far in the J-League for Cerezo Osaka, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in J-League, at their home stadium (Yanmar Stadium Nagai) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Happy days for Cerezo Osaka in their previous game, a J-League match away at Júbilo Iwata that ended with a 2-0 victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus Yokohama F. Marinos with a 2-1 scoreline.

The Cerezo Osaka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Cerezo Osaka have conceded only 6 goals.

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Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

The away team, who have the most points (23) away in J-League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the J-League.

There were no winners in Kawasaki Frontale's previous match, a J-League home game that ended 2-2 vs Shimizu S-Pulse. A 2-2 draw at Vegalta Sendai's stadium before that.

A new game in only three days for Kawasaki Frontale, the Nabisco Cup home match versus Nagoya Grampus. Busy days.

The Kawasaki Frontale manager T. Oniki has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 11 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Kawasaki Frontale in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Kawasaki Frontale - Cerezo Osaka 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cerezo Osaka won 5 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Kawasaki Frontale has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3

Top Goalscorers

Y. Kobayashi
10 goals / 2 assists
Leandro Damião
7 goals / 3 assists
K. Mizunuma
5 goals / 2 assists

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Cerezo Osaka Kawasaki Frontale
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
24 11 3 Played 3 11 24
11 5 2 Won 1 7 10
4 2 0 Drew 1 2 11
9 4 1 Lost 1 2 3
25 12 4 Scored 7 22 37
18 6 1 Conceded 5 12 22
92% 82% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 88%
62% 45% 33% Over 1.5 100% 82% 75%
25% 36% 33% Over 2.5 100% 73% 46%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 67% 45% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 33% 9% 4%
21% 18% 0% BTTS 67% 45% 54%
50% 64% 67% Clean Sheets 33% 45% 38%
38% 36% 33% Failed To Score 0% 9% 21%
 
4.8 6 5.3 Corners For (avg) 5.3 4.8 5.6
5.6 4.8 2.3 Corners Against (avg) 4.7 3.7 3.8
1 1.2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.3 1.2 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cerezo Osaka have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Cerezo Osaka
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup AFC Champions League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
03-08-19 JL Tokyo 3 - 0 Cerezo Osaka
11-08-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 1 - 2 Sagan Tosu
14-08-19 EC Cerezo Osaka 3 - 0 Renofa Yamaguchi
17-08-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 1 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
24-08-19 JL Júbilo Iwata 0 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
01-09-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 09:00 Kawasaki Frontale
13-09-19 JL Urawa Reds 10:30 Cerezo Osaka
18-09-19 EC Sagan Tosu 10:00 Cerezo Osaka
28-09-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 05:00 Gamba Osaka
06-10-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 06:00 Kashima Antlers
Kawasaki Frontale
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup AFC Champions League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
04-08-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 0 Matsumoto Yamaga
10-08-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 3 - 0 Kawasaki Frontale
14-08-19 EC Kawasaki Frontale 1 - 1 Fagiano Okayama
17-08-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 2 - 2 Kawasaki Frontale
24-08-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 2 - 2 Shimizu S-Pulse
01-09-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 09:00 Kawasaki Frontale
04-09-19 NC Kawasaki Frontale 10:00 Nagoya Grampus
08-09-19 NC Nagoya Grampus 09:00 Kawasaki Frontale
14-09-19 JL Kawasaki Frontale 10:00 Júbilo Iwata
18-09-19 EC Vissel Kobe 10:00 Kawasaki Frontale

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tokyo 25 16 4 5 37 19 15 12 0 3 27 11 10 4 4 2 10 8 18 52
2 Kashima Antlers 24 13 6 5 42 23 12 9 2 1 25 9 12 4 4 4 17 14 19 45
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 24 13 3 8 42 31 12 7 3 2 21 10 12 6 0 6 21 21 11 42
4 Kawasaki Frontale 24 10 11 3 37 22 13 3 9 1 15 10 11 7 2 2 22 12 15 41
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 24 11 7 6 31 18 12 5 4 3 12 7 12 6 3 3 19 11 13 40
6 Cerezo Osaka 24 11 4 9 25 18 11 5 2 4 12 6 13 6 2 5 13 12 7 37
7 Consadole Sapporo 24 10 6 8 40 29 12 6 4 2 24 14 12 4 2 6 16 15 11 36
8 Oita Trinita 24 9 8 7 27 23 12 5 3 4 13 8 12 4 5 3 14 15 4 35
9 Nagoya Grampus 25 8 7 10 37 37 12 6 1 5 18 14 13 2 6 5 19 23 0 31
10 Shonan Bellmare 24 9 3 12 34 40 12 4 2 6 17 19 12 5 1 6 17 21 -6 30
11 Urawa Reds 24 8 6 10 23 34 12 3 3 6 11 20 12 5 3 4 12 14 -11 30
12 Vissel Kobe 24 8 5 11 42 40 11 4 3 4 21 18 13 4 2 7 21 22 2 29
13 Shimizu S-Pulse 24 8 5 11 30 52 11 5 0 6 14 29 13 3 5 5 16 23 -22 29
14 Gamba Osaka 24 6 10 8 31 35 12 3 5 4 14 15 12 3 5 4 17 20 -4 28
15 Vegalta Sendai 24 8 4 12 27 35 13 7 3 3 20 17 11 1 1 9 7 18 -8 28
16 Sagan Tosu 24 7 3 14 21 40 11 4 1 6 12 21 13 3 2 8 9 19 -19 24
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 24 5 8 11 15 29 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 3 4 5 7 14 -14 23
18 Júbilo Iwata 24 4 6 14 18 34 12 1 4 7 12 20 12 3 2 7 6 14 -16 18

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