MITO. Kashima Antlers succeeded in snatch a draw against Cerezo Osaka with a late goal from N. Ueda scored in the (85′) after Cerezo Osaka got a lead with a goal from L. Ceará (58′).
The match was played at the K’s Denki Stadium (Mito) stadium in Mito on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Hayato Shimizu who was helped by Yusuke Hamamoto and Masashige Abe. The 4th official was Keisuke Nobori. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.28 degrees Celsius or 43.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 11 Total 13
- 3 On Target 6
- 3 Off Target 4
- 7 Shots blocked 4
- 104 Attack 119
- 55 Dangerous attack 54
- 90 Ball safe 92
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 17 Total 8
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Kashima Antlers was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Cerezo Osaka that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Kashima Antlers had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Kashima Antlers to win the match.
Kashima Antlers shot 11 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Cerezo Osaka shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Kashima Antlers received 3 yellow cards (Ikuma Sekigawa, Yuma Suzuki and Yuta Higuchi). On the opposite side, Cerezo Osaka received 1 yellow card (Shinji Kagawa).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Kashima Antlers has 4 points to occupy the 1st place in the table. On the other side, Cerezo Osaka has 2 points (15th).
Next matches
Kashima Antlers – Formation
Kashima Antlers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ranko Popović decided to play with the following team: Tomoki Hayakawa , Kimito Nono , Naomichi Ueda , Ikuma Sekigawa , Koki Anzai , Kei Chinen , Kaishu Sano , Tomoya Fujii , Yuta Higuchi , Hayato Nakama and Aleksandar Cavric .
The home team had on the bench: Shoma Doi, Hidehiro Sugai, Yuji Kajikawa, Shintaro Nago , Yuki Kakita , Yuma Suzuki and Guilherme Parede .
Substitutions
Kashima Antlers made 4 changes: Tomoya Fujii for Yuma Suzuki (46′), Yuta Higuchi for Shintaro Nago (67′), Ikuma Sekigawa for Guilherme Parede (67′) and Hayato Nakama for Yuki Kakita (82′).
Player of the match: Shintaro Nago
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kashima Antlers was Shintaro Nago.
His rating is with 24 passes (96% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.
His performance was fantastic also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 67′.
Cerezo Osaka – Formation
Cerezo Osaka started with a 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).
Akio Kogiku played with: Jin-hyeon Kim , Seiya Maikuma , Ryuya Nishio , Kakeru Funaki , Kyohei Noborizato , Hiroaki Okuno , Shunta Tanaka , Shinji Kagawa , Lucas Fernandes , Léo Ceará and Capixaba .
They had on the bench: Satoki Uejo , Hayato Okuda , Hirotaka Tameda , Tatsuya Yamashita , Keisuke Shimizu, Masaya Shibayama and Vitor Bueno.
Cerezo Osaka could not rely on the presence of Hirotaka Tameda (injured) and Tatsuya Yamashita (injured).
Substitutions
Cerezo Osaka made 4 changes: Lucas Fernandes for Hirotaka Tameda (39′), Kyohei Noborizato for Hayato Okuda (76′), Léo Ceará for Tatsuya Yamashita (76′) and Hiroaki Okuno for Satoki Uejo (72′).
Player of the match: Léo Ceará
The player that probably impressed the most for Cerezo Osaka was Léo Ceará.
His rating is with 1 goal, 23 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Vissel Kobe – Kashiwa Reysol – 0-1
- Nagoya Grampus – Machida Zelvia – 0-1
- Kyoto Sanga – Shonan Bellmare – 1-2
- Sagan Tosu – Consadole Sapporo – 4-0
- Kashima Antlers – Cerezo Osaka – 1-1
- Tokyo – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-1
- Gamba Osaka – Albirex Niigata – 1-0