J-League game preview and stats: Oita Trinita host Cerezo Osaka

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ōita Bank Dome (40000 seats)

J-League: Oita Trinita are 18 points after Cerezo Osaka, but are driven to go full throttle. Let's start!

Insights:
  • Oita Trinita have the fewest scored goals (20) in J-League

This looks to be an intriguing game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Oita Trinita form and stats

The overall J-League stats playing at home this season for Oita Trinita are 4-5-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Trinita are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 184 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by K. Isa).

The fans are hoping that Oita Trinita will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the J-League game against Nagoya Grampus (placed 3rd). Shun Takagi had a busy but productive day in the Nagoya Grampus match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Shun Takagi, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.45 out of 10 in that game. Takagi stopped the opponent with seven saves.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Sagan Tosu that finished 0-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Trinita here at Ōita Bank Dome in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 15 games). Oita Trinita's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Cerezo Osaka playing as the away team in the J-League this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Cerezo Osaka in their previous game, as they lost their J-League-match, hosting Kashima Antlers, 1-2. Riki Harakawa got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, top player of the team. Harakawa scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 41 total).

Prior to that result Cerezo won their away game at Sanfrecce Hiroshima. The scoreline was 1-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cerezo Osaka manager A. Kogiku as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Urawa Reds.

The visiting Cerezo Osaka have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 15 games. 19 goals have been conceded by Cerezo in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the contenders played each other earlier this season; Cerezo Osaka - Trinita 1-0. Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Oita Trinita, two draws and seven wins for Cerezo Osaka. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

Cerezo OsakaT. Sakamoto
T. Sakamoto
6 goals
Cerezo OsakaY. Ōkubo
Y. Ōkubo
6 goals
Oita TrinitaY. Machida
Y. Machida
5 goals

Oita Trinita missing players

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Oita Trinita Cerezo Osaka
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 3 15 31
5 4 1 Won W 1 4 10
6 5 3 Drew D 2 4 9
19 6 1 Lost L 0 7 12
20 12 6 Scored S 5 19 40
48 18 7 Conceded C 2 19 41
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 94%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 68%
37% 27% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 45%
17% 13% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 26%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 19%
43% 47% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 55%
17% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 29%
47% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 23%
 
3.5 3.3 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 4.9 5.1
4.7 4.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.9 4.7
0.6 0.9 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.7 0.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.5 5 6 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 11.1 11
2.1 2.1 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4.1 4.3
31% 39% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 30%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Oita Trinita have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Oita Trinita have the fewest scored goals (20) in J-League
  • Oita Trinita have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) 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 23 6 1 65 20 14 12 2 0 29 11 16 11 4 1 36 9 45 75
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 20 6 4 66 28 15 11 3 1 35 9 15 9 3 3 31 19 38 66
3 Nagoya Grampus 31 17 6 8 35 23 16 10 2 4 18 11 15 7 4 4 17 12 12 57
4 Vissel Kobe 29 15 9 5 44 26 14 7 4 3 20 9 15 8 5 2 24 17 18 54
5 Urawa Reds 30 16 6 8 35 27 15 10 3 2 20 13 15 6 3 6 15 14 8 54
6 Kashima Antlers 31 16 5 10 52 32 15 8 3 4 29 18 16 8 2 6 23 14 20 53
7 Sagan Tosu 30 14 9 7 38 26 15 9 4 2 25 11 15 5 5 5 13 15 12 51
8 Avispa Fukuoka 30 13 7 10 37 31 15 9 1 5 21 13 15 4 6 5 16 18 6 46
9 Tokyo 31 13 7 11 42 39 15 7 2 6 25 22 16 6 5 5 17 17 3 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 10 12 9 37 31 16 4 6 6 16 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 6 42
11 Cerezo Osaka 31 10 9 12 40 41 16 6 5 5 21 22 15 4 4 7 19 19 -1 39
12 Consadole Sapporo 30 11 6 13 35 42 16 7 2 7 23 25 14 4 4 6 12 17 -7 39
13 Gamba Osaka 30 9 6 15 24 34 15 4 3 8 14 20 15 5 3 7 10 14 -10 33
14 Kashiwa Reysol 30 10 3 17 30 42 15 5 1 9 17 25 15 5 2 8 13 17 -12 33
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 6 11 13 29 44 15 3 5 7 12 24 15 3 6 6 17 20 -15 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 30 5 12 13 30 36 15 2 9 4 11 12 15 3 3 9 19 24 -6 27
17 Tokushima Vortis 30 7 5 18 22 43 15 3 4 8 12 18 15 4 1 10 10 25 -21 26
18 Vegalta Sendai 30 4 10 16 23 49 15 2 5 8 9 19 15 2 5 8 14 30 -26 22
19 Oita Trinita 30 5 6 19 20 48 15 4 5 6 12 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -28 21
20 Yokohama 30 4 7 19 23 65 15 3 5 7 16 25 15 1 2 12 7 40 -42 19

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 Kawasaki Frontale 30 23 6 1 65 20 14 12 2 0 29 11 16 11 4 1 36 9 45 75
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 20 6 4 66 28 15 11 3 1 35 9 15 9 3 3 31 19 38 66
3 Nagoya Grampus 31 17 6 8 35 23 16 10 2 4 18 11 15 7 4 4 17 12 12 57
4 Vissel Kobe 29 15 9 5 44 26 14 7 4 3 20 9 15 8 5 2 24 17 18 54
5 Urawa Reds 30 16 6 8 35 27 15 10 3 2 20 13 15 6 3 6 15 14 8 54
6 Kashima Antlers 31 16 5 10 52 32 15 8 3 4 29 18 16 8 2 6 23 14 20 53
7 Sagan Tosu 30 14 9 7 38 26 15 9 4 2 25 11 15 5 5 5 13 15 12 51
8 Avispa Fukuoka 30 13 7 10 37 31 15 9 1 5 21 13 15 4 6 5 16 18 6 46
9 Tokyo 31 13 7 11 42 39 15 7 2 6 25 22 16 6 5 5 17 17 3 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 10 12 9 37 31 16 4 6 6 16 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 6 42
11 Cerezo Osaka 31 10 9 12 40 41 16 6 5 5 21 22 15 4 4 7 19 19 -1 39
12 Consadole Sapporo 30 11 6 13 35 42 16 7 2 7 23 25 14 4 4 6 12 17 -7 39
13 Gamba Osaka 30 9 6 15 24 34 15 4 3 8 14 20 15 5 3 7 10 14 -10 33
14 Kashiwa Reysol 30 10 3 17 30 42 15 5 1 9 17 25 15 5 2 8 13 17 -12 33
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 6 11 13 29 44 15 3 5 7 12 24 15 3 6 6 17 20 -15 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 30 5 12 13 30 36 15 2 9 4 11 12 15 3 3 9 19 24 -6 27
17 Tokushima Vortis 30 7 5 18 22 43 15 3 4 8 12 18 15 4 1 10 10 25 -21 26
18 Vegalta Sendai 30 4 10 16 23 49 15 2 5 8 9 19 15 2 5 8 14 30 -26 22
19 Oita Trinita 30 5 6 19 20 48 15 4 5 6 12 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -28 21
20 Yokohama 30 4 7 19 23 65 15 3 5 7 16 25 15 1 2 12 7 40 -42 19

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