Football tips: Kawasaki Frontale vs Cerezo Osaka - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Wed 18.March
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium (27495 seats)

Game week two of the J-League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Kawasaki Frontale - Cerezo Osaka preview:

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Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

The first J-League game here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Kawasaki Frontale's home game statistics were 5 victories, 9 draws and 3 defeats from 17 games.

The spoils were shared in Kawasaki Frontale's previous game, also at home. Visiting Sagan Tosu (placed 12th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Kawasaki Frontale won a home game hosting Shimizu S-Pulse (5-1).

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Kawasaki Frontale at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

Last season, Kawasaki Frontale's league statistics were 16 wins, 12 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the J-League. Over these 34 matches they scored 57 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season Kawasaki Frontale managed 5-9-3 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 17 conceded.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

Cerezo Osaka have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jin-Hyeon Kim. It's been 252 minutes since they last conceded in J-League.

The supporters enjoyed Cerezo Osaka's previous game versus Oita Trinita (placed 15th), a J-League 1-0 win played at home. Before that, Cerezo Osaka secured a home win against Matsumoto Yamaga with the score 4-1.

Let's have a look at how Cerezo Osaka performed last season in the J-League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 5 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 18/14 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Kawasaki Frontale wins - draws - Cerezo Osaka wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kawasaki Frontale
Y. Kobayashi
13 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleL. da Silva dos Santos
L. da Silva dos Santos
9 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleH. Abe
H. Abe
7 goals

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kawasaki Frontale Cerezo Osaka
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
6 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 12
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
19 19 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 9
4 4 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
Kawasaki Frontale Last season Cerezo Osaka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
16 5   Won W   9 18
12 9   Drew D   2 5
6 3   Lost L   6 11
57 21   Scored S   18 39
34 17   Conceded C   14 25
91% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
82% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 62%
53% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   18% 29%
32% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 3%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
56% 65%   BTTS BTTS   24% 29%
38% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 44%
15% 24%   Failed to Score F T   35% 32%
 
5.1 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.9
4.1 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 5.9
1.1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.8 0.9
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
485 263   Total Shots T S   194 409
183 94   Shots on Target S O   72 153
31% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Urawa Reds 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
5 Gamba Osaka 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Cerezo Osaka 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Nagoya Grampus 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Vegalta Sendai 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Vissel Kobe 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yokohama 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Kawasaki Frontale 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sagan Tosu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Oita Trinita 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Kashima Antlers 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 22 4 8 68 38 17 12 3 2 37 14 17 10 1 6 31 24 30 70
2 Tokyo 34 19 7 8 46 29 17 12 2 3 29 13 17 7 5 5 17 16 17 64
3 Kashima Antlers 34 18 9 7 54 30 17 11 3 3 30 15 17 7 6 4 24 15 24 63
4 Kawasaki Frontale 34 16 12 6 57 34 17 5 9 3 21 17 17 11 3 3 36 17 23 60
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 18 5 11 39 25 17 9 3 5 21 11 17 9 2 6 18 14 14 59
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 45 29 17 7 7 3 21 11 17 8 3 6 24 18 16 55
7 Gamba Osaka 34 12 11 11 54 48 17 7 6 4 28 18 17 5 5 7 26 30 6 47
8 Vissel Kobe 34 14 5 15 61 59 17 8 3 6 33 26 17 6 2 9 28 33 2 47
9 Oita Trinita 34 12 11 11 35 35 17 7 3 7 18 16 17 5 8 4 17 19 0 47
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 13 7 14 54 49 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 6 3 8 24 27 5 46
11 Vegalta Sendai 34 12 5 17 38 45 17 9 4 4 25 19 17 3 1 13 13 26 -7 41
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 11 6 17 45 69 17 7 1 9 21 40 17 4 5 8 24 29 -24 39
13 Nagoya Grampus 34 9 10 15 45 50 17 7 3 7 22 18 17 2 7 8 23 32 -5 37
14 Urawa Reds 34 9 10 15 34 50 17 4 3 10 16 29 17 5 7 5 18 21 -16 37
15 Sagan Tosu 34 10 6 18 32 53 17 7 2 8 21 30 17 3 4 10 11 23 -21 36
16 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 6 18 40 63 17 5 3 9 19 34 17 5 3 9 21 29 -23 36
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 34 6 13 15 21 40 17 2 8 7 10 18 17 4 5 8 11 22 -19 31
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 8 7 19 29 51 17 2 5 10 16 28 17 6 2 9 13 23 -22 31

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 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Urawa Reds 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
5 Gamba Osaka 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Cerezo Osaka 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Nagoya Grampus 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Vegalta Sendai 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Vissel Kobe 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yokohama 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Kawasaki Frontale 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sagan Tosu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Oita Trinita 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Kashima Antlers 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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