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• Home side Cerezo Osaka meet Shimizu S-Pulse at Yodoko Sakura Stadium on 2025-06-01 (kick-off 07:00 GMT), contesting week 19 of the 2025 J1 League.
• With the data available to us, A. Papastamatis and T. Akiba have not met as managers before.
• Cerezo Osaka are 8th in the standings with 26 points, followed by Shimizu S-Pulse in 9th on 25 points.
• No absentees for either Cerezo Osaka or Shimizu S-Pulse.
• We expect Cerezo Osaka to line up in a predicted 3-at-the-back 3-4-2-1, and Shimizu S-Pulse are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
• Last time out, S. Hatanaka registered the best mark for Cerezo Osaka - 8.3 - and S. Takagi did likewise for Shimizu S-Pulse with an 8.5 score.
• Contrast in results: Cerezo Osaka had to share the points 0-0 with Urawa Reds, whereas Shimizu S-Pulse claimed victory 3-2 vs. Vissel Kobe.
• Cerezo Osaka look strong (3-1-1) over the last 5 matches, whereas Shimizu S-Pulse have 1-2-2 in the same span.
• Dominance for Cerezo Osaka: across 28 clashes, they've won 11 games and only lost 8 games to Shimizu S-Pulse, with 9 stalemates.
• Our model forecasts 2-1 for Cerezo Osaka, bolstered by their 4-3-2 home record and an average of 1.22 goals per game.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

01/06/2025 06:00

Yodoko Sakura Stadium

H. Kimura

J1 League

Team Kits

Events

4'		0 - 1	R. Yamahara
11'	S. Kitano	Penalty missed
13'	L. Fernandes N. Takahashi	1 - 1
18'	L. Fernandes M. Nakajima	2 - 1
25'			S. Yajima K. Kitagawa
45'	VAR - Rafael Ratão	Goal cancelled
HT 2 - 1
46'			H. Nakahara K. Matsuzaki
46'			S. Hasukawa J. Sumiyoshi
54'	S. Kitano Rafael Ratao	3 - 1
64'			Y. Takahashi
68'			K. Kozuka Z. Uno
70'	S. Kitano L. Fernandes	4 - 1
73'	R. Sakata Thiago Andrade
73'			R. Gunji Capixaba
77'	Rafael Ratao
83'	S. Kagawa M. Nakajima
83'	M. Shibayama R. Sakata
89'		4 - 2	R. Gunji H. Nakahara
90+4'	S. Uejo S. Kitano
90+4'	K. Furuyama Rafael Ratao
90+8'	VAR - Kengo Furuyama	Goal cancelled

Stats

Lineups

Cerezo OsakaShimizu S-Pulse

Cerezo Osaka 4-2-3-1 A. Papastamatis

6.5

Koki Fukui

7.3

Rafael Ratão

6.6

Hayato Okuda

6.5

Ryuya Nishio

7.3

Shinnosuke Hatanaka

7.2

Niko Takahashi

6.9

Hinata Kida

6.7

Shinji Kagawa

9.3

Lucas Fernandes

?

Satoki Uejo

6.7

Masaya Shibayama

Substitute Players

13

Motohiko Nakajima

38

Sota Kitano

11

Thiago Andrade

55

Vitor Bueno

17

Reiya Sakata

3

Ryosuke Shindo

14

Kakeru Funaki

29

Kengo Furuyama

21

Jin Hyeon Kim

Shimizu S-Pulse 4-2-3-1 T. Akiba

7.5

Yuya Oki

6.2

Capixaba

6.6

Sen Takagi

7

Yuji Takahashi

6.3

Sodai Hasukawa

7

Reon Yamahara

6.7

Zento Uno

6.7

Matheus Bueno

7

Hikaru Nakahara

7

Takashi Inui

6.9

Shinya Yajima

Substitute Players

66

Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi

19

Kai Matsuzaki

23

Koya Kitagawa

5

Kengo Kitazume

17

Masaki Yumiba

8

Kazuki Kozuka

55

Motoki Nishihara

27

Riku Gunji

71

Yui Inokoshi

H2H

Standings

TotalHomeAway

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Kashima Antlers	19	13	1	5	29	15	14	40	W L W W W
2	Kyoto Sanga	20	10	4	6	30	22	8	34	W L W D W
3	Urawa Reds	21	9	7	5	26	20	6	34	W D L D W
4	Kashiwa Reysol	19	9	7	3	22	17	5	34	L D L W W
5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	10	2	6	20	14	6	32	L W W W W
6	Vissel Kobe	18	9	3	6	23	19	4	30	W L W W L
7	Kawasaki Frontale	18	7	8	3	30	19	11	29	W D D W W
8	Cerezo Osaka	20	8	5	7	30	26	4	29	W D W L W
9	Shimizu S-Pulse	19	7	4	8	26	26	0	25	L W L D L
10	Machida Zelvia	19	7	4	8	22	23	-1	25	L D W D L
11	Fagiano Okayama	19	6	6	7	16	17	-1	24	D D W L D
12	Gamba Osaka	19	7	3	9	23	27	-4	24	L D L L W
13	Tokyo Verdy	19	6	6	7	13	18	-5	24	D W L L W
14	Nagoya Grampus	19	6	5	8	24	26	-2	23	W W D D D
15	Avispa Fukuoka	19	6	5	8	15	19	-4	23	D L D L L
16	Shonan Bellmare	19	6	4	9	14	23	-9	22	D L L W L
17	Yokohama	19	5	4	10	13	20	-7	19	L D W L W
18	Tokyo	18	5	4	9	17	26	-9	19	L L L W W
19	Albirex Niigata	18	3	7	8	19	27	-8	16	L W L D L
20	Yokohama F. Marinos	18	3	5	10	18	26	-8	14	W W L L L

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