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

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J. League · 2024

Cerezo Osaka FC

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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

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' What a night it is going to be! Cerezo Osaka FC welcome Urawa Red Diamonds for this crunch clash at Yodoko Sakura Stadium.
5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
10' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Cerezo Osaka FC and Urawa Red Diamonds are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
20' Cerezo Osaka FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
25' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
30' Urawa Red Diamonds is showing some good football. However, Urawa Red Diamonds are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
35' Cerezo Osaka FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
40' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
43' Lucas Fernandes makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Cerezo Osaka FC are in front.
46' The supporters are chanting for Satoki Uejo. He replaces Vitor Bueno on 46 minute.
49' The Japan Hayato Okuda breaks the deadlock on 49 minutes. 2-0!
54' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
55' Controversy at the stadium! Yota Sato argues furiously but the card stands.
60' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
63' Bryan Linssen is ready to make an impact after coming on for Thiago Santana at the 63 minute mark.
64' Fresh legs for Urawa Red Diamonds! Ayumu Ohata comes on to replace Naoki Maeda.
69' Kakeru Funaki needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
73' Fresh legs for Urawa Red Diamonds! Hiroki Sakai comes on to replace Hirokazu Ishihara.
77' What a strike from Bryan Linssen! The score is 2-1.
81' It is a substitution in Cerezo Osaka FC team. Lucas Fernandes is replaced by Masaya Shibayama on 81 minute.
82' Cerezo Osaka FC make a change. Capixaba trudges off to be replaced by Hirotaka Tameda on 82 minutes.
85' Another change for Urawa Red Diamonds made on 85 minute. Tomoaki Okubo leaves to be changed by Shinzo Koroki.
87' Fresh legs for Cerezo Osaka FC! Yuichi Hirano comes on to replace Hiroaki Okuno.
2-1 the final result. Urawa Red Diamonds will be bitterly disappointed.

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
Hiroshi Kiyotake	2
Souza	2
Toshiyuki Takagi	1
Rafael Ratao	1
Atomu Tanaka	1
Shinzo Koroki	1
Leo Ceara	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.