OSAKA. Cerezo Osaka beats Kashiwa Reysol 1-0 after S. Maikuma scored just 1 goal (23′). Kashiwa Reysol lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai stadium in Osaka. The referee was Masuya Ueda with the help of Taku Nakano and Satoshi Michiyama. The 4th official was Naoki Wakatsuki. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.8 degrees Celsius or 69.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 17%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Kashiwa Reysol was in firm control of the ball 58% while Cerezo Osaka was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kashiwa Reysol was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, Cerezo Osaka found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Cerezo Osaka shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Kashiwa Reysol shot 9 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Cerezo Osaka received 1 yellow card (Léo Ceará). On the opposite side, Kashiwa Reysol received 3 yellow cards (Yugo Tatsuta, Matheus Savio and K. Yamada).

Standings

After this match, Cerezo Osaka will have 14 points to sit in the 7th place. On the other side, Kashiwa Reysol will stay with 6 points to sit in the 17th place.

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 stats in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).

Kashiwa Reysol will play away agasint Nagoya Grampus on the 2nd of December with a 15-7 head to head statistic in favor of Nagoya Grampus (5 draws).

Cerezo Osaka – Formation

Cerezo Osaka started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Akio Kogiku decided to play with the following team: Jin Hyeon Kim (7.1), Riku Matsuda (7.0), Matej Jonjić (7.0), Koji Toriumi (7.1), Ryosuke Yamanaka (7.1), Hiroaki Okuno (7.0), Riki Harakawa (7.2), Shinji Kagawa (6.6), Seiya Maikuma (8.0), Léo Ceará (6.7) and Hirotaka Tameda (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Satoki Uejo (6.4), Sota Kitano, Hikaru Nakahara (6.8), Han-Been Yang, Ryosuke Shindo (6.4), Tokuma Suzuki and Mutsuki Kato (6.2).

Substitutions

Cerezo Osaka made 5 changes: Koji Toriumi for Ryosuke Shindo (68′), Léo Ceará for M. Kato (73′), Hirotaka Tameda for Satoki Uejo (74′), Riki Harakawa  for Tokuma Suzuki (85′) and Seiya Maikuma for Hikaru Nakahara (85′).

Best player: Seiya Maikuma​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cerezo Osaka was Seiya Maikuma.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 24 passes (54% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Kashiwa Reysol – Formation

Kashiwa Reysol started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Nélson Baptista Júnior played with: Kenta Matsumoto (6.4), Naoki Kawaguchi (6.2), Yugo Tatsuta (6.9), Taiyo Koga (6.6), Hiromu Mitsumaru (6.5), Keiya Sento (7.4), Sachiro Toshima (6.7), Keiya Shiihashi (6.5), Tomoya Koyamatsu (6.4), Matheus Sávio (6.1) and Mao Hosoya (6.4).

They had on the bench: Yugo Masukake, Eiichi Katayama (6.4), Hayato Tanaka, Tomoki Takamine (6.2), Yuki Muto (6.4), Kota Yamada (6.3) and Masato Sasaki.

Substitutions

Kashiwa Reysol made 4 changes: Naoki Kawaguchi for Eiichi Katayama (46′), Sachiro Toshima for Yuki Muto (62′), K. Shiihashi for Tomoki Takamine (62′) and Matheus Savio for Kota Yamada (72′).

Best player: Keiya Sento​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kashiwa Reysol was Keiya Sento.

His rating is (7.4) with 49 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 11 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the J-League.​

• Gamba Osaka – Yokohama – 1-1
• Kawasaki Frontale – Urawa Reds – 1-1
• Nagoya Grampus – Shonan Bellmare – 2-2
• Cerezo Osaka – Kashiwa Reysol – 1-0
• Kyoto Sanga – Sagan Tosu – 2-3
• Albirex Niigata – Kashima Antlers – 0-2
• Consadole Sapporo – Avispa Fukuoka – 2-2