Football betting preview: Kashima Antlers vs Cerezo Osaka

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kashima Soccer Stadium (40728 seats)

Sit down for a show! Today's starring characters are Kashima Antlers and Cerezo Osaka, 3 points is the objective and 1 1/2 hours the playing time.

Insights:
  • Kashima Antlers have the most clean sheets (12) in J-League
  • Cerezo Osaka have the fewest points from losing position (2) in J-League

Kashima Antlers and Cerezo Osaka should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Kashima Antlers form and stats

The story so far in the J-League for Kashima Antlers at their home stadium (Kashima Soccer Stadium) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Kashima Antlers are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Kashima's previous match was also a home event, the defeat 1-2 versus Nagoya Grampus (in Nabisco Cup).

In the match before, 1-1 away to Nagoya Grampus (Nabisco Cup). The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kashima Antlers handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Kashima Antlers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kashima Soccer Stadium with 18 goals in 12 league matches. Kashima are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kashima Soccer Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

As the visiting team in J-League matches, Cerezo Osaka have produced an overall stat of 6-2-4 so far.

Cerezo Osaka won their last game, 3-0 versus Kawasaki Frontale played at home. Yang (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.01. Yang topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Cerezo Osaka secured a home win against Nagoya Grampus with the score 3-1.

Cerezo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Cerezo Osaka are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 12 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Cerezo Osaka in these games.

Head 2 Head

Kashima Antlers have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Cerezo Osaka.

These opponents have battled earlier this season: Cerezo Osaka - Kashima 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

Kashima AntlersY. Suzuki
Y. Suzuki
11 goals
Cerezo OsakaL. de Sousa Pereira
L. de Sousa Pereira
10 goals
Kashima AntlersK. Chinen
K. Chinen
5 goals

Kashima Antlers missing players

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kashima Antlers Cerezo Osaka
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 2 Played P 2 12 26
12 6 1 Won W 0 6 14
7 3 0 Drew D 0 2 3
7 3 1 Lost L 2 4 9
37 18 3 Scored S 2 17 38
24 11 5 Conceded C 5 13 26
88% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
69% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 69%
46% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 58% 54%
23% 17% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 19%
4% 8% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
46% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 54%
46% 58% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 31%
19% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 19%
 
4.4 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.6 4.3
5 5.2 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 5.2 5.1
1.4 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.7 0.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.4 10.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.8 11.4
3.7 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.7 4.3
38% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 34%
 
10.3 11.5 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 11.6
2.5 2.9 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.5 3.7
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cerezo Osaka have the fewest points from losing position (2) in J-League
  • Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kashima Antlers have the most clean sheets (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 Vissel Kobe 26 15 7 4 48 23 14 8 4 2 25 12 12 7 3 2 23 11 25 52
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 15 5 6 49 32 12 9 2 1 29 11 14 6 3 5 20 21 17 50
3 Nagoya Grampus 26 13 7 6 34 25 14 8 6 0 20 10 12 5 1 6 14 15 9 46
4 Cerezo Osaka 26 14 3 9 38 26 14 8 1 5 21 13 12 6 2 4 17 13 12 45
5 Urawa Reds 26 12 9 5 31 20 12 7 4 1 19 9 14 5 5 4 12 11 11 45
6 Kashima Antlers 26 12 7 7 37 24 12 6 3 3 18 11 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 43
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 12 5 9 31 25 13 7 3 3 18 12 13 5 2 6 13 13 6 41
8 Avispa Fukuoka 26 11 5 10 26 30 13 7 2 4 14 13 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 38
9 Kawasaki Frontale 26 9 6 11 34 36 12 4 4 4 16 13 14 5 2 7 18 23 -2 33
10 Tokyo 26 9 6 11 33 37 13 7 2 4 23 17 13 2 4 7 10 20 -4 33
11 Gamba Osaka 26 9 6 11 35 46 12 6 3 3 19 14 14 3 3 8 16 32 -11 33
12 Consadole Sapporo 26 8 8 10 48 49 12 4 2 6 22 20 14 4 6 4 26 29 -1 32
13 Sagan Tosu 26 8 7 11 32 33 14 4 4 6 14 20 12 4 3 5 18 13 -1 31
14 Kyoto Sanga 26 9 2 15 30 36 13 6 0 7 15 16 13 3 2 8 15 20 -6 29
15 Albirex Niigata 26 7 8 11 26 35 13 4 4 5 16 20 13 3 4 6 10 15 -9 29
16 Kashiwa Reysol 26 4 11 11 23 35 14 2 8 4 14 19 12 2 3 7 9 16 -12 23
17 Yokohama 26 5 7 14 22 46 14 4 3 7 14 21 12 1 4 7 8 25 -24 22
18 Shonan Bellmare 26 3 9 14 32 51 13 2 4 7 15 26 13 1 5 7 17 25 -19 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vissel Kobe 26 15 7 4 48 23 14 8 4 2 25 12 12 7 3 2 23 11 25 52
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 15 5 6 49 32 12 9 2 1 29 11 14 6 3 5 20 21 17 50
3 Nagoya Grampus 26 13 7 6 34 25 14 8 6 0 20 10 12 5 1 6 14 15 9 46
4 Cerezo Osaka 26 14 3 9 38 26 14 8 1 5 21 13 12 6 2 4 17 13 12 45
5 Urawa Reds 26 12 9 5 31 20 12 7 4 1 19 9 14 5 5 4 12 11 11 45
6 Kashima Antlers 26 12 7 7 37 24 12 6 3 3 18 11 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 43
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 12 5 9 31 25 13 7 3 3 18 12 13 5 2 6 13 13 6 41
8 Avispa Fukuoka 26 11 5 10 26 30 13 7 2 4 14 13 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 38
9 Kawasaki Frontale 26 9 6 11 34 36 12 4 4 4 16 13 14 5 2 7 18 23 -2 33
10 Tokyo 26 9 6 11 33 37 13 7 2 4 23 17 13 2 4 7 10 20 -4 33
11 Gamba Osaka 26 9 6 11 35 46 12 6 3 3 19 14 14 3 3 8 16 32 -11 33
12 Consadole Sapporo 26 8 8 10 48 49 12 4 2 6 22 20 14 4 6 4 26 29 -1 32
13 Sagan Tosu 26 8 7 11 32 33 14 4 4 6 14 20 12 4 3 5 18 13 -1 31
14 Kyoto Sanga 26 9 2 15 30 36 13 6 0 7 15 16 13 3 2 8 15 20 -6 29
15 Albirex Niigata 26 7 8 11 26 35 13 4 4 5 16 20 13 3 4 6 10 15 -9 29
16 Kashiwa Reysol 26 4 11 11 23 35 14 2 8 4 14 19 12 2 3 7 9 16 -12 23
17 Yokohama 26 5 7 14 22 46 14 4 3 7 14 21 12 1 4 7 8 25 -24 22
18 Shonan Bellmare 26 3 9 14 32 51 13 2 4 7 15 26 13 1 5 7 17 25 -19 18

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