The visiting Cerezo Osaka side should be favourites in this visit to Vegalta Sendai, as the away team holds a 28 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Vegalta nor Cerezo Osaka as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Cerezo Osaka when visiting Vegalta as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Vegalta Sendai form and stats
Vegalta Sendai's results here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai in the J-League have been very modest with 0 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Vegalta are slowly digging their own grave here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Nagoya Grampus match. It's trouble wherever Vegalta are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
In their previous game, the manager T. Kiyama led his Vegalta Sendai to a defeat in the J-League match away at Yokohama F. Marinos. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai. Prior to that, an away loss at Tokyo.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Vegalta here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Vegalta have conceded 16 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the J-League.
Cerezo lost away at Tokyo (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 1-2 loss hosting Kashima Antlers before that.
The travelling fans enjoy Cerezo's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Cerezo have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Vegalta Sendai and Cerezo Osaka have met before this season: Cerezo Osaka - Vegalta 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Vegalta Sendai wins - draws - Cerezo Osaka wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Pereira Mendes 5 goals |  H. Kiyotake 4 goals | H. Okuno 4 goals |
Vegalta Sendai missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Vegalta Sendai | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 27 |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 74% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 47% |
| 29% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 71% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 47% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 42% |
| 24% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 167 | 94 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 80 | 147 |
| 59 | 37 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 31 | 53 |
| 27% | 19% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 45% | 43% |
- Cerezo Osaka has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cerezo Osaka have scored at least twice as many goals away as Vegalta Sendai have scored home.
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Vegalta Sendai has the fewest points (3) at home in J-League
- Vegalta Sendai has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in J-League
- Vegalta Sendai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Vegalta Sendai have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vegalta Sendai have yet to win a game at home.
- Vegalta Sendai is in the worst form (0-1-4)
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 40 | 50 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 19 | -6 | 30 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 17 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 17 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -16 | 11 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 9 |