Cerezo Osaka steals a 2-1 win against Tokyo Verdy. HIGHLIGHTS

OSAKA. Cerezo Osaka beat Tokyo Verdy to win 2-1. A penalty from L. Ceará was decisive in the 90min.

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Luke Meyer
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Cerezo Osaka steals a 2-1 win against Tokyo Verdy. HIGHLIGHTS

OSAKA. Cerezo Osaka overcame Tokyo Verdy to win 2-1. A penalty from L. Ceará was decisive in the 90min. It was Cerezo Osaka to strike first with a goal of Shinji Kagawa at the 42′. Then it was a goal in the 53′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Léo Ceará gave the win to Cerezo Osaka in the 90′ minute with a penalty. Cerezo Osaka was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai stadium in Osaka on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Yusuke Araki assisted by Haruhiro Otsuka and Bumpei Ueda. The 4th official was Makoto Hibino. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.42 degrees Celsius or 43.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Cerezo Osaka

2 - 1

Team 1

Tokyo Verdy

  • ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
  • 13 Total 9
  • 3 On Target 5
  • 4 Off Target 2
  • 6 Shots blocked 2
  • 124 Attack 102
  • 56 Dangerous attack 44
  • 85 Ball safe 79
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 3
  • 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 8 Total 13
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Cerezo Osaka had a superior ball possession 62% while Tokyo Verdy was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cerezo Osaka was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cerezo Osaka won the match​.

Cerezo Osaka shot 13 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Tokyo Verdy shot 9 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Cerezo Osaka received 2 yellow cards (Kakeru Funaki and Shunta Tanaka). Regarding the opposition, Tokyo Verdy received 1 yellow card (Tetsuyuki Inami).

Match Timeline

28'
T. Inami- Yellow
Shinji Kagawa(goal)Jordy Croux
42'
53'
Y. Kimura(goal)
54'
Y. Kimura(VAR)
65'
T. Inami(yellowredcard)
Vitor Bueno- sub ->Hiroaki Okuno 
66'
Léo Ceará- sub ->Satoki Uejo
66'
70'
H. Onaga- sub ->Fuki Yamada
70'
K. Yamakoshi- sub ->Kosuke Saito
Masaya Shibayama - sub ->Jordy Croux
77'
Shunta Tanaka- Yellow
79'
83'
Y. Matsuhashi- sub ->Itsuki Someno
Kakeru Funaki- Yellow
85'
Léo Ceará(penalty)
90'
Koji Toriumi- sub ->Kyohei Noborizato
90'
90'
H. Yamami- sub ->Daiki Fukazawa

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Cerezo Osaka
19
10
Machida Zelvia
19
10
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
18
10
Vissel Kobe
17
10
Kashima Antlers
16
10
Nagoya Grampus
16
10
Yokohama F. Marinos
15
9
Tokyo
15
10
Gamba Osaka
15
10
Urawa Reds
14
10
Kashiwa Reysol
14
9
Júbilo Iwata
13
10
Avispa Fukuoka
12
10
Albirex Niigata
12
10
Tokyo Verdy
10
10
Kawasaki Frontale
9
10
Kyoto Sanga
9
10
Sagan Tosu
8
10
Shonan Bellmare
7
10
Consadole Sapporo
7
10

After playing this match, Cerezo Osaka has 5 points to occupy the 6th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Tokyo Verdy stays with 1 points (18th).

