Fixture prediction for J-League: Urawa Reds - Cerezo Osaka at Saitama Stadium 2002

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

Cerezo Osaka have travelled here for an absorbing duel versus the hosts Urawa Reds. Prepare for the match with this thorough J-League preview!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Urawa Reds form and stats

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 214 minutes without scoring a league goal. Iwanami was the last player to find the net.

Urawa Reds faced defeat in their previous match, away at Yokohama F. Marinos (0-2). Midfielder Ito was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. Ito dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 39 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Tokyo.

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 Urawa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 1.

There will be little rest for Urawa Reds after this match as they are travelling to Shonan Bellmare for a Nabisco Cup game in only four days.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the J-League ended in defeat. Last season Cerezo Osaka had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 6, drew 7 and lost 4.

Cerezo Osaka lost away at Avispa Fukuoka (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. The attacker Uejo got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Uejo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A draw for Cerezo Osaka before that, at their own venue hosting Albirex Niigata (2-2).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cerezo Osaka playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 3 Cerezo wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Cerezo Osaka, the Nabisco Cup home match versus Tokyo. Busy days.

{1 goals} so far away for Cerezo Osaka, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Cerezo Osaka have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Urawa.

Top Goalscorers

Cerezo OsakaH. Okuno
H. Okuno
1 goals
Cerezo OsakaH. Tameda
H. Tameda
1 goals
Cerezo OsakaS. Uejo
S. Uejo
1 goals

Urawa Reds missing players

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Urawa Reds Cerezo Osaka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 0 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 1 3
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 5
7.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 3.5
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 9.5
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 4.5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 33%
 
12.5 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 12
4.5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 5
Urawa Reds Last season Cerezo Osaka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 7   Won W   6 13
15 8   Drew D   7 12
9 2   Lost L   4 9
48 32   Scored S   23 46
39 17   Conceded C   20 40
85% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 91%
71% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 74%
47% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
29% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 26%
18% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 6%
53% 65%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
29% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 26%
32% 18%   Failed to Score F T   29% 29%
 
5 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.8
4.1 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.5
0.7 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.8 0.8
3 3   Red cards R C   0 3
 
12.9 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.3 12.4
4.8 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.6
29% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 29%
 
10.6 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 11.4
3.5 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.1

  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 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
2 Vissel Kobe 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
3 Nagoya Grampus 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Shonan Bellmare 2 1 1 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 4
5 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Kashima Antlers 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
7 Kawasaki Frontale 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
8 Avispa Fukuoka 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Gamba Osaka 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
10 Kashiwa Reysol 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Albirex Niigata 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Cerezo Osaka 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 Yokohama 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
15 Consadole Sapporo 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
16 Sagan Tosu 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
17 Kyoto Sanga 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
18 Urawa Reds 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 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 20 8 6 70 35 17 12 3 2 33 10 17 8 5 4 37 25 35 68
2 Kawasaki Frontale 34 20 6 8 65 42 17 14 1 2 38 18 17 6 5 6 27 24 23 66
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 52 41 17 10 3 4 31 15 17 5 7 5 21 26 11 55
4 Kashima Antlers 34 13 13 8 47 42 17 7 6 4 25 22 17 6 7 4 22 20 5 52
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 13 12 9 46 40 17 7 5 5 23 20 17 6 7 4 23 20 6 51
6 Tokyo 34 14 7 13 46 43 17 8 5 4 27 15 17 6 2 9 19 28 3 49
7 Kashiwa Reysol 34 13 8 13 43 44 17 6 3 8 22 25 17 7 5 5 21 19 -1 47
8 Nagoya Grampus 34 11 13 10 30 35 17 7 6 4 17 17 17 4 7 6 13 18 -5 46
9 Urawa Reds 34 10 15 9 48 39 17 7 8 2 32 17 17 3 7 7 16 22 9 45
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 11 12 11 45 55 17 7 6 4 25 24 17 4 6 7 20 31 -10 45
11 Sagan Tosu 34 9 15 10 45 44 17 5 9 3 23 13 17 4 6 7 22 31 1 42
12 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 11 13 31 39 17 5 6 6 15 22 17 5 5 7 16 17 -8 41
13 Vissel Kobe 34 11 7 16 35 41 17 7 3 7 21 16 17 4 4 9 14 25 -6 40
14 Avispa Fukuoka 34 9 11 14 29 38 17 5 6 6 17 18 17 4 5 8 12 20 -9 38
15 Gamba Osaka 34 9 10 15 33 44 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 4 8 15 23 -11 37
16 Kyoto Sanga 34 8 12 14 30 38 17 5 6 6 16 17 17 3 6 8 14 21 -8 36
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 7 12 15 44 54 17 2 8 7 20 29 17 5 4 8 24 25 -10 33
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 6 12 16 32 57 17 4 7 6 21 28 17 2 5 10 11 29 -25 30

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 Yokohama F. Marinos 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
2 Vissel Kobe 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
3 Nagoya Grampus 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Shonan Bellmare 2 1 1 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 4
5 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Kashima Antlers 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
7 Kawasaki Frontale 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
8 Avispa Fukuoka 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Gamba Osaka 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
10 Kashiwa Reysol 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Albirex Niigata 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Cerezo Osaka 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 Yokohama 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
15 Consadole Sapporo 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
16 Sagan Tosu 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
17 Kyoto Sanga 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
18 Urawa Reds 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0

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