Cerezo Osaka favourites for feisty fight facing Sagan Tosu

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadium Nagai (47000 seats)

This promises to be another engaging encounter at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in the J-League. Cerezo Osaka is in 17th place and host Sagan Tosu in 10th position. Read about the game here!

Insights:
  • Cerezo Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in J-League

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.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

A J-League draw at home so far for Cerezo Osaka. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 17 matches.

Cerezo's previous fixture was a Nabisco Cup game also played at their home, finishing 1-0 versus Tokyo. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.

A J-League defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Urawa Reds.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cerezo Osaka have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cerezo Osaka at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first J-League away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats.

Sagan Tosu delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Consadole Sapporo in their previous match; a Nabisco Cup fixture.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Nagoya Grampus in the J-League.

Sagan are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Sagan Tosu have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Cerezo Osaka have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) against Sagan Tosu.

Top Goalscorers

CerezoH. Okuno
H. Okuno
1 goals
Cerezo OsakaH. Tameda
H. Tameda
1 goals
Cerezo OsakaS. Uejo
S. Uejo
1 goals

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Sagan Tosu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cerezo Osaka Sagan Tosu
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 1 Drew D 1 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 2 2 Scored S 1 1 3
6 2 2 Conceded C 1 1 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 10 10 5.7
2.7 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 5.3
1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7 8.7
3.3 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.3
40% 67% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 30%
 
12.3 10 10 Shots against (avg) S A 18 18 17.3
5 6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 8
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Cerezo Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in J-League
Cerezo Osaka Last season Sagan Tosu
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
13 7   Won W   4 9
12 5   Drew D   6 15
9 5   Lost L   7 10
46 23   Scored S   22 45
40 20   Conceded C   31 44
91% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 82%
74% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 71%
53% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 50%
26% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 32%
6% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 15%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 47%
26% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 35%
29% 29%   Failed to Score F T   35% 35%
 
4.8 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 4.5
4.5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.7
0.8 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.1
3 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.4 13.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 10.2
4.6 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.4
29% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 39%
 
11.4 9.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12 10.9
4.1 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vissel Kobe 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 7 9
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 7
3 Kashima Antlers 3 2 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 6
4 Avispa Fukuoka 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
5 Nagoya Grampus 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
6 Shonan Bellmare 3 1 2 0 8 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 6 2 4 5
7 Albirex Niigata 3 1 2 0 6 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
8 Kawasaki Frontale 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
9 Tokyo 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 4
10 Sagan Tosu 3 1 1 1 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 4
11 Kyoto Sanga 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
12 Urawa Reds 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -3 3
13 Kashiwa Reysol 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
15 Consadole Sapporo 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 -2 2
16 Gamba Osaka 3 0 2 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 6 -4 2
17 Cerezo Osaka 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
18 Yokohama 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
Last season 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 34 20 8 6 70 35 17 12 3 2 33 10 17 8 5 4 37 25 35 68
2 Kawasaki Frontale 34 20 6 8 65 42 17 14 1 2 38 18 17 6 5 6 27 24 23 66
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 52 41 17 10 3 4 31 15 17 5 7 5 21 26 11 55
4 Kashima Antlers 34 13 13 8 47 42 17 7 6 4 25 22 17 6 7 4 22 20 5 52
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 13 12 9 46 40 17 7 5 5 23 20 17 6 7 4 23 20 6 51
6 Tokyo 34 14 7 13 46 43 17 8 5 4 27 15 17 6 2 9 19 28 3 49
7 Kashiwa Reysol 34 13 8 13 43 44 17 6 3 8 22 25 17 7 5 5 21 19 -1 47
8 Nagoya Grampus 34 11 13 10 30 35 17 7 6 4 17 17 17 4 7 6 13 18 -5 46
9 Urawa Reds 34 10 15 9 48 39 17 7 8 2 32 17 17 3 7 7 16 22 9 45
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 11 12 11 45 55 17 7 6 4 25 24 17 4 6 7 20 31 -10 45
11 Sagan Tosu 34 9 15 10 45 44 17 5 9 3 23 13 17 4 6 7 22 31 1 42
12 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 11 13 31 39 17 5 6 6 15 22 17 5 5 7 16 17 -8 41
13 Vissel Kobe 34 11 7 16 35 41 17 7 3 7 21 16 17 4 4 9 14 25 -6 40
14 Avispa Fukuoka 34 9 11 14 29 38 17 5 6 6 17 18 17 4 5 8 12 20 -9 38
15 Gamba Osaka 34 9 10 15 33 44 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 4 8 15 23 -11 37
16 Kyoto Sanga 34 8 12 14 30 38 17 5 6 6 16 17 17 3 6 8 14 21 -8 36
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 7 12 15 44 54 17 2 8 7 20 29 17 5 4 8 24 25 -10 33
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 6 12 16 32 57 17 4 7 6 21 28 17 2 5 10 11 29 -25 30

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vissel Kobe 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 7 9
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 7
3 Kashima Antlers 3 2 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 6
4 Avispa Fukuoka 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
5 Nagoya Grampus 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
6 Shonan Bellmare 3 1 2 0 8 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 6 2 4 5
7 Albirex Niigata 3 1 2 0 6 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
8 Kawasaki Frontale 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
9 Tokyo 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 4
10 Sagan Tosu 3 1 1 1 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 4
11 Kyoto Sanga 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
12 Urawa Reds 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -3 3
13 Kashiwa Reysol 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 2
15 Consadole Sapporo 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 -2 2
16 Gamba Osaka 3 0 2 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 6 -4 2
17 Cerezo Osaka 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 1
18 Yokohama 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1

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