Cerezo Osaka FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2023

Cerezo Osaka FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Urawa Red Diamonds

Sun 16 Jul 2023 · 10:00 UTC Yanmar Stadium Nagai 21,007 HT 45' · FT 45'

Leo Ceara 8' 1–0

Jordy Croux 25' 2–0

Jordy Croux 28' Y

Leo Ceara 45' Y

Y 49' Tomoaki Okubo

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 Yudai Yamamoto
Assistant 1 Taku Nakano
Assistant 2 Ryosuke Murai

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

2023-07-16 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2023-03-04 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Cerezo Osaka FC 2022-09-14 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC 2022-05-25 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds 2021-09-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Cerezo Osaka FC

Recent Form

Cerezo Osaka FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Jul	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	2–0	W
08 Jul	Sagan Tosu FC	A	1–2	L
30 Jun	Avispa Fukuoka	H	0–1	L
24 Jun	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	4–1	W
10 Jun	Vissel Kobe	H	2–1	W
03 Jun	Nagoya Grampus	A	1–3	L

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Jul	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–2	L
08 Jul	FC Tokyo	H	0–0	D
01 Jul	Sagan Tosu FC	A	2–1	W
28 Jun	Shonan Bellmare	H	4–1	W
24 Jun	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1–1	D
11 Jun	Yokohama FC	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

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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Cerezo Osaka FC and Urawa Red Diamonds has kicked off!
5' The energy levels are beginning to show. Maciej Skorza might look to freshen things up shortly.
8' Leo Ceara is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 6 goals this season for the .
13' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Cerezo Osaka FC and Urawa Red Diamonds are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
18' A quiet spell here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai. Urawa Red Diamonds seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
23' Urawa Red Diamonds are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
25' GOAL! Jordy Croux fires home to make it 2-0!
28' Jordy Croux has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 28.
33' Mutsuki Kato has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
38' It looks like no one’s ball. Urawa Red Diamonds is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
43' Norway international Marius Hoibraten has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
45' It’s gonna be a card for Leo Ceara.
46' The whistle greets Ken Iwao as he departs to be replaced by Junpei Hayakawa.
49' Tomoaki Okubo picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
54' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Cerezo Osaka FC that had 369 games and scored 396 goals.
59' The travelling Urawa Red Diamonds supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
64' The supporters are chanting for Jose Kante. He replaces Shinzo Koroki on 64 minute.
69' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
70' Time for substitution for Cerezo Osaka FC. Leo Ceara is replaced by Satoki Uejo.
75' Supporters expect more eagerness from Junpei Hayakawa, as he is very good at scoring at Yanmar Stadium Nagai with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
79' The Cerezo Osaka FC bench stirs into life. Capixaba is withdrawn and Sota Kitano gets his opportunity.
81' The supporters are chanting for Hikaru Nakahara. He replaces Jordy Croux on 81 minute.
85' The Urawa Red Diamonds bench stirs into life. Takuya Ogiwara is withdrawn and Ayumu Ohata gets his opportunity.
90' Cerezo Osaka FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Urawa Red Diamonds.

Lineups

Cerezo Osaka FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

6
Ryosuke Yamanaka ↑ 79'
22
Matej Jonjic
17
Tokuma Suzuki ↑ 70'
41
Hikaru Nakahara ↑ 81'
31
Keisuke Shimizu
7
Satoki Uejo ↑ 70'
38
Sota Kitano ↑ 79'

Coach Akio Kogiku

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

11
Jose Kante ↑ 64'
4
Takuya Iwanami
22
Kai Shibato
12
Zion Suzuki
66
Ayumu Ohata ↑ 85'
8
Yoshio Koizumi ↑ 70'
35
Junpei Hayakawa ↑ 46'

Coach Maciej Skorza

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shinzo Koroki	4
Souza	2
Hiroshi Kiyotake	2
Kato Mutsuki	1
Tadanari Lee	1
Shota Fujio	1
Alexander Scholz	1
Osmar Barba	1

Head to Head

Cerezo Osaka FC Form

2023-07-16 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2023-07-08 Sagan Tosu FC 2–1 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2023-06-30 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–1 Avispa Fukuoka L 2023-06-24 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1–4 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2023-06-10 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Vissel Kobe W 2023-06-03 Nagoya Grampus 3–1 Cerezo Osaka FC L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2023-07-16 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2023-07-08 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 FC Tokyo D 2023-07-01 Sagan Tosu FC 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2023-06-28 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Shonan Bellmare W 2023-06-24 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2023-06-11 Yokohama FC 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.1 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 65% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cerezo Osaka FC54% Draw23% Urawa Red Diamonds23%

Actual: Cerezo Osaka FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.41

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Cerezo Osaka FC or Draw

77%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

46%

Cerezo Osaka FC or Urawa Red Diamonds

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Cerezo Osaka FC40% Draw40% Urawa Red Diamonds20%

Actual: Cerezo Osaka FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

6.4%

1 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

1 – 2

5.8%

3 – 0

0 – 0

4.7%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 1

3.7%

4 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Cerezo Osaka FC

Handicap	Cerezo Osaka FC covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	17%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	21%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	13%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Cerezo Osaka FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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