5th position in the J-League table for Cerezo Osaka so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Sanfrecce Hiroshima visits Yanmar Stadium Nagai.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Cerezo Osaka, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in J-League, at their home stadium (Yanmar Stadium Nagai) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Cerezo drew their last game, 0-0 away at Shimizu S-Pulse (placed 17th). In the match before that, Cerezo Osaka hosted Gamba Osaka and drew the game 1-1.
Cerezo are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Oita Trinita awaits in four days.
The Cerezo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches. Cerezo Osaka are not conceding a lot of goals here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
Sanfrecce played 0-0 against Yokohama in their previous match. Before that, Sanfrecce Hiroshima secured a home win against Nagoya Grampus with the score 2-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sanfrecce manager H. Jofuku as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Shonan Bellmare.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games (in the league). 14 goals have been conceded by Sanfrecce Hiroshima in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Cerezo 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Cerezo Osaka wins - draws - Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Peruchena Pereira 13 goals |  H. Okuno 7 goals | D. da Silva Vieira 7 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 38 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 41 |
| 29 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 30 |
| 89% | 85% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 89% |
| 70% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 75% |
| 48% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 31% | 46% |
| 22% | 15% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 21% |
| 11% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 14% |
| 52% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 31% | 46% |
| 37% | 54% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 46% | 39% |
| 22% | 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 249 | 131 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 136 | 309 |
| 85 | 42 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 51 | 124 |
| 45% | 43% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 29% | 33% |
- Cerezo Osaka has the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka has the most clean sheets (7) at home in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima has the fewest points from losing position (2) 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 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 48 | 68 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 55 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 50 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 49 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 49 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 48 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 31 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 61 | 51 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 44 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 42 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 21 | -1 | 42 |
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 28 | -5 | 36 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -8 | 33 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -15 | 30 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 32 | 51 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -19 | 27 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -17 | 20 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -21 | 17 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 26 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -29 | 14 |