Cerezo Osaka vs Sagan Tosu Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka will be looking for a repeat result of a 1-0 J. League Cup triumph versus FC Tokyo.

The only scorer from Cerezo Osaka was Capixaba (86').

Akio Kogiku's Cerezo Osaka have hit the back of the net a sum total of 5 times in their prior 6 outings. The tally of goals that they have conceded in that time stands at 7.

Taking a look at their past results, Cerezo Osaka:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Sagan Tosu in their previous 4 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league games.

Sagan Tosu

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Previously, Sagan Tosu drew 0-0 in the J. League Cup tie with Consadole Sapporo.

Kenta Kawai's Sagan Tosu have fired home a total of 5 times in the course of their previous sextet of matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during that period equals 11.

Taking a look at their past results, Sagan Tosu:

• are winless against Cerezo Osaka when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 4 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their prior head to head clashes going back to 26/07/2020 shows us that Cerezo Osaka have won 2 of these & Sagan Tosu 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.

A total of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 9 of them from Sakura and 8 belonging to Sagan Tosu. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was J1 League match day 29 on 10/09/2022 when it ended Cerezo Osaka 2-1 Sagan Tosu.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka managed 48% possession and 15 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorers were Tokuma Suzuki (52') and Jean Patric (93').

For their opponents, Sagan Tosu got 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. Fuchi Honda (82') was the scorer.

The referee was Takuto Okabe.

🗞️ Team News: Cerezo Osaka

There is just one fitness concern for the Cerezo Osaka boss Akio Kogiku to be concerned with due to a largely intact group of players. Hiroshi Kiyotake (Hamstring Injury) misses out.

We think that Sakura may well employ a 4-2-3-1 formation this time featuring Jin-Hyeon Kim, Riku Matsuda, Matej Jonjic, Koji Toriumi, Ryosuke Yamanaka, Hiroaki Okuno, Tokuma Suzuki, Seiya Maikuma, Shinji Kagawa, Hirotaka Tameda and Mutsuki Kato.

🗞️ Team News: Sagan Tosu

Thanks to a mainly healthy group, there is just the lone fitness issue for the Sagan Tosu gaffer Kenta Kawai to be concerned about. Seok-ho Hwang (Metatarsal Fracture) won’t be playing here.

There’s a good chance that Sagan Tosu appear most likely to begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 lineup, starting Il-Kyu Park, Akito Fukuta, Kosuke Yamazaki, Wataru Harada, Yuto Iwasaki, Yoichi Naganuma, So Kawahara, Naoyuki Fujita, Taichi Kikuchi, Fuchi Honda and Cayman Togashi.

💭 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Sagan Tosu must be fancied to put one past this Cerezo Osaka outfit, although that isn’t expected to be as many as they will have scored against them.

We think that it’s going to be both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Cerezo Osaka after the 90. Let’s see what eventuates.

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Lucas Pereira, 03:07 08/03/2023