Cerezo Osaka FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2022

Cerezo Osaka FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Urawa Red Diamonds

Wed 25 May 2022 · 10:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Ryosuke Yamanaka 33' Y

Overview

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Cerezo Osaka FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League .

Cerezo Osaka FC 18 games · 31 pts (2026/27)
Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 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 2.1 goals Urawa Red Diamonds

Last 5 meetings

2022-05-25 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2021-09-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Cerezo Osaka FC 2021-04-18 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2020-10-24 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Cerezo Osaka FC 2020-09-05 Cerezo Osaka FC 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds

Recent Form

Cerezo Osaka FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 May	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	2–0	W
21 May	Gamba Osaka	H	3–1	W
14 May	Nagoya Grampus	A	0–1	L
06 May	Júbilo Iwata	H	2–1	W
03 May	Sagan Tosu FC	A	1–1	D
29 Apr	Kashima Antlers	H	0–3	L

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 May	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–2	L
21 May	Kashima Antlers	H	1–1	D
18 May	Yokohama F.Marinos	H	3–3	D
13 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	0–0	D
08 May	Kashiwa Reysol	A	0–0	D
10 Apr	FC Tokyo	A	0–0	D

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

31% Clean Sheets
Cerezo Osaka FC this season

23% 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)

Cerezo Osaka FC

0-15

1/4

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/6

46-60

2/5

61-75

5/4

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

1/1

16-30

5/3

31-45

4/6

46-60

1/2

61-75

4/7

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Cerezo Osaka FC

Solomon Sakuragawa	4 G
Pablo Sabbag	3 G
Yumeki Yokoyama	2 G

Urawa Red Diamonds

Matheus Savio	5 G	1 A
Minamino Harumi	4 G
Takuro Kaneko	3 G	6 A
Hiiro Komori	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Urawa Red Diamonds gets underway.
5' Riki Harakawa has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
10' Cerezo Osaka FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Urawa Red Diamonds backline.
15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
20' Japan international Shusaku Nishikawa has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
25' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Yoshio Koizumi makes no mistake. 0-1!
30' Urawa Red Diamonds have won 423 goals from 455 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
33' Cerezo Osaka FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 33.
38' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Cerezo Osaka FC and Urawa Red Diamonds are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
43' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Ryuya Nishio suffering a number of foals already.
46' The crowd applauds Kasper Junker as he leaves the pitch. Ataru Esaka steps in for Urawa Red Diamonds.
51' It looks surprising Urawa Red Diamonds does not make any changes. Riku Matsuda has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
56' Adam Taggart needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
60' A change in the Cerezo Osaka FC ranks — Adam Taggart exits the field as Sota Kitano enters on 60.
65' Cerezo Osaka FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
66' GOAL! Hiroshi Kiyotake scores on 66.
67' Hiroshi Kiyotake is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
67' Urawa Red Diamonds ring the changes. Alex Schalk has done his job and it is now time for Yusuke Matsuo to step up.
70' Cerezo Osaka FC make a change. Jean Patric trudges off to be replaced by Hirotaka Tameda on 70 minutes.
75' Yusuke Matsuo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Cerezo Osaka FC so far.
80' Urawa Red Diamonds ring the changes. Ayumu Ohata has done his job and it is now time for Kazuaki Mawatari to step up.
85' The crowd applauds Hiroshi Kiyotake as he leaves the pitch. Kato Mutsuki steps in for Cerezo Osaka FC.
89' Goal! Seiya Maikuma scores his 6 goal in 201 matches.
Full Time. Cerezo Osaka FC beats Urawa Red Diamonds

Lineups

Cerezo Osaka FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Akio Kogiku

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

22
Kai Shibato ↑ 67'
33
Ataru Esaka ↑ 46'
12
Zion Suzuki
21
Tomoaki Okubo ↑ 67'
11
Yusuke Matsuo ↑ 67'
6
Kazuaki Mawatari ↑ 80'
20
Tetsuya Chinen

Coach Ricardo Rodríguez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shinzo Koroki	4
Hiroshi Kiyotake	2
Souza	2
Riku Matsuda	1
Yoshio Koizumi	1
Rafael Ratao	1
Toshiyuki Takagi	1
Atomu Tanaka	1

Head to Head

Cerezo Osaka FC Form

2022-05-25 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2022-05-21 Cerezo Osaka FC 3–1 Gamba Osaka W 2022-05-14 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2022-05-06 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Júbilo Iwata W 2022-05-03 Sagan Tosu FC 1–1 Cerezo Osaka FC D 2022-04-29 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–3 Kashima Antlers L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2022-05-25 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2022-05-21 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kashima Antlers D 2022-05-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–3 Yokohama F.Marinos D 2022-05-13 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2022-05-08 Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2022-04-10 FC Tokyo 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.2 Cerezo Osaka FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.31 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cerezo Osaka FC56% Draw22% Urawa Red Diamonds22%

Actual: Cerezo Osaka FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.51

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Cerezo Osaka FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

44%

Cerezo Osaka FC or Urawa Red Diamonds

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Cerezo Osaka FC42% Draw39% Urawa Red Diamonds19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.4%

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

6.7%

1 – 0

2 – 2

5.9%

1 – 2

5.5%

3 – 0

5.2%

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

4.3%

4 – 1

3.7%

0 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Cerezo Osaka FC

Handicap	Cerezo Osaka FC covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	17%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	21%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	12%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Cerezo Osaka FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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