Cerezo Osaka FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds, J. League 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2024

Cerezo Osaka FC

2 – 1

Full Time

Urawa Red Diamonds

Sat 15 Jun 2024 · 10:00 UTC Yodoko Sakura Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 55' Yota Sato

Overview

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Cerezo Osaka FC vs Urawa Red Diamonds — J. League at Yodoko Sakura Stadium.

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	Kyōto 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	Tōkyō 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

2024-06-15 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 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

Recent Form

Cerezo Osaka FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Jun	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	2–1	W
01 Jun	Kyōto Sanga FC	A	1–1	D
26 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–1	D
18 May	Avispa Fukuoka	A	3–0	W
15 May	FC Machida Zelvia	A	1–2	L
11 May	Vissel Kobe	H	1–4	L

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Jun	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	1–2	L
01 Jun	Vissel Kobe	H	1–1	D
26 May	FC Machida Zelvia	H	1–2	L
19 May	Júbilo Iwata	A	1–1	D
15 May	Kyōto Sanga FC	H	3–0	W
11 May	Albirex Niigata	A	4–2	W

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

43% Clean Sheets
Cerezo Osaka FC this season

14% 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

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/4

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/2

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

1/1

16-30

4/3

31-45

4/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/4

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Cerezo Osaka FC

Solomon Sakuragawa	3 G
Yumeki Yokoyama	1 G

Urawa Red Diamonds

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

Events

Match Events

0' Cerezo Osaka FC have kicked off against Urawa Red Diamonds. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' 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 Vitor Bueno suffering a number of foals already.
10' Hiroki Sakai is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Urawa Red Diamonds so far.
15' Cerezo Osaka FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
20' Urawa Red Diamonds come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
25' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
30' The energy levels are beginning to show. Akio Kogiku might look to freshen things up shortly.
35' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
40' Urawa Red Diamonds is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
43' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Lucas Fernandes makes no mistake. 1-0!
46' It is a substitution in Cerezo Osaka FC team. Vitor Bueno is replaced by Satoki Uejo on 46 minute.
49' What a moment for Hayato Okuda! That strike on 49 puts his side firmly in control.
54' Shinzo Koroki has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 7 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
55' Urawa Red Diamonds player sees a card in front of him.
60' Urawa Red Diamonds fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
63' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Thiago Santana by Bryan Linssen on 63 minute.
64' Ayumu Ohata gets the nod from Urawa Red Diamonds. He replaces Naoki Maeda and will look to change the dynamic.
69' It looks surprising Cerezo Osaka FC does not make any changes. Kakeru Funaki has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
73' The Urawa Red Diamonds bench stirs into life. Hirokazu Ishihara is withdrawn and Hiroki Sakai gets his opportunity.
77' Bryan Linssen is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
81' The Cerezo Osaka FC bench stirs into life. Lucas Fernandes is withdrawn and Masaya Shibayama gets his opportunity.
82' Cerezo Osaka FC make a change. Capixaba trudges off to be replaced by Hirotaka Tameda on 82 minutes.
85' Another substitution for Urawa Red Diamonds to replace Tomoaki Okubo by Shinzo Koroki on 85 minute.
87' Another substitution for Cerezo Osaka FC to replace Hiroaki Okuno by Yuichi Hirano on 87 minute.
Full Time. Cerezo Osaka FC beats Urawa Red Diamonds

Lineups

Cerezo Osaka FC Lineups

Starting XI

77
Lucas Fernandes ↓ Masaya Shibayama 81'
9
Leo Ceara ↓ Tatsuya Yamashita 87'
27
Capixaba ↓ Hirotaka Tameda 82'
25
Hiroaki Okuno ↓ Yuichi Hirano 87'
14
Kakeru Funaki
10
Shunta Tanaka
33
Ryuya Nishio
24
Koji Toriumi
55
Vitor Bueno ↓ Satoki Uejo 46'
21
Jin-hyeon Kim
16
Hayato Okuda

Bench

23
Tatsuya Yamashita ↑ 87'
19
Hirotaka Tameda ↑ 82'
4
Yuichi Hirano ↑ 87'
31
Keisuke Shimizu
7
Satoki Uejo ↑ 46'
35
Ryo Watanabe
48
Masaya Shibayama ↑ 81'

Coach Akio Kogiku

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

9
Bryan Linssen ↑ 63'
2
Hiroki Sakai ↑ 73'
30
Shinzo Koroki ↑ 85'
66
Ayumu Ohata ↑ 64'
47
Hidetoshi Takeda ↑ 73'
23
Rikito Inoue
16
Ayumi Niekawa

Coach Per-Mathias Høgmo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shinzo Koroki	4
Souza	2
Hiroshi Kiyotake	2
Thomas Deng	1
Seiya Maikuma	1
Toshiyuki Takagi	1
Jordy Croux	1
Ken Tokura	1

Head to Head

Cerezo Osaka FC Form

2024-06-15 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2024-06-01 Kyōto Sanga FC 1–1 Cerezo Osaka FC D 2024-05-26 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2024-05-18 Avispa Fukuoka 0–3 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2024-05-15 FC Machida Zelvia 2–1 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2024-05-11 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–4 Vissel Kobe L

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2024-06-15 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2024-06-01 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Vissel Kobe D 2024-05-26 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 FC Machida Zelvia L 2024-05-19 Júbilo Iwata 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2024-05-15 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Kyōto Sanga FC W 2024-05-11 Albirex Niigata 2–4 Urawa Red Diamonds W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.27 Cerezo Osaka FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.61 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cerezo Osaka FC54% Draw22% Urawa Red Diamonds24%

Actual: Cerezo Osaka FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.88

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Cerezo Osaka FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Urawa Red Diamonds

46%

Cerezo Osaka FC or Urawa Red Diamonds

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Cerezo Osaka FC39% Draw38% Urawa Red Diamonds23%

Actual: Cerezo Osaka FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.4%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.6%

3 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

5.9%

2 – 0

5.4%

3 – 2

1 – 0

4.3%

3 – 0

4 – 1

3.6%

2 – 3

3.5%

0 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Cerezo Osaka FC

Handicap	Cerezo Osaka FC covers	Push	Urawa Red Diamonds covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	15%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	20%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	14%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Cerezo Osaka FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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