FC Tokyo vs Cerezo Osaka Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

FC Tokyo

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FC Tokyo enter this match after a 1-1 J1 League stalemate versus Kashima Antlers.

In that match, FC Tokyo had 49% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for FC Tokyo was Diego Oliveira (28'). For their opponents, Kashima Antlers had 7 shots on goal with 4 on target. Yuki Kakita (6') was the scorer for Kashima Antlers.

It’s been seldom in recent times where FC Tokyo have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that FC Tokyo have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 10 goals in the process. That trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, though.

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka head into the clash after a 0-2 J1 League win as they beat Shonan Bellmare in their last game.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka managed 52% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Cerezo Osaka, the goals were scored by Léo Ceará (53') and Satoki Uejo (89'). Shonan Bellmare had 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

A succession of hard-working displays by the Cerezo Osaka defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their past 6 fixtures overall. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 6.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 06/03/2021 tells us that FC Tokyo have won 3 of these games & Cerezo Osaka 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 20 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 12 for FC Tokyo and 8 coming from Sakura. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The previous league match featuring these sides was J1 League match day 8 on 15/04/2023 and the score finished FC Tokyo 1-2 Cerezo Osaka.

In that match, FC Tokyo had 55% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Ryoma Watanabe (68').

Cerezo Osaka had 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Hiroaki Okuno (59', 84') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Yoshimi Yamashita.

📋 Team News: FC Tokyo

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the FC Tokyo boss Albert Puig to be concerned with from a near full-strength group of players. Hotaka Nakamura (Achilles tendon rupture) misses out.

📰 Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Owing to an otherwise available group, there’s only the lone fitness problem for the Cerezo Osaka gaffer Akio Kogiku to be concerned with. Hiroshi Kiyotake (Hamstring Injury) won’t be in action.

🧠 Prediction

For this match, we think that Cerezo Osaka should have enough to find the back of the net against this FC Tokyo team, but it is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re expecting a narrow 2-1 victory for FC Tokyo at the end of the match. Should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:04 20/05/2023