Cerezo Osaka perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Urawa Reds can look both up and down from their 10th position.
- Cerezo Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka have scored more than double the goals of Urawa Reds.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a J-League match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Tokushima Vortis, was also a home game here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai. The away team is better rested.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai as Cerezo Osaka have scored 9 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the J-League are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Cerezo fans got no joy from their last match, a J-League game also here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai: A 1-2 defeat against Tokushima Vortis (placed 9th). In the match before that, Cerezo hosted Avispa Fukuoka and drew the game 2-2.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cerezo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won eight times, drawn four and lost two.
The Cerezo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Cerezo have conceded only 5 goals.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa Reds are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the J-League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
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. Urawa goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa is eager to challenge this, with his 225 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Takahiro Sekine secured the home win 1-0 against Tokushima Vortis in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Shimizu S-Pulse.
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, five draws and four defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The schedule is very tough for Urawa Reds now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Nabisco Cup game at Yokohama is waiting in only three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Urawa as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Urawa Reds's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
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, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Ōkubo 5 goals |  T. Sakamoto 2 goals | M. Kato 2 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 64% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 36% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 55% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 9.7 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 8.7 | 7.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 42% | 39% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 33% |
- All of Urawa Reds's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cerezo Osaka have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cerezo Osaka have scored more than double the goals of Urawa Reds.
- Cerezo Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Tokushima Vortis | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -15 | 2 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -20 | 1 |