OSAKA. Kyoto Sanga overcomes Cerezo Osaka 1-0 after T. Hara scored just 1 goal (20′). Cerezo Osaka was decisively better in terms of ball possession (70%).​

The match was played at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai stadium in Osaka on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 20,323 spectators.​ The referee was Takafumi Mikuriya who was helped by Yusuke Shiotsu and Akitsugu Funabashi. The 4th official was Naoto Uehara. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.06 degrees Celsius or 51.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.​

Match Statistics​

Cerezo Osaka

0 - 1

Kyoto Sanga

  • ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
  • 11 Total 12
  • 3 On Target 4
  • 2 Off Target 6
  • 6 Shots blocked 2
  • 93 Attack 90
  • 52 Dangerous attack 21
  • 56 Ball safe 41
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 11 Corners 0
  • 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 7 Total 21
  • 0 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Cerezo Osaka had a strong ball possession 70% while Kyoto Sanga was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cerezo Osaka was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Kyoto Sanga was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Cerezo Osaka shot 11 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Kyoto Sanga shot 12 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Cerezo Osaka didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Kyoto Sanga received 1 yellow card (Kyo Sato).

Match Timeline

20'
Taichi Hara(goal)Shinnosuke Fukuda
Hiroaki Okuno- sub ->Satoki Uejo
46'
Reiya Sakata- sub ->Jordy Croux
46'
66'
Shinnosuke Fukuda(VAR)
Hiroshi Kiyotake- sub ->Masaya Shibayama
70'
Hirotaka Tameda- sub ->Matej Jonjic
70'
75'
78'
Kyo Sato- sub ->Patric
88'
Taiki Hirato- sub ->Temma Matsuda
90'
Shimpei Fukuoka- sub ->Kosuke Kinoshita
90'
Kyo Sato- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Vissel Kobe
71
34
Yokohama F. Marinos
64
34
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
58
34
Urawa Reds
57
34
Kashima Antlers
52
34
Nagoya Grampus
52
34
Avispa Fukuoka
51
34
Kawasaki Frontale
50
34
Cerezo Osaka
49
34
Albirex Niigata
45
34
Tokyo
43
34
Consadole Sapporo
40
34
Kyoto Sanga
40
34
Sagan Tosu
38
34
Shonan Bellmare
34
34
Gamba Osaka
34
34
Kashiwa Reysol
33
34
Yokohama
29
34

After this contest, Cerezo Osaka will stay with 49 points like Kashima Antlers to hold in the 8th place. On the other side, Kyoto Sanga will have 37 points to sit in the 14th 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).

Kyoto Sanga will host Yokohama F. Marinos on the 2nd of December with a 6-2 head to head in favor of Yokohama F. Marinos (1 draw).

Cerezo Osaka – Formation

Cerezo Osaka
G
Jin-hyeon Kim 21.South Korea
7.0
D
Ryosuke Shindo 3.Japan
7.3
D
M. Jonjić 22.Croatia
6.7
70'
D
Koji Toriumi 24.Japan
7.1
D
Kakeru Funaki 29.Japan
6.7
75'
M
Satoki Uejo 7.Japan
6.6
46'
M
Shinji Kagawa 8.Japan
7.0
M
Masaya Shibayama 48.Japan
7.3
70'
F
Léo Ceará 9.Brazil
6.6
F
Jordy Croux 11.Belgium
6.4
46'
F
Capixaba 27.Brazil
6.7
Substitutes
G
Keisuke Shimizu 31.Japan
D
Ryosuke Yamanaka 6.Japan
7.0
75'
D
R. Nishio 33.Japan
M
Hiroshi Kiyotake 13.Japan
7.0
70'
M
Hirotaka Tameda 19.Japan
6.8
70'
M
Hiroaki Okuno 25.Japan
7.5
46'
M
Reiya Sakata 30.Japan
6.8
46'

Cerezo Osaka adopted the 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).

The manager Akio Kogiku decided to play with the following team: Jin-hyeon Kim  (7.0), Ryosuke Shindo (7.3), Matej Jonjic (6.7), Koji Toriumi (7.1), Kakeru Funaki (6.7), Masaya Shibayama (7.3), Shinji Kagawa (7.0), Satoki Uejo (6.6), Jordy Croux (6.4), Léo Ceará (6.6) and Capixaba (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Ryosuke Yamanaka (7.0), Hiroshi Kiyotake  (7.0), Hirotaka Tameda  (6.8), Hiroaki Okuno  (7.5), Reiya Sakata (6.8), Keisuke Shimizu and Ryuya Nishio.

Substitutions

Cerezo Osaka made 5 changes: Satoki Uejo for Hiroaki Okuno  (46′), Jordy Croux for Reiya Sakata (46′), Masaya Shibayama for Hiroshi Kiyotake  (70′), Matej Jonjic for Hirotaka Tameda  (70′) and Kakeru Funaki for Ryosuke Yamanaka (75′).

Player of the match: Hiroaki Okuno ​

The most impressive player for Cerezo Osaka was Hiroaki Okuno .

His rating is (7.5) with 35 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8.

His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.

Kyoto Sanga – Formation

Kyoto Sanga
G
Sung-yun Gu 94.South Korea
7.5
D
Shinnosuke Fukuda 20.Japan
7.8
D
Shogo Asada 3.Japan
7.5
D
Rikito Inoue 4.Japan
7.0
D
Hisashi Appiah Tawiah 5.Japan
7.3
M
S. Kawasaki 7.Japan
7.1
M
Temma Matsuda 18.Japan
7.0
88'
M
Daiki Kaneko 19.Japan
7.3
F
Patric 9.Brazil
7.0
78'
F
Taichi Hara 14.Japan
7.9
20'
F
Kosuke Kinoshita 17.Japan
7.0
90'
Substitutes
G
Gakuji Ota 26.Japan
M
F. Yamada 27.Japan
M
Taiki Hirato 39.Japan
6.4
88'
M
Kyo Sato 44.Japan
7.0
78' 90'
M
Shimpei Fukuoka 10.Japan
90'
F
Kazunari Ichimi 22.Japan
F
S. Hiraga 28.Japan

Also Kyoto Sanga adopted the 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).

Kwi-Jea Cho played with: Sung-Yun Gu (7.5), Shinnosuke Fukuda (7.8), Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (7.3), Rikito Inoue (7.0), Shogo Asada (7.5), Sota Kawasaki (7.1), Daiki Kaneko (7.3), Temma Matsuda (7.0), Kosuke Kinoshita (7.0), Patric (7.0) and Taichi Hara (7.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Shimpei Fukuoka, Kazunari Ichimi, Gakuji Ota, Fuki Yamada, Sora Hiraga, Taiki Hirato (6.4) and Kyo Sato (7.0).

Substitutions

Kyoto Sanga made 3 changes: Kosuke Kinoshita for Shimpei Fukuoka (90′), Patric for Kyo Sato (78′) and Temma Matsuda for Taiki Hirato (88′).

Player of the match: Taichi Hara​

The player that probably impressed the most for Kyoto Sanga was Taichi Hara.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 22 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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