FC Tokyo play host to the visiting Cerezo Osaka at Ajinomoto Stadium in this J1 League clash on Saturday.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for FC Tokyo v Cerezo Osaka, scroll down - as well as up-to-date odds.
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FC Tokyo
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FC Tokyo won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 3-0 J1 League defeat last time out to Kyoto Sanga.
In that match, FC Tokyo managed 64% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. Kyoto Sanga got 15 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Sota Kawasaki (32'), Shohei Takeda (70') and Masaya Okugawa (75') scored for Kyoto Sanga.
It’s not been often in recent times that FC Tokyo have shown defensive steel. The reality is that FC Tokyo have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 12 goals during that time.
Coming into this clash, FC Tokyo haven't lost in the league to Cerezo Osaka in their last 4 games.
Cerezo Osaka
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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Yokohama FC in J. League Cup competition, Cerezo Osaka and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
Showing their bias toward eventful encounters, goals have been scored 22 times in the last six matches in which Cerezo Osaka have sent out their troops, giving an average of 3.67 goals per clash. Opposition teams have got 8 from this total. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, however.
Ahead of this meeting, Cerezo Osaka are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.
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Head to head
Looking over their prior head to head meetings going back to 15/04/2023 shows that FC Tokyo have won 2 of them & Cerezo Osaka 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.
A sum of 13 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for FC Tokyo and 5 netted by Sakura. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.
The previous league match between these clubs was J1 League match day 11 on 20/04/2025 and the score finished Cerezo Osaka 1-1 FC Tokyo.
In that game, Cerezo Osaka had 58% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Their only player to score was Ratão (6').
FC Tokyo had 10 shots at goal with 1 on target. Kein Sato (19') was the scorer.
The referee was Yudai Yamamoto.
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Team News: FC Tokyo
Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just a single fitness concern for the FC Tokyo gaffer Rikizo Matsuhashi to be concerned about due to a largely intact set of players. Seung-gyu Kim (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t play.
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Team News: Cerezo Osaka
Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there’s only a single fitness problem for the Cerezo Osaka manager Arthur Papas to be concerned with. Yuichi Hirano (Meniscus injury) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
FC Tokyo could find themselves up against it to put one past this Cerezo Osaka side who we reckon will manage to score & go ahead.
With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very even match with a 0-1 winning margin for Cerezo Osaka at full-time.
Hoping for a good game.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Turning to the betting odds on the win-draw-win market, a win for FC Tokyo is best priced at 3, a bet on the game finishing all-square is 3.4 and staking on the win for Cerezo Osaka gets 2.3. They are the best bets available as of now.
Peter Guest,
22:02 10/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
FC Tokyo
Formed: 1935
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium (47,851)
Captain: Kei Koizumi
Chairman: Shigeya Kawagishi
Manager: Rikizo Matsuhashi
Competitions: J1 League position 18
🔑 Key Man: Ryan
Normally taking to the field in the Striker position, Ryan was born in Aracaju, Brazil. After making a first senior appearance for Yokohama FC in the 2022 season, the goalscoring Forward has bagged 4 league goals in this J1 League 2025 campaign to date from a total of 14 appearances.