Urawa Reds vs Cerezo Osaka preview: Ybc Levain Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2

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Competition: Japan Ybc Levain Cup
Competition: Wed 06.October
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

Urawa Reds get ready to welcome Cerezo Osaka for something different than the ordinary league football: The Ybc Levain Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

Urawa was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Ybc Levain Cup.

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Saitama Stadium 2002 as Urawa Reds have scored 20 goals to get 33 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the J-League are 10-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). 3W-6D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Ybc Levain Cup for Urawa Reds. Urawa Reds has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Saitama Stadium 2002. We remember; it was Shonan Bellmare.

Urawa Reds faced defeat in their previous match, away at Vissel Kobe (1-5). Urawa were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Yoshio Koizumi, who plays in attack, was the best player for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 7.12 (out of 10). Koizumi scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Tokyo.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Urawa Reds handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, three draws and five defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Urawa as they are travelling to their away game against Cerezo Osaka in the Ybc Levain Cup. That match is four days after this one.

Urawa has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. From these home matches, Urawa Reds have conceded only 13 goals.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

Cerezo was sent out of Ybc Levain Cup in the quarter-finals last season.

There's been little loot from Cerezo Osaka's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 16 away games in the J-League. Cerezo Osaka only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws.

Cerezo are travelling again after losing away to Oita Trinita in their previous match (0-1). Ayumu Seko was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.42. The defender Seko won 8 of 10 duels.

The game before that, in the J-League, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Kashima Antlers.

We have checked recent matches where Cerezo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were four victories, one draw and two defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Urawa Reds in just four days.

Cerezo Osaka have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Cerezo have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Urawa wins - draws - Cerezo Osaka wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Urawa RedsK. Junker
K. Junker
8 goals
Cerezo OsakaT. Sakamoto
T. Sakamoto
6 goals
Cerezo OsakaY. Ōkubo
Y. Ōkubo
6 goals

Urawa Reds missing players

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Urawa Reds Cerezo Osaka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
14 8   Won W   6 11
7 3   Drew D   2 6
4 1   Lost L   3 8
33 16   Scored S   18 39
22 7   Conceded C   8 28
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 92%
64% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 68%
36% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 48%
16% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 28%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 20%
36% 25%   BTTS BTTS   18% 40%
56% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   64% 40%
20% 17%   Failed to Score F T   27% 28%
 
5.2 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 5.3
4 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 3.6
0.6 0.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.8 0.8
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.5 8.7   Shots (avg) S (   14.5 13
4.6 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.6 5
29% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 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

Table
  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

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