Betting guide: Cerezo Osaka favourite to beat Vegalta Sendai at Yanmar Stadium Nagai

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 20.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadium Nagai (50000 seats)

The league table in J-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Cerezo Osaka leading Vegalta Sendai by 8 points. Match preview to follow:

It's no vacation for neither Cerezo Osaka nor Vegalta Sendai as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It's quite the trip for Vegalta Sendai when visiting Cerezo Osaka as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Cerezo Osaka, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in J-League, are 5-2-3 (wins-draw-losses). In general it's been a long time since Cerezo Osaka tasted defeat here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games.

Cerezo Osaka drew their last game, also a home match. Vegalta Sendai was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Before that, Cerezo Osaka had a home game versus Nagoya Grampus which ended with a victory 3-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cerezo Osaka's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won 4 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Cerezo Osaka are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 11 goals in 10 matches. Cerezo Osaka have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.

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Vegalta Sendai form and stats

There's been little loot from Vegalta Sendai's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 10 away games. Vegalta Sendai, who have the fewest points (4) away in J-League, only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cerezo Osaka in their previous outing. The J-League match ended in a draw 0-0. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Kashima Antlers.

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 Vegalta Sendai playing away, we found eight games. Results were 3 away wins, 1 draw and 4 home wins.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games, an average of less than one per game. Vegalta Sendai have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Cerezo Osaka - Vegalta Sendai 0-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Cerezo Osaka, 5 draws and 2 wins for Vegalta Sendai. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

Bruno Mendes
5 goals / 1 assists
K. Mizunuma
4 goals / 2 assists
Ramon Lopes
4 goals

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Vegalta Sendai missing players

Cerezo Osaka Vegalta Sendai
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played 4 10 20
9 5 2 Won 0 1 7
4 2 0 Drew 0 1 2
7 3 0 Lost 4 8 11
20 11 3 Scored 2 7 22
12 4 0 Conceded 8 17 30
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 100% 90% 90%
55% 40% 50% Over 1.5 75% 60% 75%
15% 30% 0% Over 2.5 50% 40% 55%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 25% 20% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 10% 5%
15% 10% 0% BTTS 50% 40% 45%
55% 70% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 20% 25%
40% 40% 0% Failed To Score 50% 50% 40%
 
4.8 5.9 5 Corners For (avg) 4.8 5.2 4.9
5.1 4.6 6 Corners Against (avg) 5 4.6 5.3
1 1.2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.8 1 0.9
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cerezo Osaka have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cerezo Osaka have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vegalta Sendai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Cerezo Osaka
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup AFC Champions League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
30-06-19 JL Shonan Bellmare 0 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
06-07-19 JL Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 - 1 Cerezo Osaka
10-07-19 EC Cerezo Osaka 1 - 1 Arterivo Wakayama
13-07-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 3 - 0 Nagoya Grampus
20-07-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 0 - 0 Vegalta Sendai
03-08-19 JL Tokyo 10:00 Cerezo Osaka
11-08-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 09:00 Sagan Tosu
14-08-19 EC Cerezo Osaka 10:00 Renofa Yamaguchi
17-08-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 10:00 Cerezo Osaka
24-08-19 JL Júbilo Iwata 10:00 Cerezo Osaka
Vegalta Sendai
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
30-06-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 2 - 1 Consadole Sapporo
03-07-19 EC Vegalta Sendai 4 - 1 Osaka
06-07-19 JL Urawa Reds 1 - 0 Vegalta Sendai
13-07-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 0 - 4 Kashima Antlers
20-07-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 0 - 0 Vegalta Sendai
03-08-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 10:00 Júbilo Iwata
10-08-19 JL Tokyo 10:00 Vegalta Sendai
14-08-19 EC Vegalta Sendai 09:30 Kataller Toyama
17-08-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 10:00 Kawasaki Frontale
24-08-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 10:00 Shonan Bellmare

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tokyo 20 13 3 4 30 16 12 10 0 2 23 10 8 3 3 2 7 6 14 42
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 20 12 3 5 35 25 10 7 3 0 20 7 10 5 0 5 15 18 10 39
3 Kashima Antlers 19 11 4 4 34 16 10 8 1 1 21 6 9 3 3 3 13 10 18 37
4 Kawasaki Frontale 18 9 8 1 28 11 10 2 7 1 10 7 8 7 1 0 18 4 17 35
5 Oita Trinita 19 9 5 5 23 16 10 5 2 3 12 6 9 4 3 2 11 10 7 32
6 Cerezo Osaka 20 9 4 7 20 12 10 5 2 3 11 4 10 4 2 4 9 8 8 31
7 Consadole Sapporo 20 9 4 7 30 26 10 6 2 2 22 12 10 3 2 5 8 14 4 31
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 19 8 5 6 25 15 9 3 3 3 8 5 10 5 2 3 17 10 10 29
9 Urawa Reds 19 8 3 8 18 25 9 3 1 5 7 15 10 5 2 3 11 10 -7 27
10 Nagoya Grampus 20 7 5 8 29 27 9 5 1 3 13 7 11 2 4 5 16 20 2 26
11 Gamba Osaka 20 6 6 8 25 29 10 3 3 4 12 13 10 3 3 4 13 16 -4 24
12 Shonan Bellmare 20 7 2 11 25 32 10 3 2 5 12 14 10 4 0 6 13 18 -7 23
13 Vegalta Sendai 20 7 2 11 22 30 10 6 1 3 15 13 10 1 1 8 7 17 -8 23
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 20 6 4 10 26 42 9 4 0 5 13 21 11 2 4 5 13 21 -16 22
15 Vissel Kobe 20 6 3 11 30 36 9 3 2 4 16 16 11 3 1 7 14 20 -6 21
16 Matsumoto Yamaga 20 4 6 10 12 26 11 2 3 6 7 14 9 2 3 4 5 12 -14 18
17 Júbilo Iwata 20 4 5 11 14 26 10 1 4 5 10 15 10 3 1 6 4 11 -12 17
18 Sagan Tosu 20 5 2 13 13 29 9 4 0 5 9 13 11 1 2 8 4 16 -16 17

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