On paper it looks like advantage Cerezo Osaka in this game against Vegalta Sendai, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our full match preview!
- Cerezo Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in J-League
- Vegalta Sendai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It's quite the trip for Vegalta Sendai when visiting Cerezo Osaka as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
5-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Cerezo Osaka so far this season. Cerezo are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.
Cerezo's last game was hosting Albirex Niigata and winning 3-2.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Sagan Tosu that finished 3-3.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cerezo matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, one draw and zero defeats (from four games).
Cerezo has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Cerezo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Vegalta Sendai form and stats
There's been little loot from Vegalta Sendai's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the J-League. Vegalta Sendai only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.
Vegalta's previous game was their home loss versus Gamba Osaka (0-1). Goalkeeper Jakub Słowik got the top player rating of the team with 7.71/10. Słowik stopped the opponent with five saves.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Consadole Sapporo.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Vegalta when being an outsider away as they are today, we find nine matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing two and winning four games.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vegalta as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Vegalta Sendai have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Vegalta Sendai - Cerezo Osaka 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cerezo six wins, three draws and Vegalta Sendai one victory. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Sakamoto 5 goals | M. Kato 5 goals |  Y. Ōkubo 5 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Vegalta Sendai missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Vegalta Sendai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 29 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 27 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 21 | 36 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 67% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 68% |
| 43% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 41% |
| 29% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 27% |
| 24% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 62% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | 55% |
| 24% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 36% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 11.1 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.4 | 9.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 24% |
- Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cerezo Osaka have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cerezo Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Vegalta Sendai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Vegalta Sendai have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vegalta Sendai have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Vegalta Sendai 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 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 38 | 58 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 46 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 41 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 38 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 35 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 26 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 26 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 21 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 20 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -18 | 17 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 16 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 31 | -37 | 11 |