Kashima Antlers vs Cerezo Osaka Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Kashima Antlers

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Kashima Antlers will be wanting a better result here following the 1-2 J. League Cup losing effort in their last game against Nagoya Grampus.

The only scorer from Kashima Antlers was Hayato Nakama (51'). Taika Nakashima (3') and Haruki Yoshida (119') scored for Nagoya Grampus. The match went to extra time and was won by Nagoya Grampus.

It has been seldom in recent times where Kashima Antlers have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Kashima Antlers have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 7 goals on the way. We will find out whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Leading up to this clash, Kashima Antlers:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Cerezo Osaka in their last 12 matches. A long run without a loss.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 8 league matches at home. A very good run at home.

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka go into this game following on from a 3-0 J1 League win against Kawasaki Frontale in their most recent outing.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka had 44% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Cerezo Osaka, the scorers were Léo Ceará (72') and Ryo Watanabe (92'). On the other side, Kawasaki Frontale got 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Kota Takai (52' Own goal) was the scorer for Kawasaki Frontale.

A series of effective showings from the Cerezo Osaka defensive players has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 3 from their last 6 fixtures overall. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 10.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Cerezo Osaka:

• have not registered a win against Kashima Antlers in games played away from home for the previous 5 matches in the league. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• are undefeated in their last 2 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head clashes going back to 26/09/2021 shows that Kashima Antlers have won 4 of these & Cerezo Osaka 1, with the number of drawn games being 1.

18 goals were scored between them in these games, with 12 of them from Antlers and 6 for Sakura. The average goals per game has been 3.

The last league clash featuring the two was J1 League match day 12 on 07/05/2023 and the score finished Cerezo Osaka 0-1 Kashima Antlers.

On that day, Cerezo Osaka managed 46% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

For their opponents, Kashima Antlers had 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Ikuma Sekigawa (67') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Futoshi Nakamura.

📰 Team News: Kashima Antlers

There aren’t many selection issues, with just the sole fitness concern for the Kashima Antlers manager Daiki Iwamasa to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed group. Shu Morooka (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury) misses out. Hayato Nakama is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

📰 Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Cerezo Osaka manager Akio Kogiku has some current player fitness concerns. Ryosuke Yamanaka (Achilles tendon rupture), Jin-hyeon Kim (Fractured Foot), Hirotaka Tameda (Meniscal Injury) and Hiroshi Kiyotake (Surgery) won’t be making appearances.

💭 Prediction

In this match, Cerezo Osaka have the capability to put one past this Kashima Antlers side, but that probably shouldn’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re expecting a narrow 2-1 winning margin for Kashima Antlers at the end of this one. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 08:01 13/09/2023