Cerezo Osaka FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2020

Cerezo Osaka FC

3 – 0

Full Time

Urawa Red Diamonds

Sat 5 Sep 2020 · 10:30 UTC Yanmar Stadium Nagai HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'

Y 51' Ryosuke Yamanaka

Eiichi Katayama 51' Y

Overview

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Cerezo Osaka FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Yanmar Stadium Nagai.

Cerezo Osaka FC 18 games · 31 pts (2026/27)
Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Shinji Ochi
Referee Jun Mihara
Referee Koei Koya
Referee

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 2.1 goals Urawa Red Diamonds

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-05 Cerezo Osaka FC 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2019-09-13 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Cerezo Osaka FC 2019-03-17 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2018-09-01 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Cerezo Osaka FC 2018-07-22 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Cerezo Osaka FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	3–0	W
30 Aug	Yokohama FC	A	2–1	W
23 Aug	Vegalta Sendai	H	2–1	W
19 Aug	Kawasaki Frontale	A	2–5	L
15 Aug	Kashiwa Reysol	A	3–1	W
09 Aug	FC Tokyo	H	0–0	D

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–3	L
29 Aug	Oita FC Trinita	H	2–1	W
23 Aug	Vissel Kobe	H	1–2	L
19 Aug	Gamba Osaka	A	3–1	W
15 Aug	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–0	W
08 Aug	Nagoya Grampus	A	2–6	L

Season Stats

Cerezo Osaka FC		Urawa Red Diamonds
#2	Position	#16
31	Points	25
18	Played	18
11 / 0 / 7	W / D / L	7 / 0 / 11
48	Scored	37
38	Conceded	37
+10	GD	+0
1.72	PPG	1.39
61%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Cerezo Osaka FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

Cerezo Osaka FC are 2nd (31 pts). Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/2

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Cerezo Osaka FC welcome Urawa Red Diamonds for this crunch clash at Yanmar Stadium Nagai.
5' Shusaku Nishikawa has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 439 appearances.
10' Urawa Red Diamonds 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.
15' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
20' The home supporters are growing impatient. Cerezo Osaka FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
25' The travelling Urawa Red Diamonds supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
30' Cerezo Osaka FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
35' Urawa Red Diamonds fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
40' Riku Matsuda is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Urawa Red Diamonds tonight.
45' Japan international Shinzo Koroki has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
46' Hiroaki Okuno gets the nod from Cerezo Osaka FC. He replaces Yoichiro Kakitani and will look to change the dynamic.
48' Goal! Ken Tokura scores his 24 goal in 381 matches.
51' Urawa Red Diamonds receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 51.
56' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Cerezo Osaka FC and Urawa Red Diamonds are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
61' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Urawa Red Diamonds needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
62' Another change for Cerezo Osaka FC made on 62 minute. Ken Tokura leaves to be changed by Koji Suzuki.
63' The Urawa Red Diamonds bench stirs into life. Takahiro Sekine is withdrawn and Kenyu Sugimoto gets his opportunity.
68' The energy levels are beginning to show. Lotina might look to freshen things up shortly.
73' Koya Yuruki is ready to make an impact after coming on for Kazuki Nagasawa at the 73 minute mark.
74' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Thomas Deng makes no mistake. 1-1!
79' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
80' Ewerton makes way for Takuya Aoki at the 80 minute mark. A tactical switch from Urawa Red Diamonds.
83' Another substitution for Cerezo Osaka FC to replace Hiroshi Kiyotake by Yusuke Maruhashi on 83 minute.
86' The supporters are chanting for Shota Fujio. He replaces Tatsuhiro Sakamoto on 86 minute.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Cerezo Osaka FC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Cerezo Osaka FC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Kim Jinhyeon
9
Ken Tokura ↓ Koji Suzuki 62'
5
Naoyuki Fujita
2
Riku Matsuda
22
Matej Jonjic
8
Yoichiro Kakitani ↓ Hiroaki Okuno 46'
3
Yasuki Kimoto ↓ Jun Nishikawa 83'
10
Hiroshi Kiyotake C ↓ Yusuke Maruhashi 83'
16
Eiichi Katayama
15
Ayumu Seko
17
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto ↓ Shota Fujio 86'

Bench

25
Hiroaki Okuno ↑ 46'
14
Yusuke Maruhashi ↑ 83'
49
Jun Nishikawa ↑ 83'
45
Shu Mogi
18
Koji Suzuki ↑ 62'
30
Hinata Kida
42
Shota Fujio ↑ 86'

Coach Lotina

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Kenyu Sugimoto ↑ 63'
31
Takuya Iwanami
16
Takuya Aoki ↑ 80'
9
Yuki Muto ↑ 63'
24
Koya Yuruki ↑ 73'
28
Katsuya Iwatake ↑ 80'
36
Zion Suzuki

Coach Takeshi Otsuki

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shinzo Koroki	4
Hiroshi Kiyotake	2
Souza	2
Shinzo Koroki	1
Leo Ceara	1
Thomas Deng	1
Seiya Maikuma	1
Toshiyuki Takagi	1

Head to Head

Cerezo Osaka FC Form

2020-09-05 Cerezo Osaka FC 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2020-08-30 Yokohama FC 1–2 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2020-08-23 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Vegalta Sendai W 2020-08-19 Kawasaki Frontale 5–2 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2020-08-15 Kashiwa Reysol 1–3 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2020-08-09 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–0 FC Tokyo D

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2020-09-05 Cerezo Osaka FC 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2020-08-29 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Oita FC Trinita W 2020-08-23 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Vissel Kobe L 2020-08-19 Gamba Osaka 1–3 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2020-08-15 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2020-08-08 Nagoya Grampus 6–2 Urawa Red Diamonds L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.62 Cerezo Osaka FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.43 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cerezo Osaka FC61% Draw20% Urawa Red Diamonds19%

Actual: Cerezo Osaka FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 4.05

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	38%	62%

Double Chance

Cerezo Osaka FC or Draw

81%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

39%

Cerezo Osaka FC or Urawa Red Diamonds

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Cerezo Osaka FC47% Draw36% Urawa Red Diamonds17%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 1

7.3%

3 – 1

7.2%

2 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

5.9%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 2

5.1%

4 – 1

4.7%

1 – 2

4.6%

1 – 0

4.3%

4 – 2

3.4%

4 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Cerezo Osaka FC

Handicap	Cerezo Osaka FC covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	24%	—	76%
-2	24%	18%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	20%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	11%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Cerezo Osaka FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✗

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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