The league table in J-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Cerezo Osaka leading Yokohama by 24 points. Match preview to follow:
- Cerezo Osaka has the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in J-League
- Yokohama has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in J-League
It's no vacation for neither Cerezo nor Yokohama 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.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Cerezo Osaka, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in J-League, have collected 24 points from their J-League home games so far after 7-3-4.
Cerezo enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Oita Trinita's place. The match ended 1-0 with H. Kiyotake scoring. Before that game, the home loss against Sanfrecce Hiroshima with the scoreline 0-1.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cerezo Osaka matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, one draw and zero defeats (from three games).
Cerezo Osaka has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. From these home matches, Cerezo Osaka have conceded only 11 goals.
Yokohama form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Yokohama so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-9 (win-draw-lose).
Yokohama failed to get anything from their last game, a J-League home match vs Shimizu S-Pulse (placed 17th) that ended with defeat 1-3. Before that, Yokohama travelled to Sanfrecce Hiroshima and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
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 Yokohama playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, two draws and one home win.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Yokohama have scored 16 goals in 15 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Yokohama struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 27 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Yokohama - Cerezo 1-2. Last eight meetings between the teams: Cerezo won two, Yokohama won two and four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Kiyotake 7 goals |  H. Okuno 7 goals |  Y. Matsuo 7 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Yokohama missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Yokohama | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 40 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 34 |
| 33 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 27 | 55 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 69% | 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 48% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 62% |
| 24% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 34% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 24% |
| 52% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 53% | 59% |
| 34% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 14% |
| 21% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6 | 10.1 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 6.5 | 7.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 43% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 40% | 42% |
- Cerezo Osaka has the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka has the most clean sheets (7) at home in J-League
- Yokohama has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in J-League
| 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 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 79 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 54 | 75 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 58 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 55 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 52 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 31 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 52 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 51 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 68 | 56 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 47 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 47 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 27 | -5 | 45 |
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 44 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 28 | -8 | 36 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -8 | 36 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 52 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 34 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 29 |
| 15 | Yokohama | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -21 | 28 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -17 | 24 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 41 | 62 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -21 | 23 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 27 | -26 | 21 |