The Cerezo Osaka & Urawa Reds managers M. Lotina Oruecheberría and T. Ōtsuki are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the J-League league table.
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
When playing at home in the J-League, Cerezo Osaka, who have the most clean sheets (4) at home in J-League, have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
A good away victory last time out for Cerezo, who won 2-1 against Yokohama (placed 13th). Ahead of that match, Cerezo won a home game hosting Vegalta Sendai (2-1).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cerezo handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, two draws and two defeats.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cerezo here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). As for guarding their own goal, Cerezo Osaka have only let in 3 goals at home.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa Reds's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Urawa Reds collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the J-League. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
The supporters enjoyed Urawa's previous game versus Oita Trinita (placed 14th), a J-League 2-1 win played at home. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Vissel Kobe.
Urawa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and four defeats. From a total of ten matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sagan Tosu in just four days.
The Urawa Reds manager T. Ōtsuki has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. Urawa Reds have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cerezo Osaka five wins, three draws and Urawa Reds two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Nascimento Lopes de Souza 9 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 18 |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 85% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 69% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 77% |
| 46% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 54% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 15% |
| 54% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 54% |
| 38% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 23% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 23% |
| 4.4 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 5.9 | 6.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.3 | 7.1 |
| 0.8 | 1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | 39 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 36 | 94 |
| 33 | 12 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 18 | 36 |
| 42% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 36% |
- All of Urawa Reds's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cerezo Osaka has the most clean sheets (4) at home
- Cerezo Osaka have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Urawa Reds have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cerezo Osaka have scored home.
- Urawa Reds haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 35 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Gamba Osaka | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 9 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 15 | Vegalta Sendai | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 9 |
| 17 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 4 |