It's still early in the J3-League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Imabari - Cerezo Osaka U23 preview!
It's no vacation for neither Imabari 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.
17 - 9 - 17 with 57-61. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Cerezo Osaka U23 when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Cerezo Osaka U23 play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Imabari form and stats
Imabari are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two J3-League games here at Yume Stadium.
It's back home for Imabari, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kamatamare Sanuki away with the result 3-0. K. Okayama and T. Katai found the net in that victory. Before that, Imabari drew at home versus Kagoshima United.
At Yume Stadium, Imabari has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Cerezo Osaka U23 form and stats
The J3-League season is young and Cerezo Osaka U23 have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
M. Nishimoto and R. Sawakami scored in Cerezo's previous match, the home game against Gifu that ended 2-0. Prior to that match, the Cerezo Osaka U23 manager K. Murata faced defeat when travelling to Roasso Kumamoto and losing 3-5.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Cerezo Osaka U23 in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Cerezo, one draw and one defeat.
Cerezo Osaka U23 have the goal stats of 3-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Imabari missing players
Cerezo Osaka U23 missing players
| Imabari | Cerezo Osaka U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 8.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | 26 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 16 | 26 |
| 23 | 13 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 17% | 8% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 38% |