📊 Form Guide

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 2-1 J1 League losing effort in their last game against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

In that match, Cerezo Osaka managed 51% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Cerezo Osaka was Lucas Fernandes (15'). On the other side, Sanfrecce Hiroshima got 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Naoto Arai (18') and Hayato Araki (86') scored for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

It has not been often in recent games that Cerezo Osaka haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Cerezo Osaka have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 8 goals during that time.

Their past results show that Cerezo Osaka:

• haven't won against Kashima Antlers in their last 15 league games. They'll surely be desperate to put an end to that run.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Kashima Antlers

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In their previous fixture, Kashima Antlers drew 1-1 in the J. League Cup match with Renofa Yamaguchi.

The only player to score from Kashima Antlers was Shu Morooka (81'). The game was won 3-5 by Renofa Yamaguchi on penalties.

In 5 of the past 6 games involving Kashima Antlers, a relatively low number of goals have gone in between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game within that spell comes out as a meagre 2.17, with the average goals for Antlers being 1. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, though.

Coming into this clash, Kashima Antlers have not lost to Cerezo Osaka in away games against them for the last 12 matches in the league. Travelling fans must really look forward to this fixture.

↔️ Head to head

Delving into past results between these clubs stretching back to 29/04/2022 shows that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Cerezo Osaka. They’ve not been able to get themselves any victories at all whereas Kashima Antlers have just been stronger than them, finishing as winners in 67% of those games played.

A combined sum of 15 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 from Sakura and 11 for Antlers. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

The previous league game between the two was J1 League match day 37 on 30/11/2024 when it ended Cerezo Osaka 0-2 Kashima Antlers.

On that occasion, Cerezo Osaka had 61% possession and 18 shots at goal with 5 on target.

Kashima Antlers got 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. Shu Morooka (10') and Yuma Suzuki (14') scored.

The referee was Koei Koya.

📰 Team News: Cerezo Osaka

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Cerezo Osaka gaffer Arthur Papas to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Yuichi Hirano (Meniscus injury) misses out.

🗞️ Team News: Kashima Antlers

Kashima Antlers manager Tōru Oniki has multiple availability issues to deal with. Yoshihiro Shimoda (Metatarsal fracture) and Homare Tokuda (Broken ankle) are those who can’t be considered.

💭 Prediction

We feel that Kashima Antlers and Cerezo Osaka may both struggle to make a breakthrough here.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks quite a realistic result. We’re therefore tipping a very competitive game with a 0-0 score by the conclusion of this game.

Victor Martins, 05:05 12/04/2025