Kawasaki Frontale vs Cerezo Osaka Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

📏 Form Guide

Kawasaki Frontale

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Kawasaki Frontale, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-1 J1 League victory versus Yokohama FC.

In that game, Kawasaki Frontale had 73% possession and 15 shots at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Kawasaki Frontale was Yuki Yamamoto (33'). Yokohama FC got 10 shots on goal with 5 on target. Yuri Lara (4') and Boniface Nduka (83' Own goal) scored for Yokohama FC.

It’s not been often in recent games that Kawasaki Frontale haven’t conceded. The facts show that Kawasaki Frontale have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 9 goals along the way. We shall soon find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Their previous form shows that Kawasaki Frontale:

• haven't beaten Cerezo Osaka in their last 6 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 4 league matches at home.

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka head into the game after a 1-0 J1 League win in the defeat of Yokohama F. Marinos in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka managed 51% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Cerezo Osaka was Rafael Ratão (24'). At the other end, Yokohama F. Marinos got 15 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

Looking at their form, and Cerezo Osaka have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 7 goals overall. Defensively, Cerezo Osaka certainly have room for improvement.

A look at their previous results shows us that Cerezo Osaka:

• have not beaten Kawasaki Frontale in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
• haven't been beaten by Kawasaki Frontale in away games against them for the last 3 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 03/08/2022 tells us that Kawasaki Frontale have won 0 of these games & Cerezo Osaka 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 4.

12 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 4 from Frontale and 8 for Sakura. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The previous league fixture between the two was J1 League match day 23 on 14/07/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Kawasaki Frontale 1-1 Cerezo Osaka.

On that occasion, Kawasaki Frontale managed 48% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer was Marcinho (36').

Cerezo Osaka had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Vitor Bueno (77') was the scorer.

The referee was Hiroyuki Kimura.

📋 Team News: Kawasaki Frontale

Yu Kobayashi (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation), Shintaro Kurumaya (Adductor injury), Jesiel (Hamstring injury) and Geun-hyeong Lee (Meniscus tear) won’t be able to feature for Kawasaki Frontale gaffer Shigetoshi Hasebe.

📋 Team News: Cerezo Osaka

In an otherwise full-strength group, there is just the lone fitness issue for the Cerezo Osaka manager Arthur Papas to contend with. Yuichi Hirano (Meniscus injury) misses out for this game.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the view that Kawasaki Frontale should fashion enough chances to find the net more than once while possibly not conceding against Cerezo Osaka, who could well find it tough scoring.

We’re therefore expecting to see a decent 2-0 winning score for Kawasaki Frontale at the end of the match.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Regarding the latest bookmaker odds on the WDW market, a victory for Kawasaki Frontale is best priced at 1.85, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.75 & taking a punt on victory for Cerezo Osaka gets 3.9. They are the best returns on offer right now.

Peter Guest, 13:08 15/05/2025