KAWASAKI. Kawasaki Frontale and Cerezo Osaka didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Kawasaki Frontale was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium stadium in Kawasaki. The referee was Takuto Okabe with the assistance of Taku Nakano and Yukimasa Anai. The 4th official was Masashige Abe. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 8 Total 10
- 3 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 166 Attack 83
- 79 Dangerous attack 20
- 114 Ball safe 107
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
Fouls
- 14 Total 10
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Kawasaki Frontale had a strong ball possession 64% while Cerezo Osaka was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Kawasaki Frontale was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Kawasaki Frontale to win the match.
Kawasaki Frontale shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cerezo Osaka shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Kawasaki Frontale didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Cerezo Osaka received 1 yellow card (Capixaba).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Kawasaki Frontale will have 5 points like Shonan Bellmare, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Cerezo Osaka to hold in the 14th place. On the other side, Cerezo Osaka will have 5 points like Shonan Bellmare, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Kawasaki Frontale to hold in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the J-League, Kawasaki Frontale will play away against Sagan Tosu on the 2nd of December with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Kawasaki Frontale (7 draws).
Cerezo Osaka will play away agasint Albirex Niigata on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).
Kawasaki Frontale – Formation

Kawasaki Frontale started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Toru Oniki decided to play with the following team: Sung-Ryong Jung
, Miki Yamane , Takuma Ominami , Shuto Tanabe , Kyohei Noborizato , Chanathip Songkrasin , João Schmidt , Kento Tachibanada , Akihiro Ienaga , Shin Yamada and Marcinho .The home team had on the bench: Naoto Kamifukumoto, Taisei Miyashiro
, Yusuke Segawa, Yu Kobayashi , Kazuki Kozuka, Daiya Tono and Yuto Matsunagane.Substitutions
Kawasaki Frontale made 3 changes: Chanathip Songkrasin for Yu Kobayashi (76′), Shin Yamada for Taisei Miyashiro (76′) and Marcinho for Yusuke Segawa (86′).
Best player: João Schmidt
The most impressive player for Kawasaki Frontale was João Schmidt.
His rating is
with 106 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.Cerezo Osaka – Formation

Cerezo Osaka started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Akio Kogiku played with: Jin Hyeon Kim
, Riku Matsuda , Matej Jonjić , Koji Toriumi , Ryosuke Yamanaka , Seiya Maikuma , Hiroaki Okuno , Tokuma Suzuki , Hirotaka Tameda , Shinji Kagawa and Mutsuki Kato .The following players were sitting on the bench: Capixaba, Hinata Kida, Ryosuke Shindo, Léo Ceará
, Satoki Uejo , Jordy Croux and Keisuke Shimizu.Substitutions
Cerezo Osaka made 4 changes: Mutsuki Kato for Léo Ceará (69′), Shinji Kagawa for Satoki Uejo (69′), Hirotaka Tameda for Capixaba (83′) and Riku Matsuda for Ryosuke Shindo (90′).
Best player: Ryosuke Yamanaka
The player that probably impressed the most for Cerezo Osaka was Ryosuke Yamanaka.
His rating is
with 30 passes (63% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Kawasaki Frontale – Cerezo Osaka – 0-0
- Sagan Tosu – Vissel Kobe – 0-1
- Gamba Osaka – Consadole Sapporo – 2-2
- Urawa Reds – Albirex Niigata – 2-1
- Nagoya Grampus – Tokyo – 0-0
- Yokohama – Kyoto Sanga – 1-4
- Yokohama F. Marinos – Kashima Antlers – 2-1