Cerezo Osaka vs Tokyo Verdy Live Stream, Predictions (Jun 21)

📊 Form Guide

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka enter this game coming off the back of a 2-2 J1 League draw versus FC Tokyo.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka managed 60% possession and 12 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. For Cerezo Osaka, the scorers were Ratão (41') and Shunta Tanaka (71'). At the other end, FC Tokyo got 21 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Ryan (3', 81') was the scorer for FC Tokyo.

Matches involving Cerezo Osaka have proved to be lively affairs recently with high scoring expected. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum of 21 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 12 of these accredited to Cerezo Osaka.

Looking at their past form shows that Cerezo Osaka:

• haven't beaten Tokyo Verdy in their previous 2 league games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Tokyo Verdy

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Since a loss in their previous game against Kashiwa Reysol in J1 League action, Tokyo Verdy and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Tokyo Verdy managed 44% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target. On the other side, Kashiwa Reysol got 11 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Tojiro Kubo (27'), Yoshio Koizumi (45') and Mao Hosoya (93') scored for Kashiwa Reysol.

A tendency of at least one team not managing to score in games involving Tokyo Verdy has been fairly consistent of late. Examining their last 6 outings shows that this has happened 5 times. In those clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal total of 8 while Tokyo Verdy have scored 4. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this match, though.

Analysis of their past results shows that Tokyo Verdy:

• have not emerged victorious against Cerezo Osaka in games played away from home for the previous 5 league matches. Not good.
• are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 23/11/2015 tells us that Cerezo Osaka have won 4 of these games & Tokyo Verdy 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 12 goals were produced between them in these games, with 8 of them from Sakura and 4 coming from Tokyo Verdy. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.

The last league clash between the two was J1 League match day 12 on 25/04/2025 when it ended Tokyo Verdy 1-0 Cerezo Osaka.

That day, Tokyo Verdy had 25% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer was Yuta Arai (33').

Cerezo Osaka had 15 shots at goal with 7 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Ryo Tanimoto.

📋 Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Satoki Uejo (Cruciate ligament injury), Shion Homma (Forearm fracture), Yuichi Hirano (Meniscus injury) and Shunta Tanaka (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be available for Cerezo Osaka gaffer Arthur Papas.

📰 Team News: Tokyo Verdy

Out of a mainly healthy group, there is just the one fitness worry for the Tokyo Verdy manager Hiroshi Jofuku to be concerned about. Goki Yamada (Torn knee ligaments) misses out for this game.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Tokyo Verdy will have to work hard as a team to register a score against this Cerezo Osaka side who we reckon should score at least once to gain the upper hand.

That’s why our selection here is for a very even match with a 1-0 winning score for Cerezo Osaka at the end of the 90 minutes.

Let’s see.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Looking at the betting prices for the match on the full-time result market, staking on Cerezo Osaka is best priced at 2.05, a bet on the draw is 3.4 and staking on victory for Tokyo Verdy gets 3.5. Those are the top bets available at the moment.

Peter Guest, 10:01 17/06/2025