📊 Form Guide

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka enter this fixture following a 2-2 J1 League tied result vs Albirex Niigata.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka had 56% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Cerezo Osaka, the scorers were Motohiko Nakajima (28') and Rafael Ratão (91'). Albirex Niigata had 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Ken Yamura (17') and Motoki Hasegawa (62') scored for Albirex Niigata.

It’s not been often in recent games that Cerezo Osaka haven’t conceded. The facts show that Cerezo Osaka have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 13 goals during that time. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, of course.

Coming into this meeting, Cerezo Osaka have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

Nagoya Grampus

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Machida Zelvia in J1 League competition, Nagoya Grampus and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Nagoya Grampus had 49% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Nagoya Grampus was Yota Sato (20'). On the other side, Machida Zelvia had 7 shots on goal with 2 on target. Takuma Nishimura (13') and Sang-ho Na (74') scored for Machida Zelvia.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Nagoya Grampus, a minimum of three goals have gone in. The average goals scored per match in that time is 3.33, with the number of goals averaged by Nagoya Grampus coming out as 1.

Their past results show that Nagoya Grampus:

• have not registered a win against Cerezo Osaka when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 14/05/2022 shows that Cerezo Osaka have won 2 of these games and Nagoya Grampus 4, with the tally of drawn results being 0.

16 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 7 for Sakura and 9 for N. Grampus. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The previous league contest between these clubs was J1 League match day 21 on 30/06/2024 which ended up with the score at Cerezo Osaka 2-1 Nagoya Grampus.

On that day, Cerezo Osaka had 40% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorers were Léo Ceará (26') and Lucas Fernandes (65').

At the other end, Nagoya Grampus had 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Tojiro Kubo (76') scored.

The referee was Yudai Yamamoto.

📋 Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Yuichi Hirano (Meniscus injury) and Kyohei Noborizato (Hamstring injury) will be missing for Cerezo Osaka manager Arthur Papas.

📋 Team News: Nagoya Grampus

Nagoya Grampus manager Kenta Hasegawa has to currently contend with reduced team options. Masahito Ono (Cruciate ligament injury), Kasper Junker (Calf strain) and Daniel Schmidt (Meniscus injury) will not be playing here.

💭 Prediction

We’re envisaging that Nagoya Grampus will need to apply a lot of pressure to put one past this Cerezo Osaka side who we reckon will be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

Our tip is therefore for a very even contest with a 1-0 victory for Cerezo Osaka when all is said and done.

Looking forward to this.

Victor Martins, 06:03 08/03/2025