The Cerezo Osaka & Sagan Tosu managers L. Culpi and M. Kim are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the J-League league table.
- Cerezo Osaka have won all their matches at home so far.
- Sagan Tosu have the most clean sheets (6) in J-League
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
As mentioned below, Cerezo Osaka are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 J-League games.
The Cerezo goalkeeper Jin-Hyeon Kim is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 214 minutes without conceding a goal in the J-League.
The home team returns to Yanmar Stadium Nagai after being equal after 90 minutes with Shonan Bellmare (placed 16th) on their last time out; the J-League game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Cerezo Osaka won a home game hosting Oita Trinita (1-0).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cerezo Osaka have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost four.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cerezo Osaka as they are travelling to their away game against Yokohama F. Marinos in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.
Cerezo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai with 5 goals in 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Cerezo Osaka have only let in 1 goal at home.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Four points from two away games for Sagan Tosu, meaning one draw and one victory in the J-League so far.
552 minutes! That's how long the Sagan goalkeeper Il-Gyu Park and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Sagan's previous game was their home loss versus Consadole Sapporo (1-5). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Avispa Fukuoka.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Consadole Sapporo was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sagan playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were two Sagan Tosu wins, three draws and four defeats.
Sagan Tosu have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Cerezo won four, Sagan Tosu won four and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Ōkubo 5 goals |   D. Hayashi 3 goals | K. Yamashita 3 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Sagan Tosu missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Sagan Tosu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 10.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.5 | 12.5 |
| 4.4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 8% | 36% |
- Cerezo Osaka have won all their matches at home so far.
- Sagan Tosu have not yet conceded a single goal in all their games.
- Sagan Tosu have not yet lost a game.
- Sagan Tosu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in J-League
- Sagan Tosu have the most clean sheets (6) in J-League
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Vissel Kobe | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Oita Trinita | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 13 | Urawa Reds | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 1 |
| 19 | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -14 | 0 |