This match features two teams living in the basement of the J3-League, Cerezo Osaka U23 holding 17th place and Vanraure Hachinohe lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest scored goals (27) in J3-League
- Vanraure Hachinohe has the fewest clean sheets (4) in J3-League
Cerezo Osaka U23 and Vanraure Hachinohe 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.
It should be mentioned that Vanraure Hachinohe play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Vanraure Hachinohe on artifical turf are 1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one game. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 3-0. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Vanraure Hachinohe, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Cerezo Osaka U23 form and stats
Cerezo Osaka U23's results here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in the J3-League have been very modest with 3 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
T. Yoshinare was the last player to score a league goal for Cerezo and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Cerezo Osaka U23 haven't scored in 223 minutes.
The Cerezo crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-5 to Grulla Morioka here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in a J3-League match. Preceding that game was the away draw at Kamatamare Sanuki that finished 0-0.
As you see from the result above, Cerezo Osaka U23 suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Cerezo have scored 13 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cerezo defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Vanraure Hachinohe form and stats
There's been little loot from Vanraure Hachinohe's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 16 away games in the J3-League. Vanraure Hachinohe, who have the fewest clean sheets (4) in J3-League, only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. Vanraure Hachinohe seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The attacking players of Hachinohe have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 211 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Hachinohe, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Fujieda MYFC in the J3-League. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gifu wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
The visiting Hachinohe have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Hachinohe's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 29 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Vanraure Hachinohe - Cerezo 2-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Cerezo Osaka U23 wins - draws - Vanraure Hachinohe wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Cerezo Osaka U23 missing players
Vanraure Hachinohe missing players
| Cerezo Osaka U23 | Vanraure Hachinohe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 38 |
| 57 | 27 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 29 | 55 |
| 79% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | 82% |
| 45% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 52% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 27% |
| 21% | 19% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 15% |
| 39% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 64% |
| 30% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 52% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 8.6 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.5 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 27% | 24% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 29% | 31% |
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest scored goals (13) at home in J3-League
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest scored goals (27) in J3-League
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in J3-League
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in J3-League
- Cerezo Osaka U23 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Vanraure Hachinohe has the fewest clean sheets (4) in J3-League
- Vanraure Hachinohe has the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in J3-League
- Vanraure Hachinohe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Vanraure Hachinohe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vanraure Hachinohe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 55 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 40 | 73 |
| 2 | Parceiro Nagano | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 59 |
| 3 | Sagamihara | 33 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 58 |
| 4 | Gifu | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 56 |
| 5 | Imabari | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 55 |
| 6 | Kagoshima United | 33 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 55 |
| 7 | Roasso Kumamoto | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 10 | 54 |
| 8 | Gainare Tottori | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 54 |
| 9 | Kataller Toyama | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 50 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 50 |
| 10 | Fujieda MYFC | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 43 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 49 |
| 11 | Fukushima United | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 44 | 52 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 26 | -8 | 39 |
| 12 | Grulla Morioka | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 16 | -13 | 39 |
| 13 | Azul Claro Numazu | 33 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 38 |
| 14 | Gamba Osaka U23 | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 54 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | -13 | 32 |
| 15 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -17 | 30 |
| 16 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 33 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 50 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 30 | -20 | 28 |
| 17 | Cerezo Osaka U23 | 33 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 57 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -30 | 25 |
| 18 | YSCC | 33 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 66 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 34 | -30 | 24 |