Match preview J3-League: Fukushima United - Cerezo Osaka U23 at TOHO Stadium

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Date: Sun 30.June
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: TOHO Stadium (21000 seats)

Fukushima United and Cerezo Osaka U23 have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the J3-League.

It's no vacation for neither Fukushima United nor Cerezo Osaka U23 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.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Cerezo Osaka U23's home stadium. The visitors last 37 games on grass have ended in 14 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses.

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Fukushima United form and stats

Fukushima United's struggle is real here at TOHO Stadium with only 4 points collected from 6 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 1-1-4. Two draws in a row at home now for Fukushima United.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Cerezo Osaka U23 in the J3-League last time out and are looking for a win here. Heartbreak before that as Fukushima United lost 0-2 at Giravanz Kitakyushu's place.

Fukushima United aren't scoring a lot here at TOHO Stadium with only 4 goals from 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Fukushima United defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Cerezo Osaka U23 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Cerezo Osaka U23 are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Fukushima United. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Sagamihara.

Cerezo Osaka U23 find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures. The Cerezo Osaka U23 manager Y. Okuma has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Fukushima United - Cerezo Osaka U23 1-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Fukushima United 2 wins, 4 draws and Cerezo Osaka U23 1 victory. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.

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Fukushima United Cerezo Osaka U23
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
13 7 0 Played 1 7 14
4 1 0 Won 1 1 6
2 2 0 Drew 0 2 3
7 4 0 Lost 0 4 5
14 5 0 Scored 3 8 23
18 10 0 Conceded 1 14 21
92% 86% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 93%
77% 71% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 86%
54% 57% 0% Over 2.5 100% 57% 64%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 100% 43% 36%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 14% 21%
54% 57% 0% BTTS 100% 71% 57%
15% 14% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 21%
38% 43% 0% Failed To Score 0% 29% 29%
 
3.8 4.8 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3.5 3.5
3.9 4.5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6.3 6
1 0.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0.7 0.7
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Cerezo Osaka U23's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cerezo Osaka U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cerezo Osaka U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Fukushima United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fukushima United have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Fukushima United
19-05-19 J3 Fukushima United 1 - 2 Parceiro Nagano
02-06-19 J3 Blaublitz Akita 0 - 2 Fukushima United
09-06-19 J3 Fukushima United 0 - 0 Sagamihara
16-06-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 2 - 0 Fukushima United
30-06-19 J3 Fukushima United 1 - 1 Cerezo Osaka U23
07-07-19 J3 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 09:00 Fukushima United
14-07-19 J3 Fukushima United 06:00 Gamba Osaka U23
21-07-19 J3 Fukushima United 06:00 Roasso Kumamoto
27-07-19 J3 Sagamihara 09:00 Fukushima United
04-08-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 06:00 Fukushima United
Cerezo Osaka U23
30-05-19 J3 Cerezo Osaka U23 0 - 3 Vanraure Hachinohe
09-06-19 J3 Roasso Kumamoto 3 - 2 Cerezo Osaka U23
16-06-19 J3 Gainare Tottori 3 - 1 Cerezo Osaka U23
23-06-19 J3 Cerezo Osaka U23 3 - 0 Sagamihara
30-06-19 J3 Fukushima United 1 - 1 Cerezo Osaka U23
06-07-19 J3 Kamatamare Sanuki 09:00 Cerezo Osaka U23
14-07-19 J3 Cerezo Osaka U23 09:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
21-07-19 J3 Cerezo Osaka U23 09:00 Gamba Osaka U23
27-07-19 J3 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 10:00 Cerezo Osaka U23
03-08-19 J3 Cerezo Osaka U23 10:00 Kamatamare Sanuki

  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 Roasso Kumamoto 12 7 2 3 19 14 7 3 2 2 12 11 5 4 0 1 7 3 5 23
2 Kamatamare Sanuki 12 6 4 2 15 9 7 5 1 1 10 4 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 22
3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 11 6 3 2 13 7 5 3 0 2 6 5 6 3 3 0 7 2 6 21
4 Kataller Toyama 12 5 5 2 15 12 6 2 2 2 8 8 6 3 3 0 7 4 3 20
5 Fujieda MYFC 12 6 2 4 15 15 6 3 2 1 6 3 6 3 0 3 9 12 0 20
6 Sagamihara 12 5 3 4 14 13 6 3 2 1 6 4 6 2 1 3 8 9 1 18
7 Cerezo Osaka U23 11 5 2 4 18 17 6 4 1 1 12 7 5 1 1 3 6 10 1 17
8 Gamba Osaka U23 12 4 4 4 19 14 7 3 2 2 13 10 5 1 2 2 6 4 5 16
9 Grulla Morioka 12 5 1 6 13 16 6 3 0 3 8 8 6 2 1 3 5 8 -3 16
10 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 11 4 3 4 18 11 6 3 2 1 13 5 5 1 1 3 5 6 7 15
11 Vanraure Hachinohe 12 4 2 6 19 18 6 1 1 4 11 14 6 3 1 2 8 4 1 14
12 Fukushima United 11 4 1 6 13 15 6 1 1 4 4 9 5 3 0 2 9 6 -2 13
13 Blaublitz Akita 11 3 4 4 11 13 5 1 3 1 3 2 6 2 1 3 8 11 -2 13
14 Parceiro Nagano 11 3 4 4 11 13 5 1 1 3 5 7 6 2 3 1 6 6 -2 13
15 Azul Claro Numazu 11 3 3 5 8 11 4 0 1 3 2 7 7 3 2 2 6 4 -3 12
16 Gainare Tottori 11 3 3 5 15 22 5 1 2 2 4 6 6 2 1 3 11 16 -7 12
17 YSCC 12 4 0 8 18 28 6 1 0 5 7 18 6 3 0 3 11 10 -10 12
18 Tokyo U23 12 3 2 7 11 17 5 2 1 2 4 3 7 1 1 5 7 14 -6 11