SAITAMA. Cerezo Osaka prevails over Urawa Reds 1-0 after M. Kato scored just 1 goal (24′). Urawa Reds was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Saitama Stadium 2002 stadium in Saitama on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Yuichi Nishimura with the help of Hiroyuki Igarashi and Koji Morikawa. The 4th official was Masaki Tsuruoka. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 24.1 degrees Celsius or 75.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 6 Total 9
- 1 On Target 1
- 5 Off Target 8
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 116 Attack 67
- 58 Dangerous attack 27
- 90 Ball safe 101
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 2
Fouls
- 15 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Urawa Reds was in firm control of the ball 62% while Cerezo Osaka was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Urawa Reds was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Cerezo Osaka was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Urawa Reds shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cerezo Osaka shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Urawa Reds received 1 yellow card (A. Schalk). Talking about the opposition, Cerezo Osaka didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Urawa Reds will stay with 39 points to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Cerezo Osaka will have 47 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the J-League, Urawa Reds will host Avispa Fukuoka on the 5th of November with a 7-1 head to head statistic in favor of Urawa Reds (1 draw).
Cerezo Osaka will host Nagoya Grampus on the 4th of November with a 13-7 head to head statistic in favor of Nagoya Grampus (3 draws).
Urawa Reds – Formation
Urawa Reds
46'
15'
Urawa Reds adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Ricardo Rodríguez Suárez decided to play with the following team: Shusaku Nishikawa , Yuta Miyamoto , Alexander Scholz , Tetsuya Chinen , Takahiro Akimoto , Takahiro Sekine , Ken Iwao , Atsuki Ito , Tomoaki Okubo , Alex Schalk and Yusuke Matsuo .
The home team had on the bench: Zion Suzuki, Kai Shibato, Hiroki Sakai , Yoshio Koizumi , Ataru Esaka , Takuya Iwanami and David Moberg Karlsson.
Substitutions
Urawa Reds made 4 changes: T. Sekine for Y. Koizumi (46′), A. Schalk for Y. Koizumi (46′), Y. Miyamoto for H. Sakai (46′) and A. Ito for A. Esaka (81′).
Best player: Ken Iwao
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Urawa Reds was Ken Iwao.
His rating is with 85 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.
Cerezo Osaka – Formation
Cerezo Osaka
24'
Also Cerezo Osaka adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Akio Kogiku played with: Jin Hyeon Kim , Riku Matsuda , Matej Jonjić , Koji Toriumi , Ryosuke Yamanaka , Seiya Maikuma , Tokuma Suzuki , Hiroaki Okuno , Hirotaka Tameda , Hiroto Yamada and Mutsuki Kato .
These were the players on the bench: Bruno Mendes , Jean Patric , Kakeru Funaki, Keisuke Shimizu, Hikaru Nakahara, Ryuya Nishio and Hiroshi Kiyotake .
Substitutions
Cerezo Osaka made 4 changes: H. Yamada for H. Kiyotake (58′), M. Kato for B. Mendes (74′), H. Tameda for J. Patric (74′) and S. Maikuma for H. Nakahara (90′).
Best player: Jin Hyeon Kim
The player that probably impressed the most for Cerezo Osaka was the goalkeeper: Jin Hyeon Kim. His rating is 7.62. He performed 1 save.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Vissel Kobe – Tokyo – 2-1
- Kyoto Sanga – Yokohama F. Marinos – 1-2
- Urawa Reds – Cerezo Osaka – 0-1
- Nagoya Grampus – Kawasaki Frontale – 1-1
