Cerezo Osaka U23 hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 17th position in the J3-League table. Visiting Imabari holds 8th place with 28 pts.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Cerezo Osaka U23 form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J3-League this season. Cerezo Osaka U23, who have the the worst goal difference (-15) in J3-League, have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai.
A strong away win for Cerezo against YSCC the last match, as K. Kondo, K. Ohashi, T. Shimamura, R. Maeda (2) and R. Nishio were on target. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Azul Claro Numazu (0-5).
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Cerezo played a great game against YSCC and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Cerezo Osaka U23 have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cerezo have conceded 12 from these games.
Imabari form and stats
Imabari's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Imabari collect 18 points from their 9 away matches in the J3-League. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
The supporters enjoyed Imabari's previous game versus Gainare Tottori (placed 6th), a J3-League 2-1 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Fukushima United at their stadium, the result 2-0.
The visiting Imabari have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games. The Imabari defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 9 games).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Imabari - Cerezo 1-0.Cerezo Osaka U23 missing players
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| Cerezo Osaka U23 | Imabari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 34 | 12 | 8 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 83% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 78% | 89% |
| 72% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 61% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| 33% | 12% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 28% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 39% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 78% | 44% |
| 50% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 22% | 28% |
| 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 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 156 | 84 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 106 | 189 |
| 55 | 32 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 37 | 68 |
| 35% | 22% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | 26% |
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in J3-League
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in J3-League
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the the worst goal difference (-15) in J3-League
- Imabari has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in J3-League
- Imabari has the most matches under the total-line (14) in J3-League
- Imabari have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Blaublitz Akita | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 43 |
| 2 | Roasso Kumamoto | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | Parceiro Nagano | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 4 | Gifu | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | Fujieda MYFC | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | Gainare Tottori | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Sagamihara | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 8 | Imabari | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Kagoshima United | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Kataller Toyama | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
| 11 | Grulla Morioka | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -13 | 19 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka U23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | YSCC | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 15 | Azul Claro Numazu | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Fukushima United | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Cerezo Osaka U23 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -15 | 13 |
| 18 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -10 | 12 |