📏 Form Guide

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka will play in this game coming off the back of a 0-0 J1 League stalemate versus Urawa Red Diamonds.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka managed 60% possession and 19 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Urawa Red Diamonds had 11 attempts on goal with 6 on target.

Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that not much more can be done by the Cerezo Osaka backline. Cerezo Osaka have been miserly, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their last 6 clashes standing at 4. Historical results aside, it remains to be seen if that pattern will continue on here in this match.

Their prior results show that Cerezo Osaka:

• are unbeaten in the league by Shimizu S-Pulse in their last 2 matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 home league matches.

Shimizu S-Pulse

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Shimizu S-Pulse come into this clash following a 3-2 J1 League win with the downing of Vissel Kobe in their last fixture.

In that game, Shimizu S-Pulse had 45% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Shimizu S-Pulse, the goals were scored by Koya Kitagawa (15') and Sen Takagi (24', 71'). At the other end, Vissel Kobe had 18 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Taisei Miyashiro (57', 91') was the scorer for Vissel Kobe.

Looking at their form, and Shimizu S-Pulse have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 9 goals in total. Defensively, Shimizu S-Pulse just haven’t been too solid at all.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Shimizu S-Pulse:

• haven't beaten Cerezo Osaka when they've played them away from home in the last 6 league matches. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 08/07/2020 shows that Cerezo Osaka have won 3 of these & Shimizu S-Pulse 2, with the tally of draws being 1.

A total of 18 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 10 for Sakura and 8 being from Shimizu. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league match between these clubs was J1 League match day 18 on 26/06/2022 when it finished Cerezo Osaka 1-1 Shimizu S-Pulse.

In that match, Cerezo Osaka had 55% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The scorers were Matej Jonjić (35' Own goal) and Kakeru Funaki (76').

On the other side, Shimizu S-Pulse had 4 shots on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Yoshiro Imamura.

ℹ️ Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the Cerezo Osaka manager Arthur Papas to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group of players. Yuichi Hirano (Meniscus injury) will miss out.

🧠 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Shimizu S-Pulse have enough to get a goal against this Cerezo Osaka outfit, but that probably won’t quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re tipping a 2-1 winning score for Cerezo Osaka by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Andre Moura, 05:01 01/06/2025