The Tokyo & Cerezo Osaka managers K. Hasegawa and M. Lotina Oruecheberría are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the J-League league table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Tokyo form and stats
5-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Tokyo so far this season.
A nice win for Tokyo last time playing, versus Vegalta Sendai. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with H. Mita scoring for the victors. Before that game, the home loss against Oita Trinita with the scoreline 2-3.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tokyo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won six, drawn zero and lost two.
Tokyo are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Sagan Tosu awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Tokyo in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Tokyo have conceded 13 goals.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
The away team, who have the most clean sheets (8) in J-League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the J-League. Cerezo have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Cerezo failed to get anything from their last game, a J-League home match vs Kashima Antlers (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Vissel Kobe.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Cerezo Osaka in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Cerezo, three draws and three defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cerezo manager M. Lotina Oruecheberría as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Vegalta Sendai.
Cerezo Osaka are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. Cerezo have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Cerezo Osaka - Tokyo 0-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Tokyo won two, Cerezo Osaka won five and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Oliveira Moura 8 goals |  D. Queiroz de Oliveira 7 goals |   B. Pereira Mendes 5 goals |
Tokyo missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Tokyo | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 24 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 16 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 74% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 72% |
| 63% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 47% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 22% | 11% |
| 16% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 6% |
| 58% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 50% |
| 37% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 44% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 187 | 93 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 73 | 140 |
| 76 | 35 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 28 | 50 |
| 41% | 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 50% | 46% |
- Cerezo Osaka has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka has the most clean sheets (8) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cerezo Osaka have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Tokyo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tokyo haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 39 | 47 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 39 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 11 | Oita Trinita | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 17 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 12 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 11 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 9 |