Cerezo Osaka are considered as expected winners of this home game against Shonan Bellmare, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Cerezo Osaka have the fewest points from losing position (2) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the most conceded goals (53) 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
8-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Cerezo Osaka so far this season. Cerezo Osaka has recorded two wins in a row here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. Watanabe was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager Kogiku led his Cerezo to a defeat away at Vissel Kobe. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai. Toriumi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.15 out of 10. The defender Toriumi hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Cerezo Osaka lost 0-1 at Kashima Antlers's place.A decent goal production from Cerezo Osaka in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. Cerezo have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
There's been little loot from Shonan Bellmare's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the J-League. Shonan Bellmare only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.
The manager Yamaguchi was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka. Shonan Bellmare suffered a 0-2 loss to Kawasaki Frontale (placed 9th). Kim was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.63. The defender Kim won 8 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Consadole Sapporo at their stadium, the result 1-0.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Shonan Bellmare playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 2 home wins.
Shonan Bellmare are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 14 games (in the league). Bellmare have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Cerezo Osaka have managed a streak of 6 consecutive games without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Shonan Bellmare.Shonan Bellmare - Cerezo Osaka 0-2 was the product when this pair of teams previously did battle, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  L. de Sousa Pereira 10 goals |   Y. Ohashi 8 goals |  S. Uejo 4 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Shonan Bellmare missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 38 | 21 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 33 |
| 28 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | 53 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | 54% |
| 18% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 43% | 43% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 21% | 21% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 71% | 61% |
| 29% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 21% | 32% |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| 5 | 5 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 11.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.9 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 33% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 27% |
| 11.5 | 11.2 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.4 | 15.4 | 14.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.4 | 6.4 | 6 |
- Cerezo Osaka have the fewest points from losing position (2) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Shonan Bellmare have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shonan Bellmare have the fewest clean sheets (2) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the most conceded goals (53) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in J-League
- 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 | Vissel Kobe | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 24 | 55 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 54 |
| 3 | Urawa Reds | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 49 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 47 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 46 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 45 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 44 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 44 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -4 | 36 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 50 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -13 | 34 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 30 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 31 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 33 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 33 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 17 | -2 | 32 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 26 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -27 | 22 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -20 | 21 |
