Cerezo Osaka and Sanfrecce Hiroshima have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the J-League.
- Cerezo Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Nabisco Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Vegalta Sendai. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Cerezo Osaka have performed here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai this season with 5 wins from 8 J-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Cerezo manager L. Culpi and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Vissel Kobe (placed 7th) in the J-League. The attacker Toshiyuki Takagi was "man of the match" for Cerezo with a rating of 7.35/10. Takagi served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nagoya Grampus (0-1).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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn four and lost four.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cerezo as they are travelling to their away game against Kashima Antlers in the J-League. That match is three days after this one.
Cerezo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. From these home matches, Cerezo Osaka have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
3-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their J-League matches away.
Two away games in a row for Sanfrecce, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Vegalta Sendai in the Nabisco Cup.
A loss against Tokushima Vortis was the result prior to that, in a J-League home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Sanfrecce Hiroshima in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Sanfrecce, two draws and seven defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Sanfrecce are hosting Urawa Reds in the J-League only three days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sanfrecce have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. As opposed to that, Sanfrecce have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Cerezo Osaka-Sanfrecce Hiroshima H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cerezo four wins, Sanfrecce Hiroshima four wins, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Ōkubo 5 goals |  T. Sakamoto 3 goals |  Y. Asano 3 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 18 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 60% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 62% |
| 40% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 44% |
| 27% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 12% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 9.2 | 10.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 34% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 37% | 29% |
- Cerezo Osaka have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cerezo Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 31 | 45 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 27 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 7 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -8 | 12 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 9 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 7 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -18 | 7 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -26 | 6 |