Next matches

Cerezo Osaka – Formation

Cerezo Osaka
G
Jin-hyeon Kim 21.South Korea
7.5
D
Seiya Maikuma 2.Japan
8.5
D
Kyohei Noborizato 6.Japan
7.7
90'
D
Kakeru Funaki 14.Japan
7.1
85'
D
R. Nishio 33.Japan
7.0
M
Shinji Kagawa 8.Japan
8.1
Goals42'
M
Shunta Tanaka 10.Japan
7.3
79'
M
Hiroaki Okuno 25.Japan
6.4
66'
F
Satoki Uejo 7.Japan
7.0
66'
F
Jordy Croux 11.Belgium
7.8
77'
F
Hirotaka Tameda 19.Japan
7.0
Substitutes
G
Han-been Yang 1.South Korea
D
H. Okuda 16.Japan
D
Koji Toriumi 24.Japan
6.7
90'
M
Reiya Sakata 17.Japan
M
Masaya Shibayama  48.Japan
6.6
77'
F
Léo Ceará 9.Brazil
7.5
66' Goals90'
F
Vitor Bueno 55.Brazil
6.8
66'

Cerezo Osaka started with a 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).

The manager Akio Kogiku decided to play with the following team: Jin-hyeon Kim  (7.5), Seiya Maikuma (8.5), Ryuya Nishio (7.0), Kakeru Funaki (7.1), Kyohei Noborizato (7.7), Shinji Kagawa (8.1), Shunta Tanaka (7.3), Hiroaki Okuno  (6.4), Jordy Croux (7.8), Satoki Uejo (7.0) and Hirotaka Tameda  (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Han-been Yang, Léo Ceará (7.5), Hayato Okuda, Reiya Sakata, Koji Toriumi (6.7), Masaya Shibayama (6.6) and Vitor Bueno (6.8).

Substitutions

Cerezo Osaka made 4 changes: Kyohei Noborizato for Koji Toriumi (90′), Satoki Uejo for Léo Ceará (66′), Hiroaki Okuno  for Vitor Bueno (66′) and Jordy Croux for Masaya Shibayama (77′).

Player of the match: Seiya Maikuma​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cerezo Osaka was Seiya Maikuma even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.5 with 73 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.

Tokyo Verdy – Formation

Tokyo Verdy
G
Matheus Vidotto 1.Brazil
7.1
D
D. Fukazawa 2.Japan
6.6
90'
D
H. Taniguchi 3.Japan
7.0
D
N. Hayashi 4.Japan
6.8
D
T. Inami 17.Japan
5.6
28'
M
K. Morita 7.Japan
7.3
M
K. Saito 8.Japan
6.4
70'
M
T. Miki 10.Japan
7.5
M
F. Yamada 18.Japan
6.8
70'
F
I. Someno 9.Japan
6.1
83'
F
Y. Kimura 20.Japan
7.5
Goals53'
Substitutes
G
Y. Nagasawa 21.Japan
D
K. Yamakoshi 13.Japan
6.7
70'
M
H. Onaga 22.Japan
6.3
70'
M
Y. Tsunashima 23.Japan
M
S. Meshino 28.Japan
M
Y. Matsuhashi 33.Japan
6.6
83'
F
H. Yamami 11.Japan
90'

Tokyo Verdy started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Hiroshi Jofuku played with: Matheus Vidotto (7.1), Tetsuyuki Inami (5.6), Naoki Hayashi (6.8), Hiroto Taniguchi (7.0), Daiki Fukazawa (6.6), Fuki Yamada (6.8), Koki Morita (7.3), Tomoya Miki (7.5), Kosuke Saito (6.4), Itsuki Someno (6.1) and Yudai Kimura (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Hiroto Yamami, Kohei Yamakoshi (6.7), Yuya Nagasawa, Hijiri Onaga (6.3), Yuto Tsunashima, Soma Meshino and Yuan Matsuhashi (6.6).

Tokyo Verdy could not rely on the presence of Yuan Matsuhashi (injured).

Substitutions

Tokyo Verdy made 4 changes: Daiki Fukazawa for Hiroto Yamami (90′), Fuki Yamada for Hijiri Onaga (70′), Kosuke Saito for Kohei Yamakoshi (70′) and Itsuki Someno for Yuan Matsuhashi (83′).

Player of the match: Tomoya Miki​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tokyo Verdy was Tomoya Miki.

His rating is 7.5 with 51 passes (72% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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