This could be an interesting match as Urawa Reds have their presumed home advantage while Cerezo Osaka are ahead 11 points in the J-League table.
Urawa Reds and Cerezo Osaka should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Urawa Reds form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Urawa Reds have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 13 games.
The Urawa supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Vegalta Sendai in J-League and win 6-0. Before that, Urawa Reds played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Kashiwa Reysol.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Urawa played a great game against Vegalta Sendai and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The Urawa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. On the other hand, Urawa have conceded 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Cerezo Osaka have an excellent away record in the J-League so far with 8-1-3 from 12 games.
Cerezo Osaka won their last game, 4-1 versus Yokohama F. Marinos played at home. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Shonan Bellmare.
The travelling fans enjoy Cerezo Osaka's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 12 league matches away. 16 goals have been conceded by Cerezo in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cerezo Osaka - Urawa Reds 3-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Urawa victories, three draws and five Cerezo Osaka wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Urawa Reds missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Urawa Reds | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 34 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | 36 |
| 37 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 25 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 62% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 71% |
| 54% | 46% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 58% | 50% |
| 29% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 21% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 46% | 31% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 50% |
| 25% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 38% |
| 33% | 46% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 194 | 111 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 98 | 192 |
| 67 | 37 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 38 | 68 |
| 37% | 38% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 45% | 47% |
- Cerezo Osaka has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 49 | 65 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 48 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 47 |
| 4 | Gamba Osaka | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 45 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 42 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 38 |
| 8 | Kashiwa Reysol | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 37 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 20 | -3 | 37 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -9 | 29 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 24 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -18 | 24 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -23 | 13 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -24 | 13 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 12 |