OSAKA. Cerezo Osaka defeats Kawasaki Frontale 1-0 after L. Ceará scored just 1 goal (70′).
The match was played at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai stadium in Osaka on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 18,786 spectators. The referee was Takafumi Mikuriya with the collaboration of Toshiyuki Tanaka and Ryo Hirama. The 4th official was Akihiro Takeda. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.86 degrees Celsius or 69.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 30%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 14 Total 15
- 5 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 5
- 97 Attack 110
- 54 Dangerous attack 60
- 89 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 7
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 14
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 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
Kawasaki Frontale was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Cerezo Osaka was able to find the solution to win this match.
Cerezo Osaka shot 14 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Kawasaki Frontale shot 15 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Cerezo Osaka didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Kawasaki Frontale received 2 yellow cards (Erison and Marcinho ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cerezo Osaka has 18 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Kawasaki Frontale will stays with 7 points to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
Cerezo Osaka – Formation
Cerezo Osaka
80'
70'
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 , Seiya Maikuma , Koji Toriumi , Kakeru Funaki , Kyohei Noborizato , Masaya Shibayama , Shunta Tanaka , Hiroaki Okuno , Lucas Fernandes , Léo Ceará and Capixaba .
The home team had on the bench: Satoki Uejo , H. Okuda, Justin Hubner , Keisuke Shimizu, Hiroto Yamada , S. Kitano and Vitor Bueno .
Substitutions
Cerezo Osaka made 4 changes: Masaya Shibayama for Vitor Bueno (72′), Capixaba for Hiroto Yamada (72′), Lucas Fernandes for Justin Hubner (88′) and Hiroaki Okuno for Satoki Uejo (80′).
Player of the match: Léo Ceará
The most impressive player for Cerezo Osaka was Léo Ceará.
His rating is with 1 goal, 23 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 12 duels out of 19.
Kawasaki Frontale – Formation
Kawasaki Frontale
55'
Kawasaki Frontale started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Toru Oniki played with: Sung-ryong Jung , Yusuke Segawa , Takuma Ominami , Asahi Sasaki , Kento Tachibanada , Tatsuki Seko , Yuki Yamamoto , Akihiro Ienaga , Yasuto Wakizaka , Marcinho and Erison .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Zé Ricardo , Yu Kobayashi , Shuto Tanabe, Daiya Tono , Shin Yamada , Patrick Verhon and Naoto Kamifukumoto.
Substitutions
Kawasaki Frontale made 5 changes: Akihiro Ienaga for Yu Kobayashi (73′), Yuki Yamamoto for Zé Ricardo (73′), Erison for Shin Yamada (73′), Marcinho for Daiya Tono (58′) and Yasuto Wakizaka for Patrick Verhon (79′).
Player of the match: Sung-ryong Jung
The most impressive player for Kawasaki Frontale was the goalkeeper: Sung-ryong Jung. His rating is 7.45. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Yokohama F. Marinos – Shonan Bellmare – 2-2
- Albirex Niigata – Consadole Sapporo – 1-1
- Júbilo Iwata – Nagoya Grampus – 0-1
- Avispa Fukuoka – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-1
- Kashima Antlers – Kyoto Sanga – 1-0
- Machida Zelvia – Vissel Kobe – 1-2
- Cerezo Osaka – Kawasaki Frontale – 1-0
- Tokyo Verdy – Tokyo – 2-2
