Cerezo Osaka tops Yokohama F. Marinos 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

OSAKA. Cerezo Osaka topped Yokohama F. Marinos to win 2-1.

October 25, 2021

OSAKA. Cerezo Osaka conquered Yokohama F. Marinos to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Cerezo Osaka to strike first with an early goal of T. Inui at the 6′. Then M. Kato scored again for Cerezo Osaka in the 21′ minute with a goal. Eventually, Y. Saneto reduced the distance for Yokohama F. Marinos with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Yokohama F. Marinos was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (68%).

The match was played at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai stadium in Osaka on Sunday and it started at 10:00 am local time. The referee was Masuya Ueda with the help of Akane Yagi and Osamu Akasaka. The 4th official was Ryosuke Murai. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15 degrees Celsius or 59.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.

Match Statistics

Cerezo Osaka

2 - 1

Yokohama F. Marinos

! 32 Ball Possession 68

Shots

10 Total 11
4 On Target 4
6 Off Target 7
3 Shots blocked 2

59 Attack 83
42 Dangerous attack 65
63 Ball safe 54

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 6
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

8 Total 17
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Yokohama F. Marinos had a strong ball possession 68% while Cerezo Osaka was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Yokohama F. Marinos was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Cerezo Osaka was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.

Cerezo Osaka shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Yokohama F. Marinos shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Cerezo Osaka received 1 yellow card (R. Matsuda). On the opposite side, Yokohama F. Marinos didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

21'

43'

Yuki Saneto(goal)K. Mizunuma

58'

Hiroshi Kiyotake- sub ->R. Matsuda

60'

Léo Ceará- sub ->K. Sugimoto

71'

Élber- sub ->K. Mizunuma

77'

Ryosuke Shindo - sub ->R. Nishio

77'

84'

Ryo Miyaichi- sub ->T. Nakagawa

84'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Cerezo Osaka will have 42 points to stay in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Yokohama F. Marinos will stay with 72 points to stay in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Cerezo Osaka will play away with Tokushima Vortis on the 3rd of November with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Cerezo Osaka (0 draws).

Yokohama F. Marinos will host Gamba Osaka on the 3rd of November with a 11-7 head to head statistic in favor of Yokohama F. Marinos (11 draws).

Cerezo Osaka – Formation

Cerezo Osaka

Jin-hyeon Kim 21.South Korea

6.8

Yusuke Maruhashi 14.Japan

6.5

Riku Matsuda 2.Japan

7.1

Ayumu Seko 15.Japan

7.0

R. Nishio 33.Japan

6.8

77'

Takashi Inui 23.Japan

7.8

84'

Naoyuki Fujita 5.Japan

7.0

H. Kida 30.Japan

7.3

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto 17.Japan

6.2

Riki Matsuda 22.Japan

7.4

60'

58'

Mutsuki Kato 29.Japan

7.4

77'

21'

Substitutes

K. Matsui 50.Japan

Ryosuke Shindo 3.Japan

6.4

77'

Haruki Arai 37.Japan

Motohiko Nakajima 28.Japan

Hiroshi Kiyotake 10.Japan

6.3

60'

Y. Ōkubo 20.Japan

6.2

77'

Yuta Toyokawa 32.Japan

6.4

84'

Cerezo Osaka started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Akio Kogiku decided to play with the following team: Jin Hyeon Kim (6.8), Riku Matsuda (7.1), Ryuya Nishio (6.8), Ayumu Seko (7.0), Yusuke Maruhashi (6.5), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (6.2), Hinata Kida (7.3), Naoyuki Fujita (7.0), Takashi Inui (7.8), Riki Matsuda (7.4) and Mutsuki Kato (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Motohiko Nakajima, Kenya Matsui, Hiroshi Kiyotake (6.3), Yoshito Okubo (6.2), Haruki Arai, Yuta Toyokawa (6.4) and Ryosuke Shindo (6.4).

Cerezo Osaka could not rely on the presence of H. Kiyotake (injured).

Substitutions

Cerezo Osaka made 4 changes: R. Matsuda for H. Kiyotake (60′), M. Kato for Y. Okubo (77′), R. Nishio for R. Shindo (77′) and T. Inui for Y. Toyokawa (84′).

Best player: Takashi Inui

The player that probably impressed the most for Cerezo Osaka was Takashi Inui.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 25 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9.

Yokohama F. Marinos – Formation

Yokohama F. Marinos

Yohei Takaoka 1.Japan

6.1

Ken Matsubara 27.Japan

7.1

Yuki Saneto 19.Japan

7.7

43'

Thiago Martins 13.Brazil

7.6

Ryuta Koike 25.Japan

7.0

Tomoki Iwata 24.Japan

6.8

Kota Mizunuma 18.Japan

7.1

71'

Kota Watanabe 26.Japan

7.3

Teruhito Nakagawa 23.Japan

6.4

84'

Daizen Maeda 38.Japan

6.1

Kenyu Sugimoto 41.Japan

6.3

71'

Substitutes

Yuji Kajikawa 21.Japan

Theerathon Bunmathan 5.Thailand

Takahiro Ogihara 6.Japan

Ryo Miyaichi 17.Japan

6.4

84'

Takuya Kida 8.Japan

Élber 7.Brazil

7.4

71'

Léo Ceará 9.Brazil

6.8

71'

Yokohama F. Marinos started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Regarding the opposition, Kevin Muscat played with: Yohei Takaoka (6.1), Ken Matsubara (7.1), Thiago Martins (7.6), Yuki Saneto (7.7), Ryuta Koike (7.0), Kota Watanabe (7.3), Tomoki Iwata (6.8), Teruhito Nakagawa (6.4), Kota Mizunuma (7.1), Daizen Maeda (6.1) and Kenyu Sugimoto (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Takahiro Ogihara, Ryo Miyaichi (6.4), Yuji Kajikawa, Élber (7.4), Léo Ceará (6.8), Takuya Kida and Theerathon Bunmathan.