A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Cerezo Osaka and Urawa Reds know what's at stake in this second leg of the Ybc Levain Cup Semi-finals clash.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cerezo Osaka and Urawa Reds.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Last season their Ybc Levain Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Cerezo Osaka have played 16 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-5-5 (wins-draws-losses). 1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Ybc Levain Cup for Cerezo Osaka. Game days have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Cerezo as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
An away draw last time out for Cerezo, facing Urawa Reds in a game that ended 1-1.
Prior to that, an away loss at Oita Trinita in the J-League.Cerezo has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. 22 goals have been conceded.
Urawa Reds form and stats
They also participated in Ybc Levain Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in J-League matches, Urawa Reds have produced an overall stat of 6-3-7 so far. When we have look at the Ybc Levain Cup statistics, we find 3W-7D-1L. This is both home and away.
Urawa Reds played 1-1 against Cerezo Osaka in their previous match.
It was a J-League defeat before that one as the away game against Vissel Kobe wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.Urawa are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 16 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Urawa have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the sides faced each other previously this campaign; Urawa Reds - Cerezo 1-1. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Cerezo Osaka won five, Urawa Reds triumphed in three and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 8 goals |   T. Sakamoto 6 goals |  Y. Ōkubo 6 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 38 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 32 | ||
| 29 | 20 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.3 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 32 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 48 | 81 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 31 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 67 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 39 | 69 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 57 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 57 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 54 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 53 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 51 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 46 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -3 | 42 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 39 |
| 13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 31 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 17 | -12 | 34 |
| 14 | Gamba Osaka | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -14 | 33 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | -14 | 32 |
| 16 | Tokushima Vortis | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 25 | -18 | 29 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 31 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 37 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 24 | -7 | 27 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 31 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 30 | -27 | 24 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 31 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 50 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -26 | 23 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 31 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 41 | -41 | 22 |