Cerezo OsakaAttacking momentumKyoto
Preview
- 2026-04-18 at 08:00 GMT marks a key week 11 encounter between Cerezo Osaka and Kyoto Sanga in 2026's J1 League.
- Of the past 2 meetings, A. Papastamatis leads 2-0 over Gwi-Jae Jo, with no draws.
- Current league positions have Cerezo Osaka 6th on 14 points and Kyoto Sanga 2nd on 17 points.
- Cerezo Osaka and Kyoto Sanga will both field their strongest squads with no absentees.
- Our forecast has Cerezo Osaka in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Kyoto Sanga set to counter in 4-3-3.
- Last time out, Kosuke Nakamura registered the best mark for Cerezo Osaka - 10 - and João Pedro did likewise for Kyoto Sanga with an 8.9 score.
- Cerezo Osaka came off a win (1-0 vs Gamba Osaka) and Kyoto Sanga also triumphed (5-1 vs Fagiano Okayama).
- Struggling form all round: Cerezo Osaka are 2-1-2 and Kyoto Sanga are 2-1-2 in their recent 5 matches.
- Dominance for Cerezo Osaka: across 27 clashes, they've won 11 games and only lost 7 games to Kyoto Sanga, with 9 stalemates.
- Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Kyoto Sanga to win 2-1, despite Cerezo Osaka's 0-2-3 home form - Kyoto Sanga's strong 2-1-2 record away with 2.00 goals/game does the trick.
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Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Cerezo Osaka
Kyoto
Events
| 13' | T. Hirato | ||
| 18' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 28' | |||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
| 50' | K. Sato | ||
| 59' | |||
| 59' | |||
| 61' | |||
| 66' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 72' | |||
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| 80' | |||
| 80' | |||
| 89' | Red card cancelled | Henrique Trevisan-VAR | |
| 90' | Henrique Trevisan | ||
| 90+3' | |||
| 90+5' | H. Sugai | ||
| 90+6' | 3 - 0 | ||
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Cerezo Osaka is going head to head with Kyoto on 18/4/2026 07:00 GMT for the Japan J1 League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Cerezo Osaka v Kyoto H2H statistics!