Kawasaki Frontale vs Cerezo Osaka FC, J. League 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2022

Kawasaki Frontale

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Cerezo Osaka FC

Sat 2 Apr 2022 · 06:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Kawasaki Frontale vs Cerezo Osaka FC — J. League .

Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/27)
Cerezo Osaka FC 18 games · 31 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

Kawasaki Frontale 20 games · Avg 3.6 goals Cerezo Osaka FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-04-02 Kawasaki Frontale 1–4 Cerezo Osaka FC 2021-11-20 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–4 Kawasaki Frontale 2021-03-03 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Cerezo Osaka FC 2020-10-03 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale 2020-08-19 Kawasaki Frontale 5–2 Cerezo Osaka FC

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Apr	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	1–4	L
19 Mar	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	2–0	W
12 Mar	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–0	W
06 Mar	Gamba Osaka	A	2–2	D
02 Mar	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	2–1	W
26 Feb	Kashima Antlers	A	2–0	W

Cerezo Osaka FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Apr	Kawasaki Frontale	A	4–1	W
19 Mar	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	2–2	D
12 Mar	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	3–1	W
06 Mar	FC Tokyo	H	0–1	L
26 Feb	Kyoto Sanga FC	H	1–1	D
19 Feb	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

Kawasaki Frontale		Cerezo Osaka FC
#14	Position	#2
28	Points	31
18	Played	18
10 / 0 / 8	W / D / L	11 / 0 / 7
38	Scored	48
40	Conceded	38
-2	GD	+10
1.56	PPG	1.72
56%	Win %	61%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

43% Clean Sheets
Cerezo Osaka FC this season

Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 pts). Cerezo Osaka FC are 2nd (31 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

2/–

16-30

–/2

31-45

5/2

46-60

4/2

61-75

1/3

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale

Marcinho	6 G	1 A
Yasuto Wakizaka	2 G	3 A
Tatsuya Ito	2 G	1 A
Lazar Romanic	2 G

Cerezo Osaka FC

Solomon Sakuragawa	3 G
Yumeki Yokoyama	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Kawasaki Frontale and Cerezo Osaka FC has kicked off!
5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
10' It looks like no one’s ball. Kawasaki Frontale is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
13' Brilliant from the forward! Takashi Inui makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 13.
18' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 18 minutes.
23' Kawasaki Frontale have won 567 goals from 444 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
28' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
29' Against the run of play, Takashi Inui has scored! This game has turned on its head.
34' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
36' GOAL! Hiroto Yamada scores on 36.
41' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
46' A tactical swap from Kawasaki Frontale — Koki Tsukagawa on, Kazuya Yamamura off on 46 minutes.
51' The 30-year-old Hikaru Nakahara has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
56' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
61' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
63' A tactical swap from Cerezo Osaka FC — Jean Patric on, Takashi Inui off on 63 minutes.
65' Another substitution for Kawasaki Frontale to replace Akihiro Ienaga by Yu Kobayashi on 65 minute.
67' Hiroto Yamada with the second goal in the match!
72' Japan international Riki Harakawa has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
73' The whistle greets Hiroto Yamada as he departs to be replaced by Satoki Uejo.
78' Both keepers have barely been tested. Kawasaki Frontale and Cerezo Osaka FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
80' Hiroaki Okuno makes way for Tokuma Suzuki at the 80 minute mark. A tactical switch from Cerezo Osaka FC.
85' Satoki Uejo has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
86' What composure from Marcinho! The Brazil international strokes it home. 1-4.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-4 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

1
Jung Sungryong
5
Shogo Taniguchi
41
Akihiro Ienaga ↓ Yu Kobayashi 65'
14
Yasuto Wakizaka
9
Leandro Damiao ↓ Kei Chinen 46'
18
Chanathip Songkrasin ↓ Daiya Tono 46'
13
Miki Yamane
31
Kazuya Yamamura ↓ Koki Tsukagawa 46'
23
Marcinho
8
Kento Tachibanada ↓ Kazuki Kozuka 46'
15
Asahi Sasaki

Bench

11
Yu Kobayashi ↑ 65'
20
Kei Chinen ↑ 46'
27
Kenta Tanno
17
Kazuki Kozuka ↑ 46'
3
Koki Tsukagawa ↑ 46'
19
Daiya Tono ↑ 46'
24
Ten Miyagi

Coach Toru Oniki

Cerezo Osaka FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

26
Jean Patric ↑ 63'
29
Kakeru Funaki
11
Bruno Mendes ↑ 73'
16
Seiya Maikuma ↑ 80'
17
Tokuma Suzuki ↑ 80'
31
Keisuke Shimizu
7
Satoki Uejo ↑ 73'

Coach Akio Kogiku

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Leandro Damiao	7
Marcinho	3
Ayumu Seko	3
Kaoru Mitoma	3
Erison	2
Yoshito Okubo	2
Kei Chinen	2
Takashi Inui	2

Head to Head

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2022-04-02 Kawasaki Frontale 1–4 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2022-03-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2022-03-12 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Nagoya Grampus W 2022-03-06 Gamba Osaka 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale D 2022-03-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2022-02-26 Kashima Antlers 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale W

Cerezo Osaka FC Form

2022-04-02 Kawasaki Frontale 1–4 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2022-03-19 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–2 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo D 2022-03-12 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–3 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2022-03-06 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–1 FC Tokyo L 2022-02-26 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–1 Kyoto Sanga FC D 2022-02-19 Yokohama F.Marinos 2–2 Cerezo Osaka FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.21 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

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

2.54 Cerezo Osaka FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 84% + Both teams to score 81%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale39% Draw21% Cerezo Osaka FC40%

Actual: Cerezo Osaka FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes81% 0% No19%

Avg goals/match: 4.75

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	95%	5%
± 2.5	84%	16%
± 3.5	68%	32%
± 4.5	50%	50%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

60%

Draw or Cerezo Osaka FC

61%

Kawasaki Frontale or Cerezo Osaka FC

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale29% Draw34% Cerezo Osaka FC37%

Actual: Cerezo Osaka FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 2

6.6%

1 – 2

6.1%

1 – 1

5.6%

2 – 3

5.5%

2 – 1

5.4%

1 – 3

5.1%

3 – 2

4.8%

3 – 3

3 – 1

3.9%

2 – 4

3.5%

1 – 4

Actual

0 – 2

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap	Kawasaki Frontale covers	Push	Cerezo Osaka FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	10%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	15%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	17%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	13%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

Cerezo Osaka FC keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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