Kyoto Sanga vs Cerezo Osaka Live Stream, Predictions (May 03)

📊 Form Guide

Kyoto Sanga

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Kyoto Sanga will be hoping to bounce back here following a 2-1 J1 League defeat in their last game at the hands of Gamba Osaka.

In that match, Kyoto Sanga had 60% possession and 13 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Kyoto Sanga was Takuji Yonemoto (34'). Gamba Osaka had 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Takashi Usami (10') and Deniz Hümmet (27') scored for Gamba Osaka.

Kyoto Sanga haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They’ve claimed a sum of 9 during that period and have conceded a total of 6.

Taking a look at their past results, Kyoto Sanga:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Cerezo Osaka in their last 3 games.
• are undefeated in their last 4 league matches at home.

Cerezo Osaka

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Machida Zelvia in J1 League action, Cerezo Osaka and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka managed 65% possession and 5 shots at goal with 1 on target. The scorer for Cerezo Osaka was Thiago Andrade (90'). Machida Zelvia got 16 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Se-hun Oh (49') and Ibrahim Drešević (78') scored for Machida Zelvia.

The numbers tell their own story, and Cerezo Osaka have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals in all. In defence, Cerezo Osaka certainly have room for improvement. Previous results aside, we will just have to wait and see if that trend will continue on in this match or not.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Cerezo Osaka:

• remain undefeated by Kyoto Sanga when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league games. A very decent away record against them.
• have not won away from home in their last 5 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 05/04/2023 shows that Kyoto Sanga have won 4 of these & Cerezo Osaka 1, with the tally of draws being 1.

A total of 18 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 13 from Kyoto and 5 created by Sakura. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 27 on 17/08/2024 when it ended Cerezo Osaka 3-5 Kyoto Sanga.

That time, Cerezo Osaka had 73% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Vitor Bueno (45'), Sota Kitano (79') and Léo Ceará (96').

Kyoto Sanga got 23 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Rafael Elias (12', 56', 64'), Taichi Hara (17') and Shinnosuke Fukuda (28') scored.

The referee was Masuya Ueda.

🗞️ Team News: Kyoto Sanga

There is just the lone fitness concern for the Kyoto Sanga boss Kwi-jae Cho to contend with from a near full-strength squad. Sung-yun Gu (Meniscus injury) will miss out.

ℹ️ Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Out of a mainly healthy group, there is only a single fitness problem for the Cerezo Osaka gaffer Arthur Papas to contend with. Yuichi Hirano (Meniscus injury) won’t be in action.

⚡ Prediction

We envisage that Cerezo Osaka and Kyoto Sanga should both be able to score here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. Our tip is therefore for a very close game with a 1-1 draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

In terms of the bookies’ odds on the WDW market, backing Kyoto Sanga can be had for 2.75, backing a draw is 3.25 and selecting the winner to be Cerezo Osaka can be had at 2.63. Those are the most competitive market prices being offered at this very moment.

Peter Guest, 20:31 29/04/2025