Soccer betting preview: Yokohama F. Marinos welcomes Cerezo Osaka in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nissan Stadium (72327 seats)

It's advantage Yokohama F. Marinos so far with their 5th position in the J-League table, welcoming Cerezo Osaka who are placed 7th.

It's no vacation for neither Yokohama F. Marinos 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.

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Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Nissan Stadium as Yokohama F. Marinos have scored 21 goals to get 24 points from 12 games. The overall stats are 7-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Yokohama F. Marinos's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Cerezo Osaka. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Yokohama.

This is expected to be a close game, with Yokohama F. Marinos perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Yokohama F. Marinos as a small favourite), we find ten games. Yokohama F. Marinos has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Yokohama F. Marinos have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Nissan Stadium with 21 goals in 12 matches. From these home matches, Yokohama F. Marinos have conceded only 10 goals.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

Playing away, Cerezo Osaka have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats so far this season.

It's the second away game in a row for Cerezo Osaka, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Yokohama F. Marinos in the J-League last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Renofa Yamaguchi in the Emperor Cup.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Cerezo Osaka in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Cerezo Osaka, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cerezo Osaka as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games. Cerezo Osaka have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Yokohama F. Marinos - Cerezo Osaka 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Yokohama F. Marinos won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Cerezo Osaka has 8 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

Top Goalscorers

Marcos Junior
15 goals / 4 assists
T. Nakagawa
8 goals / 5 assists
H. Okuno
5 goals / 1 assists

Yokohama F. Marinos missing players

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Yokohama F. Marinos Cerezo Osaka
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
23 12 4 Played 4 12 23
12 7 2 Won 0 5 10
3 3 1 Drew 2 2 4
8 2 1 Lost 2 5 9
37 21 5 Scored 2 11 23
30 10 3 Conceded 7 12 18
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 91%
78% 67% 50% Over 1.5 100% 75% 61%
65% 58% 25% Over 2.5 25% 17% 26%
30% 33% 25% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 8% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
52% 58% 50% BTTS 50% 25% 22%
30% 33% 25% Clean Sheets 0% 33% 48%
22% 17% 25% Failed To Score 50% 42% 39%
 
6.5 7.5 6.2 Corners For (avg) 5.5 3.9 4.9
4.8 4.4 4.2 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 6.2 5.5
1.1 1.1 0.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.5 0.7 0.9
3 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Cerezo Osaka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Yokohama F. Marinos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Yokohama F. Marinos
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
27-07-19 CF Yokohama F. Marinos 1 - 3 Manchester City
03-08-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 0 - 1 Shimizu S-Pulse
10-08-19 JL Kashima Antlers 2 - 1 Yokohama F. Marinos
14-08-19 EC Yokohama F. Marinos 2 - 1 Yokohama
17-08-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 1 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
24-08-19 JL Nagoya Grampus 09:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
31-08-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 10:00 Gamba Osaka
14-09-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 10:00 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
28-09-19 JL Vegalta Sendai 10:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
05-10-19 JL Júbilo Iwata 05:00 Yokohama F. Marinos
Cerezo Osaka
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup AFC Champions League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
20-07-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 0 - 0 Vegalta Sendai
03-08-19 JL Tokyo 3 - 0 Cerezo Osaka
11-08-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 1 - 2 Sagan Tosu
14-08-19 EC Cerezo Osaka 3 - 0 Renofa Yamaguchi
17-08-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 1 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
24-08-19 JL Júbilo Iwata 10:00 Cerezo Osaka
01-09-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 09:00 Kawasaki Frontale
13-09-19 JL Urawa Reds 10:30 Cerezo Osaka
28-09-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 05:00 Gamba Osaka
06-10-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 06:00 Kashima Antlers

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Tokyo 23 15 3 5 34 17 15 12 0 3 27 11 8 3 3 2 7 6 17 48
2 Kashima Antlers 23 13 5 5 40 21 11 9 1 1 23 7 12 4 4 4 17 14 19 44
3 Kawasaki Frontale 23 10 10 3 35 20 12 3 8 1 13 8 11 7 2 2 22 12 15 40
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 23 11 6 6 31 18 11 5 3 3 12 7 12 6 3 3 19 11 13 39
5 Yokohama F. Marinos 23 12 3 8 37 30 12 7 3 2 21 10 11 5 0 6 16 20 7 39
6 Consadole Sapporo 23 10 5 8 39 28 11 6 3 2 23 13 12 4 2 6 16 15 11 35
7 Cerezo Osaka 23 10 4 9 23 18 11 5 2 4 12 6 12 5 2 5 11 12 5 34
8 Oita Trinita 23 9 7 7 27 23 12 5 3 4 13 8 11 4 4 3 14 15 4 34
9 Nagoya Grampus 22 8 6 8 34 29 10 6 1 3 16 7 12 2 5 5 18 22 5 30
10 Urawa Reds 23 8 6 9 22 32 11 3 3 5 10 18 12 5 3 4 12 14 -10 30
11 Shonan Bellmare 23 9 2 12 33 39 12 4 2 6 17 19 11 5 0 6 16 20 -6 29
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 23 8 4 11 28 50 11 5 0 6 14 29 12 3 4 5 14 21 -22 28
13 Vegalta Sendai 23 8 3 12 26 34 12 7 2 3 19 16 11 1 1 9 7 18 -8 27
14 Vissel Kobe 23 7 5 11 36 39 11 4 3 4 21 18 12 3 2 7 15 21 -3 26
15 Gamba Osaka 22 6 8 8 28 32 11 3 4 4 13 14 11 3 4 4 15 18 -4 26
16 Sagan Tosu 23 7 3 13 20 34 10 4 1 5 11 15 13 3 2 8 9 19 -14 24
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 22 4 7 11 12 27 11 2 3 6 7 14 11 2 4 5 5 13 -15 19
18 Júbilo Iwata 22 4 5 13 17 31 11 1 4 6 12 18 11 3 1 7 5 13 -14 17

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