Cerezo Osaka vs Albirex Niigata

4–0Full-time

WLWWLWGoals 22-14

LDDLWWGoals 12-19

KINCHO Stadium · Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

Match events

65'Kenyu Sugimoto (R. Sawakami)
67'Ju-Hun Song
68'Yoichiro Kakitani
73'T. Yamashita (Kota Mizunuma)
74'Souza
75'M. Suzuki (M. Kato)
76'Yuto Horigome
78'R. Yamazaki (S. Naruoka)
80'Kazuya Yamamura (Yoichiro Kakitani)
85'S. Naruoka
86'Souza
87'Thiago Galhardo (R. Frank)
88'Kota Mizunuma (Kunimitsu Sekiguchi)
90'Souza (Yasuki Kimoto)

Lineups

4-2-3-1

4-4-1-1

Yoon Jung-HwanCoach

F. Miura

Bench (7)

Match trends

Cerezo Osaka have averaged 2.2 goals scored per game over their last 10 matches.
Albirex Niigata have averaged 1.2 goals scored per game over their last 10 matches.
Over 2.5 goals landed in 4 of the last 8 meetings between these two sides.
Both teams scored in 4 of the last 8 head-to-head matches.

Head-to-head

Last 8 meetings

2Cerezo Osaka wins

2Draws

4Albirex Niigata wins

9-10Goals

3–1Aug 11, 2025, 10:00 AM

2–2Mar 2, 2025, 5:00 AM

1–2Jul 20, 2024, 10:00 AM

0–1Apr 7, 2024, 5:00 AM

1–0Dec 3, 2023, 5:00 AM

2–2Feb 18, 2023, 5:00 AM

1–0Dec 2, 2017, 5:00 AM

1–0Aug 2, 2014, 10:00 AM

Pre-match comparison

2.2Goals scored per game1.2

1.4Goals conceded per game1.9

Rolling averages based on each team's last 10 and 10 finished matches; clean sheets/failed-to-score are full-season totals.

Referee

Tomohiro Inoue

3.2Yellow cards / game

0Red cards / game

0.4Penalties scored / game

Based on 5 matches officiated (our own data).

When do they score?

Cerezo Osaka

0-15'

0%

16-30'

100%

31-45'

0%

46-60'

0%

61-75'

0%

76-90+'

0%

Albirex Niigata

0-15'

18.2%

16-30'

27.3%

31-45'

0%

46-60'

18.2%

61-75'

18.2%

76-90+'

18.2%

Match statistics

51%Possession49%

—Expected goals (xG)—

6Shots on target5

15Total shots12

6Shots off target2

3Blocked shots5

8Shots inside the box5

7Shots outside the box7

7Corners7

1Offsides1

12Fouls11

1Yellow cards3

0Red cards0

5Goalkeeper saves2

412Total passes399

340Accurate passes309

83%Pass accuracy77%

Player ratings

1T. YamashitaCerezo Osaka⚽ 18.5
2Yoichiro KakitaniCerezo Osaka⚽ 1🅰️ 18.4
3SouzaCerezo Osaka⚽ 1🟨8.3
4Yusuke MaruhashiCerezo Osaka8.1
5Jin Hyeon KimCerezo Osaka8.0
6Matej JonjicCerezo Osaka7.9

Box score

Cerezo Osaka

21Jin Hyeon KimG · 90'

8.0

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes68%

Tackles—

Duels100%

24Kazuya YamamuraM · 90'

⚽ 17.6

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Shots1/2 on target

Passes69%

Tackles—

Duels54%

10Hotaru YamaguchiM · 90'

6.8

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes86%

Tackles—

Duels38%

8Yoichiro Kakitani (C)F · 90'

⚽ 1🅰️ 18.4

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Shots2/2 on target

Passes87%

Tackles—

Duels57%

9Kenyu SugimotoF · 65'

6.7

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Shots0/3 on target

Passes66%

Tackles—

Duels33%

22Matej JonjicD · 90'

7.9

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes94%

Tackles—

Duels83%

16Kota MizunumaM · 87'

🅰️ 17.3

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes87%

Tackles—

Duels50%

14Yusuke MaruhashiD · 90'

8.1

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes74%

Tackles—

Duels69%

6SouzaM · 89'

⚽ 1🟨8.3

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Shots1/2 on target

Passes84%

Tackles—

Duels69%

23

23T. YamashitaD · 90'

⚽ 18.5

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Shots1/2 on target

Passes93%

Tackles—

Duels63%

5

5Y. TanakaD · 90'

7.0

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes76%

Tackles—

Duels50%

Bench (7)

15Yasuki KimotoD · 1'

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes0%

Tackles—

Duels0%

2Riku MatsudaD

—

27Kenta TannoG

—

17

17T. FukumitsuM

—

7Kunimitsu SekiguchiM · 3'

—

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes0%

Tackles—

Duels—

4

4K. FujimotoD

—

19R. SawakamiF · 25'

6.5

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes100%

Tackles—

Duels50%

Albirex Niigata

7

7RonyM · 90'

6.4

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Shots1/3 on target

Passes66%

Tackles—

Duels38%

21Tatsuya MoritaG · 90'

6.0

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes36%

Tackles—

Duels—

8Kei KoizumiM · 90'

6.4

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes74%

Tackles—

Duels50%

34Teruki HaraD · 90'

6.4

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes90%

Tackles—

Duels33%

27Yuto HorigomeD · 90'

🟨6.3

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes88%

Tackles—

Duels29%

49

49M. SuzukiF · 75'

6.5

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes100%

Tackles—

Duels38%

24Naoki KawaguchiD · 90'

6.6

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes89%

Tackles—

Duels75%

4

4Ju-Hun SongD · 90'

🟨6.0

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes74%

Tackles—

Duels71%

10Thiago GalhardoM · 87'

7.0

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Shots2/3 on target

Passes59%

Tackles—

Duels38%

9

9R. YamazakiM · 78'

6.5

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Shots0/2 on target

Passes88%

Tackles—

Duels17%

50

50S. Tomisawa (C)D · 90'

6.5

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes80%

Tackles—

Duels57%

Bench (7)

22

22G. KawanamiG

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13

13M. KatoM · 15'

7.0

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes87%

Tackles—

Duels75%

25

25T. HasegawaD

—

33

33R. NishimuraD

—

18

18S. NaruokaM · 12'

🟨6.1

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes50%

Tackles—

Duels0%

15

15I. HommaM

—

30

30R. Frank3'

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes90%

Tackles—

Duels0%

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