The football year has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, loss and gain leading to mid-table positions so far. Make ready for Tokyo - Cerezo Osaka!
- Tokyo have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cerezo Osaka have the most matches over the total-line (6) in J-League
This looks to be an engaging fixture with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get ready!
Tokyo form and stats
Seven points from three J-League home games is a great start for Tokyo, who are hoping to build on that form here at Ajinomoto Stadium.
Tokyo drew their last game, also a home match. Shonan Bellmare (placed 7th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Tokyo's goalie Słowik played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Shonan Bellmare with a stunning seven saves.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Gamba Osaka in the Nabisco Cup.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Tokyo, as the Nabisco Cup home game vs Gamba Osaka is only four days away.
Goals decide football matches and Tokyo are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
The J-League season is young and Cerezo Osaka have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Cerezo in their previous game as they lost hosting Consadole Sapporo, 2-3. That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points. The attacker Ceará got a match rating of 8.52 in that game. Ceará scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A loss, in the Nabisco Cup away at Kyoto Sanga, earlier.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kyoto Sanga in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cerezo Osaka as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Cerezo Osaka have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Tokyo wins - draws - Cerezo Osaka wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. de Sousa Pereira 3 goals |   D. Queiroz de Oliveira 2 goals | T. Nakagawa 2 goals |
Tokyo missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Tokyo | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 29% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 29% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 4.4 | 6 | 12 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.7 | 4.1 |
| 1.6 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 12.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.7 | 10 |
| 3.6 | 5.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 32% | 44% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 45% |
| 8.9 | 11.7 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.7 | 11.1 |
| 3.7 | 5.3 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
- All of Tokyo's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cerezo Osaka have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka have the most matches over the total-line (6) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cerezo Osaka have yet to win a game away.
- Tokyo have not yet lost a game at home.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Shonan Bellmare | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Kawasaki Frontale | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Kashima Antlers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 2 |
