Cerezo Osaka and Albirex Niigata draw 2-2 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

OSAKA. Cerezo Osaka finds its way back against Albirex Niigata with a goal on the K. Taniguchi 22' and a goal on the K. Chiba 80'.

Luke Meyer

February 20, 2023

OSAKA. Cerezo Osaka finds its way back against Albirex Niigata with a goal on the K. Taniguchi 22′ and a goal on the K. Chiba 80′. Albirex Niigata was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (63%)

The match was played at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai stadium in Osaka. The referee was Yuichi Nishimura with the assistance of Toshiyuki Tanaka and Soichi Iwasaki. The 4th official was Noriyuki Suzuki. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.4 degrees Celsius or 50.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.

Match Statistics

Cerezo Osaka

2 - 2

Albirex Niigata

! 38 Ball Possession 62

Shots

9 Total 10
3 On Target 6
4 Off Target 4
2 Shots blocked 0

103 Attack 96
43 Dangerous attack 28
84 Ball safe 107

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 5
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

4 Total 9
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Albirex Niigata had a strong ball possession 63% while Cerezo Osaka was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cerezo Osaka had a more offensive attitude with 43 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Cerezo Osaka to win the match.

Cerezo Osaka shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Albirex Niigata shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Cerezo Osaka received 1 yellow card (Seiya Maikuma). Regarding the opposition, Albirex Niigata didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

22'

K. Taniguchi(goal)

Hirotaka Tameda(goal)Jordy Croux

28'

66'

K. Suzuki- sub ->K. Taniguchi

66'

E. Matsuda- sub ->Y. Komi

66'

Shinji Kagawa- sub ->Léo Ceará

71'

Hiroaki Okuno(goal)

75'

77'

H. Akiyama- sub ->S. Fujiwara

77'

80'

K. Chiba(goal)R. Ito

Kakeru Funaki- sub ->Ryosuke Yamanaka

81'

86'

Thomas Deng- sub ->Y. Horigome

Seiya Maikuma- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Cerezo Osaka has 1 points to occupy the 7th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Albirex Niigata has 1 points (10th).

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Cerezo Osaka will play away with Albirex Niigata on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).

Albirex Niigata will host Cerezo Osaka on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).

Cerezo Osaka – Formation

Cerezo Osaka

Keisuke Shimizu 31.Japan

6.2

M. Jonjić 22.Croatia

6.5

Ryosuke Yamanaka 6.Japan

6.8

81'

R. Nishio 33.Japan

7.0

Seiya Maikuma 16.Japan

7.1

90'

Hiroaki Okuno 25.Japan

7.6

75'

Jordy Croux 11.Belgium

6.8

81'

Hirotaka Tameda 19.Japan

7.1

28'

Riki Harakawa 4.Japan

6.2

71'

Léo Ceará 9.Brazil

7.0

71'

S. Kitano 38.Japan

6.8

66'

Substitutes

Han-been Yang 1.South Korea

Ryosuke Shindo 3.Japan

Kakeru Funaki 29.Japan

6.3

81'

Shinji Kagawa 8.Japan

6.8

71'

Hikaru Nakahara 41.Japan

6.8

81'

Tokuma Suzuki 17.Japan

6.7

71'

Mutsuki Kato 20.Japan

6.4

66'

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

The manager Akio Kogiku decided to play with the following team: Keisuke Shimizu (6.2), Seiya Maikuma (7.1), Matej Jonjić (6.5), Ryuya Nishio (7.0), Ryosuke Yamanaka (6.8), Jordy Croux (6.8), Hiroaki Okuno (7.6), Riki Harakawa (6.2), Hirotaka Tameda (7.1), Léo Ceará (7.0) and Sota Kitano (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Shinji Kagawa (6.8), Ryosuke Shindo, Han-Been Yang, Hikaru Nakahara (6.8), Mutsuki Kato (6.4), Tokuma Suzuki (6.7) and Kakeru Funaki (6.3).

Substitutions

Cerezo Osaka made 5 changes: S. Kitano for M. Kato (66′), Riki Harakawa for Tokuma Suzuki (71′), Léo Ceará for Shinji Kagawa (71′), Jordy Croux for Hikaru Nakahara (81′) and Ryosuke Yamanaka for Kakeru Funaki (81′).

Best player: Hiroaki Okuno

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cerezo Osaka was Hiroaki Okuno.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 33 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8.

Albirex Niigata – Formation

Albirex Niigata

R. Kojima 1.Japan

6.2

Y. Horigome 31.Japan

6.8

86'

S. Fujiwara 25.Japan

6.2

77'

K. Chiba 35.Japan

7.2

80'

M. Fitzgerald 5.New Zealand

7.3

Y. Shimada 20.Japan

7.1

77'

Ryotaro Ito 13.Japan

7.6

Takahiro Ko 8.Japan

7.0

S. Mito 14.Japan

5.8

Y. Komi 16.Japan

6.6

66'

K. Taniguchi 7.Japan

7.2

66'

22'

Substitutes

K. Abe 21.Japan

Naoto Arai 2.Japan

6.3

77'

Thomas Deng 3.Australia

86'

H. Akiyama 6.Japan

6.3

77'

Kazuyoshi Shimabuku 29.Peru

E. Matsuda 22.Japan

6.4

66'

K. Suzuki 9.Japan

6.4

66'

Albirex Niigata started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Rikizo Matsuhashi played with: Ryosuke Kojima (6.2), Soya Fujiwara (6.2), Michael James Fitzgerald (7.3), Kazuhiko Chiba (7.2), Yuto Horigome (6.8), Takahiro Ko (7.0), Yuzuru Shimada (7.1), Shunsuke Mito (5.8), Ryotaro Ito (7.6), Yota Komi (6.6) and Kaito Taniguchi (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: Hiroki Akiyama (6.3), Eitaro Matsuda (6.4), Kazuyoshi Shimabuku, Koto Abe, Koji Suzuki (6.4), Naoto Arai (6.3) and Thomas Deng.

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 5 changes: Y. Komi for E. Matsuda (66′), K. Taniguchi for Koji Suzuki (67′), S. Fujiwara for Hiroki Akiyama (77′), Y. Shimada for Naoto Arai (77′) and Y. Horigome for Thomas Deng (86′).