Cerezo Osaka FC vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2025

Cerezo Osaka FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Kawasaki Frontale

Sat 25 Oct 2025 · 06:00 UTC Yodoko Sakura Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 79' Filip Uremovic

Overview

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Cerezo Osaka FC vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League at Yodoko Sakura Stadium.

Cerezo Osaka FC 18 games · 31 pts (2026/27)
Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Vissel Kobe	18	35
2	Cerezo Osaka FC	18	31
3	Nagoya Grampus	18	31
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	30
5	Gamba Osaka	18	28
6	Fagiano Okayama FC	18	26
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	18	24
8	Kyoto Sanga FC	18	23
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	21
10	Avispa Fukuoka	18	21
11	Kashima Antlers	18	45
12	FC Tokyo	18	37
13	FC Machida Zelvia	18	37
14	Kawasaki Frontale	18	28
15	Tokyo Verdy	18	28
16	Urawa Red Diamonds	18	25
17	Kashiwa Reysol	18	20
18	Yokohama F.Marinos	18	20
19	FC Mito Holly Hock	18	18
20	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	18	12

Head-to-Head

Cerezo Osaka FC 20 games · Avg 3.6 goals Kawasaki Frontale

Last 5 meetings

2025-10-25 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale 2025-05-18 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Cerezo Osaka FC 2024-07-14 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Cerezo Osaka FC 2024-04-13 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale 2023-09-02 Cerezo Osaka FC 3–0 Kawasaki Frontale

Recent Form

Cerezo Osaka FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Oct	Kawasaki Frontale	H	2–0	W
18 Oct	Fagiano Okayama FC	A	2–1	W
04 Oct	Nagoya Grampus	A	1–2	L
28 Sep	Kyoto Sanga FC	H	1–2	L
23 Sep	Kashima Antlers	A	1–3	L
20 Sep	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1–1	D

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Oct	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–2	L
18 Oct	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	5–3	W
04 Oct	Kyoto Sanga FC	A	1–1	D
28 Sep	Kashiwa Reysol	H	4–4	D
23 Sep	Shonan Bellmare	A	2–1	W
20 Sep	FC Tokyo	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Cerezo Osaka FC		Kawasaki Frontale
#2	Position	#14
31	Points	28
18	Played	18
11 / 0 / 7	W / D / L	10 / 0 / 8
48	Scored	38
38	Conceded	40
+10	GD	-2
1.72	PPG	1.56
61%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Cerezo Osaka FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

Cerezo Osaka FC are 2nd (31 pts). Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Cerezo Osaka FC and Kawasaki Frontale is underway.
4' Rafael Ratao doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
7' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Shunta Tanaka makes no mistake. 2-0!
12' Sai van Wermeskerken needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
17' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
22' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
27' Akihiro Ienaga has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
32' Cerezo Osaka FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Kawasaki Frontale's shape.
37' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
42' It’s high time Arthur Papas made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
46' Filip Uremovic gets the nod from Kawasaki Frontale. He replaces Shuto Tanabe and will look to change the dynamic.
51' Cerezo Osaka FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
56' Cerezo Osaka FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
60' The crowd applauds Marcinho as he leaves the pitch. Akihiro Ienaga steps in for Kawasaki Frontale.
65' Both keepers have barely been tested. Cerezo Osaka FC and Kawasaki Frontale are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
68' Another substitution for Cerezo Osaka FC to replace Thiago Andrade by Shion Homma on 68 minute.
73' Cerezo Osaka FC have won 396 goals from 369 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
75' A change in the Kawasaki Frontale ranks — Tatsuya Ito exits the field as Ten Miyagi enters on 75.
79' The referee shows Kawasaki Frontale player a card on 79.
79' Another substitution for Kawasaki Frontale to replace Erison by Lazar Romanic on 79 minute.
84' Cerezo Osaka FC is showing some good football. However, Cerezo Osaka FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
89' Shinji Kagawa is ready to make an impact after coming on for Masaya Shibayama at the 89 minute mark.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Cerezo Osaka FC 2-0 Kawasaki Frontale.

Lineups

Cerezo Osaka FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

27
Dion Cools
8
Shinji Kagawa ↑ 89'
35
Kyohei Yoshino ↑ 89'
31
Rikito Inoue
21
Jin-hyeon Kim
17
Reiya Sakata ↑ 79'
19
Shion Homma ↑ 68'
29
Kengo Furuyama
22
Niko Takahashi ↑ 68'

Coach Arthur Papas

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

11
Yu Kobayashi
21
Shunsuke Ando
41
Akihiro Ienaga ↑ 60'
22
Filip Uremovic ↑ 46'
8
Kento Tachibanada
24
Ten Miyagi ↑ 75'
16
Yuto Ozeki ↑ 46'
91
Lazar Romanic ↑ 79'
27
Ryota Kamihashi

Coach Shigetoshi Hasebe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Leandro Damiao	7
Ayumu Seko	3
Kaoru Mitoma	3
Marcinho	3
Kei Chinen	2
Takashi Inui	2
Hiroto Yamada	2
Yasuto Wakizaka	2

Head to Head

Cerezo Osaka FC Form

2025-10-25 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale W 2025-10-18 Fagiano Okayama FC 1–2 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2025-10-04 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2025-09-28 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–2 Kyoto Sanga FC L 2025-09-23 Kashima Antlers 3–1 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2025-09-20 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–1 Kashiwa Reysol D

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2025-10-25 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2025-10-18 Kawasaki Frontale 5–3 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2025-10-04 Kyoto Sanga FC 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2025-09-28 Kawasaki Frontale 4–4 Kashiwa Reysol D 2025-09-23 Shonan Bellmare 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2025-09-20 Kawasaki Frontale 0–1 FC Tokyo L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.31 Cerezo Osaka FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.36 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cerezo Osaka FC56% Draw22% Kawasaki Frontale22%

Actual: Cerezo Osaka FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.67

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Cerezo Osaka FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

44%

Cerezo Osaka FC or Kawasaki Frontale

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Cerezo Osaka FC43% Draw38% Kawasaki Frontale19%

Actual: Cerezo Osaka FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 1

8.8%

2 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

1 – 0

5.4%

1 – 2

5.3%

3 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

4.7%

4 – 1

0 – 0

3.8%

4 – 0

Asian Handicap — Cerezo Osaka FC

Handicap	Cerezo Osaka FC covers	Push	Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	17%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	21%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	12%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Cerezo Osaka FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.