Cerezo Osaka FC vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

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Kawasaki Frontale

Sat 20 Nov 2021 · 05:00 UTC Yodoko Sakura Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Ryuya Nishio 62' Y

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

Cerezo Osaka FC 18 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)

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 Tōkyō	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

2021-11-20 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–4 Kawasaki Frontale 2021-03-03 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Cerezo Osaka FC 2020-10-03 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale 2020-08-19 Kawasaki Frontale 5–2 Cerezo Osaka FC 2019-09-01 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale

Recent Form

Cerezo Osaka FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Nov	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1–4	L
07 Nov	Kashiwa Reysol	A	0–1	L
03 Nov	Tokushima Vortis	A	1–0	W
24 Oct	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	2–1	W
03 Oct	Oita FC Trinita	A	0–1	L
26 Sep	Kashima Antlers	H	1–2	L

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Nov	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	4–1	W
07 Nov	Sagan Tosu FC	A	1–3	L
03 Nov	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	1–1	D
24 Oct	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	1–0	W
02 Oct	FC Tōkyō	H	1–0	W
29 Sep	Vissel Kobe	H	3–1	W

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

28% Clean Sheets
Cerezo Osaka FC this season

11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

Cerezo Osaka FC

0-15

3/1

16-30

4/1

31-45

3/1

46-60

2/2

61-75

2/3

76+

6/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/3

46-60

1/4

61-75

1/3

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Cerezo Osaka FC and Kawasaki Frontale has kicked off!
5' A goal from the Brazil international Leandro Damiao! He fires home on 5 to make it 0-1!
10' Kawasaki Frontale come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
15' Cerezo Osaka FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
20' Hiroaki Okuno has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
25' Kawasaki Frontale is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
30' It is a cagey affair so far. Cerezo Osaka FC in their trying to find a way past Kawasaki Frontale's compact .
35' Hiroto Yamada, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
40' Against the run of play, Leandro Damiao has scored! This game has turned on its head.
45' Cerezo Osaka FC have won 396 goals from 369 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
46' Yoshito Okubo is replacing Kato Mutsuki for the Cerezo Osaka FC side.
49' Marcinho is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
54' Kawasaki Frontale 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.
59' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
62' That is a Yellow card for Cerezo Osaka FC. Ryuya Nishio will be fuming at that decision.
63' Time for substitution for Cerezo Osaka FC. Hiroto Yamada is replaced by Riki Matsuda.
68' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Kawasaki Frontale that had 439 games and scored 556 goals.
73' The Kawasaki Frontale manager makes a substitution. Kyohei Noborizato departs to be replaced by Ryota Ohshima.
78' The energy levels are beginning to show. Akio Kogiku might look to freshen things up shortly.
80' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Hiroaki Okuno makes no mistake. 1-3!
80' Daiya Tono gets the nod from Kawasaki Frontale. He replaces Yasuto Wakizaka and will look to change the dynamic.
83' Akihiro Ienaga makes way for Yu Kobayashi at the 83 minute mark. A tactical switch from Kawasaki Frontale.
84' Toshiyuki Takagi gets the nod from Cerezo Osaka FC. He replaces Riki Harakawa and will look to change the dynamic.
86' What a strike from Ten Miyagi! The score is 1-4.
With this win, Kawasaki Frontale is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Cerezo Osaka FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Akio Kogiku

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

10
Ryota Ohshima ↑ 73'
11
Yu Kobayashi ↑ 83'
20
Kei Chinen
27
Kenta Tanno
28
Kazuya Yamamura ↑ 83'
19
Daiya Tono ↑ 80'
24
Ten Miyagi ↑ 73'

Coach Toru Oniki

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Cerezo Osaka FC Form

2021-11-20 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–4 Kawasaki Frontale L 2021-11-07 Kashiwa Reysol 1–0 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2021-11-03 Tokushima Vortis 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2021-10-24 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Yokohama F·Marinos W 2021-10-03 Oita FC Trinita 1–0 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2021-09-26 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–2 Kashima Antlers L

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2021-11-20 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–4 Kawasaki Frontale W 2021-11-07 Sagan Tosu FC 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale L 2021-11-03 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2021-10-24 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2021-10-02 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 FC Tōkyō W 2021-09-29 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Vissel Kobe W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.4 Cerezo Osaka FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.46 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 85% + Both teams to score 82%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cerezo Osaka FC36% Draw22% Kawasaki Frontale42%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes82% 0% No18%

Avg goals/match: 4.86

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	99%	1%
± 1.5	95%	5%
± 2.5	85%	15%
± 3.5	70%	30%
± 4.5	52%	48%

Double Chance

Cerezo Osaka FC or Draw

58%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

64%

Cerezo Osaka FC or Kawasaki Frontale

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Cerezo Osaka FC32% Draw34% Kawasaki Frontale34%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 2

5.6%

2 – 1

5.5%

2 – 3

5.3%

1 – 1

5.2%

3 – 2

5.2%

1 – 3

4.5%

3 – 1

4.3%

3 – 3

4.2%

2 – 4

3.3%

4 – 2

3.1%

1 – 4

Actual

Asian Handicap — Cerezo Osaka FC

Handicap	Cerezo Osaka FC covers	Push	Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	12%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	16%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	16%	25%
+1.5	75%	—	25%
+2	75%	12%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Cerezo Osaka FC keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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