The league table in J-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Cerezo Osaka leading Shonan Bellmare by 22 points. Match preview to follow:
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.
Cerezo Osaka are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Shonan Bellmare are struggling to avoid relegation.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
8 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Cerezo Osaka, who have the fewest conceded goals (23) in J-League, have to build on here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in the J-League.
Cerezo Osaka's last game was hosting Shonan Bellmare (placed 16th) and winning 1-0. In the match before that, Cerezo Osaka hosted Matsumoto Yamaga and drew the game 1-1.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cerezo Osaka handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W7-D2-L2.
Cerezo Osaka has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 16 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 16 matches.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest clean sheets (3) in J-League, are W5-D1-L9 on the road this term. That's in the J-League. With the Shonan Bellmare losing streak of six defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on B. Ukishima, the Shonan Bellmare manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Shonan Bellmare play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Cerezo Osaka (placed 5th). A loss against Gamba Osaka was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Shonan Bellmare are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
Shonan Bellmare have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Shonan Bellmare have conceded 27 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Cerezo Osaka and Shonan Bellmare have met before this season: Cerezo Osaka - Shonan Bellmare 1-0. Cerezo Osaka-Shonan Bellmare H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cerezo Osaka 7 wins, Shonan Bellmare 1 win, 2 draws. 7 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Mizunuma 6 goals |  H. Okuno 6 goals |  Bruno Mendes 6 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Shonan Bellmare missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 35 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 19 | 37 |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 27 | 61 |
| 94% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 61% | 50% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 87% |
| 29% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 47% | 52% |
| 3% | 6% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | 39% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| 29% | 31% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 53% | 55% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 10% |
| 32% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 33% | 35% |
| 4.9 | 5.9 | 6.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 5.9 | 5.2 | 6.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shonan Bellmare haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tokyo | 31 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 62 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 31 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 60 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 61 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 59 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 32 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 54 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 25 | 57 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 53 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 51 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 43 |
| 8 | Oita Trinita | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 43 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 38 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 31 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 53 | 57 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 32 | -4 | 38 |
| 11 | Nagoya Grampus | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 30 | -3 | 36 |
| 12 | Urawa Reds | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -15 | 36 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 23 | -8 | 35 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 42 | 64 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | -22 | 35 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 32 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 61 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 27 | -24 | 31 |
| 17 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 30 |
| 18 | Júbilo Iwata | 31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 45 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -21 | 25 |