The J1 League fixture at Ajinomoto Stadium on Saturday will see home side FC Tokyo play against Cerezo Osaka.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for FC Tokyo v Cerezo Osaka, scroll down (plus the best game odds).
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FC Tokyo
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FC Tokyo will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 3-0 J1 League defeat last time out to Kyoto Sanga.
In that match, FC Tokyo had 64% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. On the other side, Kyoto Sanga got 15 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Sota Kawasaki (32'), Shohei Takeda (70') and Masaya Okugawa (75') scored for Kyoto Sanga.
It’s not been often in recent times that FC Tokyo have shown defensive steel. The reality is that FC Tokyo have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 12 goals during that time.
Coming into this clash, FC Tokyo haven't lost in the league to Cerezo Osaka in their last 4 games.
Cerezo Osaka
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After being beaten in their last game against Yokohama FC in J. League Cup competition, Cerezo Osaka and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
Kaito Mori (45'), Lara (84') and Musashi Suzuki (89') scored for Yokohama FC. Yokohama FC ran out winners in extra time.
Showing their bias toward eventful encounters, goals have been scored 22 times in the last six matches in which Cerezo Osaka have sent out their troops, giving an average of 3.67 goals per clash. Opposition teams have got 8 from this total. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, however.
Ahead of this meeting, Cerezo Osaka are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.
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Head to head
Checking on their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 15/04/2023 shows us that FC Tokyo have won 2 of them & Cerezo Osaka 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.
A combined total of 13 goals were produced between them in this period, with 8 of them from FC Tokyo and 5 created by Sakura. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.
The last league clash between these clubs was J1 League match day 11 on 20/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Cerezo Osaka 1-1 FC Tokyo.
On that day, Cerezo Osaka managed 58% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The scorer was Ratão (6').
On the other side, FC Tokyo got 10 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Kein Sato (19') scored.
The match was refereed by Yudai Yamamoto.
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Team News: FC Tokyo
Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just a single fitness concern for the FC Tokyo boss Rikizo Matsuhashi to be concerned about from a near full-strength group. Seung-gyu Kim (Cruciate ligament tear) is out of contention.
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Team News: Cerezo Osaka
Out of a mainly available squad, there’s only the sole fitness worry for the Cerezo Osaka manager Arthur Papas to contend with. Yuichi Hirano (Meniscus injury) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
FC Tokyo could find themselves up against it to put one past this Cerezo Osaka side who we reckon will manage to score & go ahead.
With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very even match with a 0-1 winning margin for Cerezo Osaka at full-time.
Hoping for a good game.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Turning to the betting odds on the win-draw-win market, a win for FC Tokyo is best priced at 3, a bet on the game finishing all-square is 3.4 and staking on the win for Cerezo Osaka gets 2.3. They are the best bets available as of now.
Peter Guest,
21:01 10/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
FC Tokyo
Formed: 1935
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium (47,851)
Captain: Kei Koizumi
Chairman: Shigeya Kawagishi
Manager: Rikizo Matsuhashi
Competitions: J1 League position 18
🔑 Key Man: Ryan
Normally taking to the field in the Striker position, Ryan was born in Aracaju, Brazil. After making a first senior appearance for Yokohama FC in the 2022 season, the goalscoring Forward has bagged 4 league goals in this J1 League 2025 campaign to date from a total of 14 appearances.