Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Cerezo Osaka - Kawasaki Frontale!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Cerezo Osaka, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in J-League, have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.
Happy days for Cerezo Osaka in their previous game, a J-League match away at Vegalta Sendai (placed 17th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tokyo (0-2).
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of M. Lotina Oruecheberría when H. Kiyotake scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 68th minute. A late climax in the match against Vegalta Sendai as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by H. Kiyotake.
The Cerezo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Cerezo have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Kawasaki Frontale's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Kawasaki Frontale, who have the most scored goals (58) in J-League, collect 22 points from their 9 away matches in the J-League. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Kawasaki have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Kawasaki Frontale, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Kawasaki are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the J-League against Yokohama (placed 13th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Urawa Reds at their stadium, the result 3-0.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Kawasaki Frontale alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (27 from 9 played). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Kawasaki Frontale - Cerezo 5-2 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cerezo won six games, one match ended with a draw and Kawasaki Frontale has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeCerezo Osaka missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 27 | 58 |
| 20 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 90% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 75% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 84% |
| 50% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 78% | 79% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 68% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 50% | 22% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 63% |
| 40% | 67% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 20% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 162 | 67 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 129 | 301 |
| 59 | 22 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 57 | 128 |
| 44% | 41% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 47% | 45% |
- Cerezo Osaka has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka has the most clean sheets (6) at home in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Kawasaki Frontale has the fewest conceded goals (18) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most matches over the total-line (14) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most points from losing position (16) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (27) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (58) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the first half (21) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the second half (37) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+19) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+40) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cerezo Osaka have scored home.
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 40 | 50 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 42 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 33 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -17 | 17 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -19 | 12 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -17 | 11 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 9 |