Betting preview: Cerezo Osaka vs Tokyo should be interesting

The hosts Cerezo saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the J-League. This match was also played here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Tokyo have had more rest.

Cerezo Osaka form and stats

5 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Cerezo Osaka have to build on here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in the J-League.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Vissel Kobe in the J-League last time out and are looking for a win here. Midfielder Riki Harakawa was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game. Harakawa hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. Koji Toriumi was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Vissel Kobe after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

A 0-0 draw away in the AFC Champions League before that, with Kitchee the opponent.

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 Osaka have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost three.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cerezo as they are travelling to their away game against Sagan Tosu 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 13 goals in 10 games. Cerezo have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Tokyo form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the J-League. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Tokyo hope to make it five in this match.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Tokyo goalkeeper Go Hatano is eager to challenge this, with his 491 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Tokyo play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Shonan Bellmare (placed 14th). Goalkeeper Go Hatano got the top player rating of the team with 7.52/10. Hatano stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. Kensuke Nagai came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Shonan Bellmare last time out, making the manager K. Hasegawa feel like a tactical genius.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Oita Trinita.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Tokyo in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Tokyo, five draws and three defeats.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Tokyo - Cerezo 3-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cerezo four wins, two draws and Tokyo four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Queiroz de Oliveira 8 goals

Y. Ōkubo 5 goals

A. dos Santos da Silva 4 goals

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Tokyo missing players