📏 Form Guide

Fagiano Okayama

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Fagiano Okayama, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 2-0 J1 100 Year Vision League success vs Shimizu S-Pulse.

In that game, Fagiano Okayama had 40% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Fagiano Okayama was Kosuke Shirai (11'). Shimizu S-Pulse got 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

Fagiano Okayama haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They’ve hit an aggregate of 10 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 3. Nonetheless, we must now wait to see if such a trend will be replicated in this game.

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka head into the encounter following a 6-1 J1 100 Year Vision League win in the defeat of Nagoya Grampus in their most recent match.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka had 42% possession and 15 shots at goal with 9 on target. For Cerezo Osaka, the scorers were Shunta Tanaka (12'), Yumeki Yokoyama (22', 39'), Andrade (54') and Solomon Sakuragawa (87', 89'). On the other side, Nagoya Grampus had 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. Yudai Kimura (42') scored for Nagoya Grampus.

Cerezo Osaka have been effective going forward in the lead-up to this encounter, scoring 12 times in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Cerezo Osaka have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same games.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 28/05/2016 tells us that Fagiano Okayama have won 1 of these & Cerezo Osaka 4, with the number of drawn games being 1.

In all, 15 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 6 for Okayama and 9 for Sakura. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The last league match between these clubs was J1 100 Year Vision League match day 7 on 18/03/2026 when it finished Cerezo Osaka 1-2 Fagiano Okayama.

On that occasion, Cerezo Osaka managed 55% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Solomon Sakuragawa (19').

Fagiano Okayama got 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Towa Yamane (69') scored.

ℹ️ Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Cerezo Osaka boss Arthur Papas has multiple availability issues to deal with. Kusini Yengi (Torn thigh muscle), Lucas Fernandes (Cruciate ligament injury), Koki Fukui (Elbow injury), Reiya Sakata (Hamstring injury) and Travis Takahashi (Herniated disc) are not able to play.

🔮 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Cerezo Osaka and Fagiano Okayama are probably both going to find scoring goals difficult here.

Let’s see how this one goes, but it looks this could be a game with minimal goal-scoring opportunities. We’re therefore seeing a very competitive game with a 0-0 draw when all is said and done.

Peter Guest, 03:02 24/05/2026