Urawa Red Diamonds vs Cerezo Osaka Live Stream, Predictions

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Urawa Red Diamonds

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Urawa Red Diamonds, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 0-2 J1 League triumph vs Yokohama FC.

In that game, Urawa Red Diamonds had 54% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Urawa Red Diamonds, the scorers were Koya Yuruki (34') and Tomoaki Okubo (89'). Yokohama FC got 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

Their most recent results shine a light on the fact that it has been a great time for the Urawa Red Diamonds backline. Urawa Red Diamonds have been miserly, with the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their last six clashes standing at 3.

Going into this encounter, Urawa Red Diamonds have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Cerezo Osaka

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Pohang Steelers in AFC Champions League action, Cerezo Osaka and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

Throughout their 6 most recent matches, Lévir Culpi's Cerezo Osaka have managed to stick the ball in the net 8 times, yielding them a goals per game average of 1.33.

Heading into this fixture, Cerezo Osaka are undefeated in their last 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 01/09/2018 tells us that Urawa Red Diamonds have won 2 of these games & Cerezo Osaka 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 0.

A combined sum of 17 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for Reds and 10 being from Sakura. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The last league game between the two was J1 League match day 10 on 18/04/2021 which finished with the scoreline of Cerezo Osaka 1-0 Urawa Red Diamonds.

In that match, Cerezo Osaka managed 35% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Yusuke Maruhashi (66').

For their opponents, Urawa Red Diamonds got 13 shots at goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Yuichi Nishimura.

ℹ️ Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds

The Urawa Red Diamonds manager Ricardo Rodríguez has no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this clash thanks to a completely injury-free group to choose from.

📰 Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Due to a mostly healthy group of players, there’s just a single fitness problem for the Cerezo Osaka boss Lévir Culpi to contend with. Hiroshi Kiyotake (Torn Ankle Ligament) won’t be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

Cerezo Osaka will need to put in a solid display to get anything against this Urawa Red Diamonds side who we reckon should win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re therefore tipping a very even match with a 1-0 victory for Urawa Red Diamonds at the end of the 90 minutes.

Let’s see what happens.

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Peter Guest, 23:32 13/09/2021