Sagan Tosu vs Cerezo Osaka Prediction & Betting Tips

Cerezo Osaka will be the visitors at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium on Sunday for the J1 League fixture with home team Sagan Tosu.

Our tips, poll and stats for Sagan Tosu v Cerezo Osaka can all be found here (inc. the best betting odds).

📏 Form Guide

Sagan Tosu DLLDLD 📉

Sagan Tosu will play in this match coming off the back of a 1-1 J1 League drawn match versus Shimizu S-Pulse.

The only scorer from Sagan Tosu was Riki Harakawa (35'). Carlinhos (19') scored for Shimizu S-Pulse.

Under three goals per match were seen in 6 of the past 6 fixtures where Sagan Tosu have been involved. Breaking down the goal distribution during this period, opposing sides scored a total of 5 while Sagan Tosu managed the sum of 1. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, however.

Their past results show that Sagan Tosu:

• have not been beaten in their last 2 home league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 4 matches in the league. Things will have to change soon.

Cerezo Osaka WWWLWD

In their last fixture, Cerezo Osaka drew 0-0 in the J1 League tie with Vissel Kobe.

A run of dependable displays by the Cerezo Osaka defence has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their previous 6 fixtures combined. During the same period of time, their own forwards have managed to score 7.

Coming into this meeting, Cerezo Osaka are undefeated in their last 3 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 18/03/2017 shows us that Sagan Tosu have won 2 of these games and Cerezo Osaka 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

An aggregate of 12 goals were produced between them in this period, with 5 of them for Sagan Tosu and 7 created by Sakura. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The last league clash between these clubs was J1 League match day 22 on 11/08/2019 which ended up with the score at Cerezo Osaka 1-2 Sagan Tosu.

The referee was Ryosuke Yamaoka.

📋 Team News: Sagan Tosu

Sagan Tosu boss Myung-Hwi Kim does not have any fitness worries whatsoever before this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group to choose from.

📋 Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Cerezo boss Miguel Lotina has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Jun Nishikawa (Torn Muscle Fibre), Toshiyuki Takagi (Herniated Disc), Hirofumi Yamauchi (Medial Collateral Ligament Tear), Daichi Akiyama (Fatigue fracture) and Takumi Nagaishi (Fatigue fracture) are not able to play.

🧠 Prediction

When taking everything into account, Sagan Tosu might well have a job on their hands to be putting a goal past this Cerezo Osaka outfit who we think should get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

We’re therefore tipping a 0-1 victory for Cerezo Osaka at the end of the 90.

Let’s see how this one goes.

Victor Martins, 23:10 21/07/2020