Struggling Cerezo Osaka U23 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Blaublitz Akita in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Cerezo Osaka U23 form and stats
With {2 J3-League wins}, 3 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Cerezo Osaka U23, who have the the worst goal difference (-18) in J3-League, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
K. Kondo was the last player to score a league goal for Cerezo Osaka U23 and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Cerezo Osaka U23 haven't scored in 180 minutes.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Imabari.
Cerezo have scored 7 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Cerezo have conceded 12 goals.
Blaublitz Akita form and stats
The strength of Blaublitz Akita, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in J3-League, on their travels this season is incredible with 22 points collected from 8 J3-League away games. Blaublitz Akita has 7-1-0 on the road, with 13 goals scored and 0 conceded. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Blaublitz, as they have won on their previous two travels.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Grulla Morioka.
The schedule is very tough for Blaublitz Akita now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J3-League game at Gifu is waiting in only three days.
Blaublitz has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. Blaublitz are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 0 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Blaublitz Akita - Cerezo 0-0. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Cerezo, two draws and five wins for Blaublitz Akita. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Cerezo Osaka U23 missing players
Blaublitz Akita missing players
| Cerezo Osaka U23 | Blaublitz Akita | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 37 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 80% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | 79% |
| 70% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 50% | 58% |
| 50% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 12% | 32% |
| 30% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 12% | 21% |
| 25% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 26% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 74% |
| 55% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 162 | 84 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 86 | 215 |
| 60 | 32 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 35 | 77 |
| 32% | 22% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 37% | 40% |
- Blaublitz Akita has the fewest conceded goals (0) away in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the fewest conceded goals (5) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the fewest points from losing position (0) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the most clean sheets (14) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the the best goal difference (+13) away in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita has the the best goal difference (+26) in J3-League
- Blaublitz Akita have not yet conceded a single goal in all their away games.
- Blaublitz Akita have not yet lost a game.
- Blaublitz Akita have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest scored goals (7) at home in J3-League
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in J3-League
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the the worst goal difference (-18) in J3-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Blaublitz Akita | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 47 |
| 2 | Parceiro Nagano | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Roasso Kumamoto | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Gifu | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Sagamihara | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Kagoshima United | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Gainare Tottori | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 33 |
| 8 | Fujieda MYFC | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | Imabari | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Kataller Toyama | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 27 |
| 11 | Azul Claro Numazu | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka U23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Fukushima United | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 | Grulla Morioka | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -14 | 20 |
| 15 | YSCC | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 19 |
| 16 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | Cerezo Osaka U23 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 14 |
| 18 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -12 | 13 |