📏 Form Guide

Kashiwa Reysol

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Kashiwa Reysol enter this game following a 1-1 J1 League drawn match vs Albirex Niigata.

In that match, Kashiwa Reysol had 35% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 11 on target. The only player to score for Kashiwa Reysol was Kosuke Kinoshita (15'). At the other end, Albirex Niigata had 9 shots at goal with 2 on target. Kazuhiko Chiba (57') scored for Albirex Niigata.

Fewer than three goals per game were scored during 6 of the last 6 meetings where Kashiwa Reysol have taken part. With regard to the goal attribution from this period, their opponents scored a total of 5 while Kashiwa Reysol managed the sum of 5. Such a trend might not be sustained into this next game, however.

Leading up to this clash, Kashiwa Reysol:

• haven't won against Cerezo Osaka in their previous 3 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 5 league games. Fans are getting restless.

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka will come into the clash after a 2-0 J1 League win over Shonan Bellmare in their last match.

In that match, Cerezo Osaka managed 54% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Cerezo Osaka, the goalscorers were Kakeru Funaki (60') and Sota Kitano (82'). At the other end, Shonan Bellmare got 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

Akio Kogiku's Cerezo Osaka have slotted home 9 times in the course of their most recent six matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during those same clashes comes to 5.

Analysis of their past results shows that Cerezo Osaka:

• have not registered a win against Kashiwa Reysol in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
• are undefeated by Kashiwa Reysol when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels going back to 27/02/2021, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Kashiwa Reysol winning 2 of those games, Cerezo Osaka 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

An aggregate of 7 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 3 of them from Reysol and 4 belonging to Sakura. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.17.

The last league clash featuring these sides was J1 League match day 23 on 12/08/2023 when the final score was Kashiwa Reysol 1-1 Cerezo Osaka.

On that day, Kashiwa Reysol managed 24% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Sachiro Toshima (4').

Cerezo Osaka had 10 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Ryosuke Shindo (96') scored.

The match was refereed by Hiroyuki Kimura.

📋 Team News: Kashiwa Reysol

Hidetaka Maie (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Tomoki Takamine (Knee medial ligament tear) won’t be available for Kashiwa Reysol boss Masami Ihara.

In all likelihood, Kashiwa Reysol should kick off with a 4-4-2 formation this time featuring Kenta Matsumoto, Hiroki Sekine, Tomoya Inukai, Taiyo Koga, Diego, Takuya Shimamura, Takumi Tsuchiya, Eiji Shirai, Yuto Yamada, Mao Hosoya and Matheus Savio.

📰 Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Cerezo Osaka manager Akio Kogiku has a number of players out of action. Sota Kitano (Meniscus injury), Shinnosuke Kinoshita (Hamstring muscle injury) and Ryosuke Shindo (Hamstring injury) are those who can’t be considered. Justin Hubner will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We reckon that Sakura seem likely to utilise a 4-1-2-3 system, settling for Jin-Hyeon Kim, Seiya Maikuma, Ryuya Nishio, Kakeru Funaki, Kyohei Noborizato, Shunta Tanaka, Vitor Bueno, Hiroaki Okuno, Jordy Croux, Leo and Capixaba.

💡 Prediction

Cerezo Osaka should be able to find the back of the net against this Kashiwa Reysol team, but it is unlikely to be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We can see a close game with a 2-1 win for Kashiwa Reysol at the end of the match. Looking forward to this.

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

Lucas Pereira, 09:11 03/04/2024