📏 Form Guide

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 1-3 J1 League triumph against Vissel Kobe.

In that match, Cerezo Osaka had 49% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Cerezo Osaka, the goalscorers were Satoki Uejo (45'), Masaya Shibayama (83') and Rafael Ratão (96'). On the other side, Vissel Kobe got 16 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Taisei Miyashiro (45') was the scorer for Vissel Kobe.

Fixtures featuring Cerezo Osaka have usually been entertaining affairs lately with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum of 22 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 12 of them being chalked up by Cerezo Osaka.

Their previous form shows that Cerezo Osaka:

• haven't won against Yokohama F. Marinos in their previous 3 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

Yokohama F. Marinos

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Al-Nassr in AFC Champions League Elite competition, Yokohama F. Marinos will be hoping to turn things around here.

The only player to score from Yokohama F. Marinos was Kota Watanabe (53'). Jhon Durán (27', 49'), Sadio Mané (31') and Cristiano Ronaldo (38') scored for Al-Nassr.

Yokohama F. Marinos have been a threat going forward leading up to this encounter, scoring 8 goals in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Yokohama F. Marinos have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same games. We shall soon see if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Looking at their past form shows that Yokohama F. Marinos:

• have not won against Cerezo Osaka when having played them away from home in the previous 11 matches in the league. A very poor run of away results.
• are without an away win for the past 6 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 19/02/2022 shows that Cerezo Osaka have won 1 of these & Yokohama F. Marinos 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

A combined total of 21 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 of them for Sakura and 13 coming from Marinos. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was J1 League match day 28 on 24/08/2024 when it ended Yokohama F. Marinos 4-0 Cerezo Osaka.

In that match, Yokohama F. Marinos had 59% possession and 15 shots at goal with 8 on target. The goals were scored by Anderson Lopes (49', 83'), Ren Kato (73') and Jun Amano (95').

Cerezo Osaka got 14 attempts at goal with 6 on target.

The referee was Yudai Yamamoto.

🗞️ Team News: Cerezo Osaka

There aren’t many selection issues, with just a single fitness concern for the Cerezo Osaka gaffer Arthur Papas to be concerned with due to a largely intact group of players. Yuichi Hirano (Meniscus injury) is sidelined.

🗞️ Team News: Yokohama F. Marinos

Yokohama F. Marinos manager Patrick Kisnorbo has a number of players out of action. Reno Noguchi (Hamstring injury) and Takuto Kimura (Cruciate ligament injury) are not ready for selection.

⚡ Prediction

We think that Yokohama F. Marinos may not find it easy to find the net against this Cerezo Osaka lineup who we think will get a goal themselves and run out victorious.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a narrow 1-0 winning margin for Cerezo Osaka when the referee blows for full-time.

It should be a good one.

Renata Leite, 05:04 11/05/2025