OSAKA. Kawasaki Frontale had a straightforward win over Cerezo Osaka. Kawasaki Frontale got an early 4-0 lead with 4 goals from L. Damiao (5′), L. Damiao (40′) and Marcinho (49′). Cerezo Osaka tried to recover with a goal from H. Okuno (80′). However, the match was closed by a goal (86′) scored by T. Miyagi for Kawasaki Frontale.
The match was played at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai stadium in Osaka on Saturday and it started at 5:00 am local time. The referee was Yuichi Nishimura who had the assistance of Masashi Yamagiwa and Koji Morikawa. The 4th official was Kota Watanabe. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.8 degrees Celsius or 65.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 12 Total 14
- 5 On Target 8
- 7 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 2
- 73 Attack 83
- 60 Dangerous attack 60
- 67 Ball safe 68
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 11 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Cerezo Osaka was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Kawasaki Frontale that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cerezo Osaka was was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Kawasaki Frontale found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Cerezo Osaka shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Kawasaki Frontale shot 14 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Cerezo Osaka received 1 yellow card (R. Nishio). Regarding the opposition, Kawasaki Frontale didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cerezo Osaka will stay with 45 points like Consadole Sapporo to sit in the 11th place. On the other side, Kawasaki Frontale will have 88 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the J-League, Cerezo Osaka will host Nagoya Grampus on the 27th of November with a 12-6 head to head statistic in favor of Nagoya Grampus (3 draws).
Kawasaki Frontale will host Gamba Osaka on the 27th of November with a 12-12 head to head stats.
Cerezo Osaka – Formation
Cerezo Osaka
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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 , Riku Matsuda , Ryuya Nishio , Ayumu Seko , Yusuke Maruhashi , Tatsuhiro Sakamoto , Hiroaki Okuno , Riki Harakawa , Hiroshi Kiyotake , Mutsuki Kato and Hiroto Yamada .
The home team had on the bench: Naoyuki Fujita, Riki Matsuda , Toshiyuki Takagi , Yoshito Okubo , Jun Nishikawa, Kenya Matsui and Ryosuke Shindo.
Substitutions
Cerezo Osaka made 3 changes: M. Kato for Y. Okubo (46′), H. Yamada for R. Matsuda (63′) and R. Harakawa for T. Takagi (84′).
Best player: Hiroaki Okuno
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cerezo Osaka was Hiroaki Okuno.
His rating is with 1 goal, 46 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13.
Kawasaki Frontale – Formation
Kawasaki Frontale
Kawasaki Frontale started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Toru Oniki played with: Sung-Ryong Jung , Miki Yamane , Shogo Taniguchi , Shintaro Kurumaya , Kyohei Noborizato , Yasuto Wakizaka , Kento Tachibanada , Reo Hatate , Akihiro Ienaga , Leandro Damião and Marcinho .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Kenta Tanno, Yu Kobayashi , Kei Chinen, Ryota Oshima , Ten Miyagi , Daiya Tono and Kazuya Yamamura .
Substitutions
Kawasaki Frontale made 5 changes: K. Noborizato for R. Oshima (73′), Marcinho for T. Miyagi (73′), Y. Wakizaka for D. Tono (80′), A. Ienaga for Y. Kobayashi (83′) and R. Hatate for K. Yamamura (83′).
Best player: Leandro Damião
The most impressive player for Kawasaki Frontale was Leandro Damião.
His rating is with 2 goals, 23 passes (43% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Vegalta Sendai – Shonan Bellmare – 0-2
- Urawa Reds – Yokohama F. Marinos – 2-1
- Tokyo – Tokushima Vortis – 0-2
- Gamba Osaka – Nagoya Grampus – 1-3
- Cerezo Osaka – Kawasaki Frontale – 1-4
- Sagan Tosu – Consadole Sapporo – 1-0
- Kashima Antlers – Oita Trinita – 0-0
- Yokohama – Vissel Kobe – 0-2
- Shimizu S-Pulse – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-0
- Kashiwa Reysol – Avispa Fukuoka – 0-0
